For the Month in Clark County History, we combed through bound copies of the Daily Siftings Herald housed in the archives at Ouachita Baptist University. Here are some front-page news briefs from editions dating 10, 20 and 30 years ago.
In June 1994:
• Construction was under way for a new men’s dormitory at Ouachita Baptist University.
In June 2004:
• Because students at Central Primary School raised more than $1,000 for numerous charities, principal Mary Nell Clay puckered up to complete her end of the deal: Kissing Treasure, a heifer that belonged to student Jacob Brosh.
• Motorists on West Pine Street faced a maze of orange barrels as traffic was diverted around asphalt crews. Arkadelphia police assisted with traffic control to keep drivers in the appropriate lanes.
• Challenger 3985 rolled into Arkadelphia on the Union Pacific railroad. Residents placed coins on the tracks ahead of the locomotive’s arrival.
In June 2014:
• Visitors to DeGray Lake Resort State Park were featured in an article about post-daylight activities at the park.
• The welcome sign to the Arkadelphia Aquatic Park got a facelift as Joey Burroughs and his sons put new tiles on the sign’s water feature.
• Arkadelphia motorists had to contend with additional traffic in town as an Interstate 30 overlay project forced truckers hauling oversized loads to detour through town.
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