MORE THAN A BUDGET — Michelle Pedro (left) of Springdale, representing the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese, speaks against proposed income tax cuts before the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee on May 4, 2026. Republican committee members Sen. Justin Boyd of Fort Smith, Sen. Bart Hester of Cave Springs and Sen. Jonathan Dismang of Searcy listen to testimony. | Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate By TESS VRBIN | Arkansas Advocate Arkansas lawmakers advanced what would be the state’s fourth income tax cut in four years Monday despite critics’ warnings that reducing revenue could jeopardize social services. Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 1001 would cut the top…
TOP BADGER — Chris Kizer is the new head coach of the AHS Badgers football program. | Arkadelphia High School photo By CHRIS BABB | Special to arkadelphian.com The Arkadelphia Public School District school board approved the hiring of Chris Kizer as the next head coach of the Badger football program Friday evening at a special called meeting. Kizer has served two separate stints with the Badgers and has been the defensive coordinator for a total of 10 seasons. Kizer was defensive coordinator on the staff of the state championship teams of 2017 and 2018 under coach J.R. Eldridge. After leaving in…
CALLED TO ORDER | Members of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County meet Friday, May 1, 2026. | Screenshot from Arkadelphian's Facebook Live By JOEL PHELPS | arkadelphian.com In a brief special-called meeting Friday morning in Arkadelphia, the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County formally terminated an agreement to sell a 1,000-acre site for the development of a data center in Gum Springs. Twelve of the 15-member board were present. About 20 community members were in attendance at the meeting, which was held at a Dawson Education Cooperative conference room in downtown Arkadelphia. Once the meeting was called to…
PHOTO — The halls of a data center. | Shutterstock Images It appears that a data center will not be built in Clark County after all, as the buyer failed to make the first deposit of earnest money within a timeframe under an agreement between buyer and seller. Project Pulse, as the data center project was being called, has lost its heartbeat. In an email sent to local media outlets midday Thursday, Shelley Short, CEO of the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance, wrote, “Under the terms of the agreement, the purchaser was required to deposit $200,000 in earnest money within…
The award is presented annually to a campus support staff member who demonstrates excellence in work responsibilities, support for the university’s mission and positive engagement with students, coworkers and members of the public
Henderson State University presented Faculty Excellence Awards and recognized faculty members for their years of service to the university during a reception on April 28
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia
The event will take place at Third Street Baptist Church
Spring commencement ceremonies will be held at Henderson State University Friday, May 8, 2026, in the Duke Wells Center with more than 300 undergraduate and graduate students receiving their degrees
As of May 1, 2026, there were 346 people listed as Clark County inmates by the Arkansas Department of Corrections website
The following incidents were gathered from reports filed April 27 through May 3, 2026, at the Arkadelphia Police Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office
