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Apr 29, 2026
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  • Cinco de Mayo taking center stage in Arkadelphia on May 5
  • Ag, food economics are hard to simplify 
  • Sawyer Brown performing at Oaklawn in July
  • Texarkana fugitive in shootout with police died by suicide, prosecutor rules
  • Clark County Jail Bookings: April 20-26, 2026
  • Inmates held in regional jails

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Hail, damaging winds a threat Tuesday; tornado watch extended to early Wednesday AM

6 PM update: A Tornado Watch in effect for Clark County and much of Arkansas has been extended until 1 a.m. Wednesday. Arkansas is under an Enhanced Risk (3/5) for severe weather Tuesday, April 28. The favored severe weather will be hail and damaging winds, though a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out this afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock. Central to western Arkansas could see up to a 30% higher chance of hail and winds, with hail sizes exceeding 2 inches and wind gusts of 75-85 mph. Tornadoes that produce could be up…

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Project Pulse community information meeting set for May 4

From the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance A Community Information Meeting regarding Project Pulse is planned for Monday, May 4, 2026, at 6 p.m. at the Clark County Training Center in the Industrial Park, 35 McClellan Blvd, Arkadelphia. This meeting is being held to share information and provide an opportunity for community members to ask questions. Board members and developers of the project will be in attendance at the meeting. To help ensure the most useful and informative discussion possible, we are asking community members to submit questions in advance to: https://bit.ly/askprojectpulse The form is completely anonymous. Your submissions/questions will help guide the…

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Late-night thunderstorms leave Gurdon, Prescott in the dark; hail damage in Amity

Pexels photos A series of strong thunderstorms swept across Southwest Arkansas late Saturday, April 25, dumping damaging hail in portions of Clark and Pike counties and causing power outages in a three-county area. Late Saturday night, hail the size of baseballs fell in the Amity area, causing widespread damage to homes and vehicles. Some hail reported in nearby Alpine was even larger. Unofficial reports indicate that the hail storm lasted up to 20 minutes. At least one local roofing company said Hardman Lumber Company in Arkadelphia opened its doors to his business Sunday morning to supply plywood and tarps for…

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Shelley Short answers data center questions

By JOEL PHELPS | arkadelphian.com Clark Countians have been strongly opposed, at least on social media, to the prospect of a data center operating in Gum Springs. In the eight days since the county’s economic development board green-lit an agreement to sell its 1,000-acre industrial site to an unidentified buyer, some outspoken citizens have formed a Facebook group, Take a stand for Clark County- NO DATA Centers, opposed to the sale. The group had attracted 400 followers in the week since news broke of the data center prospect. The group is planning a community meeting to be held in May,…

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South Arkansas car crashes leave 4 dead
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South Arkansas car crashes leave 4 dead

Four people died in recent days in car collisions on South Arkansas highways

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How your community can land the big employer
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How your community can land the big employer

How does a community convince a big employer to select it for its next manufacturing plant or other big facility? Have a site ready, have adequate electricity and other utilities available, and roll out the welcome mat with incentives that can close the deal.

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Update: Saturday storm forecast
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Update: Saturday storm forecast

The National Weather Service in Little Rock has placed Arkansas under a Slight Risk for a round of stormy weather predicted Saturday, Oct. 18

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ARDOT: Clark County to get more funding for regional trail system
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ARDOT: Clark County to get more funding for regional trail system

Clark County was among several entities in the state named as a recipient of funding through the Arkansas Department of Transportation’s 2025 Recreational Trails Program (RTP)

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Clark County retailers sell nearly $472K in lottery tickets
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Clark County retailers sell nearly $472K in lottery tickets

The seven-county area collectively sold more than $2.31 million in lottery tickets, or roughly 4.3% of the state’s total sales

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Arkansas’s alternative firearms deer hunting season opens Oct. 18
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Arkansas’s alternative firearms deer hunting season opens Oct. 18

Many Natural State deer hunters will head to the woods for the first time on Saturday with a new shooting iron in their hands for the state’s alternative firearms season

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MagnoliaReporter.com: Smackover Lithium files Definitive Feasibility Study for Lafayette-Columbia project
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MagnoliaReporter.com: Smackover Lithium files Definitive Feasibility Study for Lafayette-Columbia project

The study projects a $1.45 billion investment for the production of lithium at a facility south of Lewisville, drawing on brine pumped from below the two counties

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