Highlights from the 2025 Clinton Day Dinner
Over 300 people from all over the state came to meet party candidates, recognize current and former office holders, honor heroes, and hear the keynote speaker, former U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor
Hope woman wins 140 ribbons at 2025 Southwest Arkansas District Fair
In 1999, LaJuan Thompson submitted her first entries of canned and baked goods, sewing projects and horticulture items to the Hempstead County Fair. Since then, Thompson has won — by her count — “hundreds and hundreds” of blue ribbons at the local and district level, including 95 first-place awards at the 2025 Hempstead County Fair.
Baseball great Ozzie Smith addresses Magnolia crowd at SAU
Smith traced his journey from Southern California sandlots to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Bobbie Pratt
Bobbie was a devoted home health aide, serving families throughout the surrounding areas with compassion and care
Arkansas Advocate: Franklin County town rejects initiating talks with state on water supply for new prison
Members of Ozark’s city council unanimously voted on Monday against starting discussions with the state to potentially supply water for a planned 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County
Stateline: Congress pushes hemp crackdown after pressure from states, marijuana industry
Critics say some companies have exploited a legal loophole from 2018 to manufacture products that get people high — without the safety regulations and taxes facing the legal marijuana industry
Diane Melton
Diane loved growling at her husband, and could spot a yard sale sign from a mile away