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Jul 3, 2026
  • Southern Bancorp unveils plans to change name
  • HSU maintains HLC accreditation
  • Celebrate America250 in Arkadelphia with fireworks and fun
  • Arkadelphia’s July 4 forecast: Hot with a chance of afternoon storms
  • Martha Gilbert
  • Kenneth “Buddy” Murrah
  • Corps waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of America’s 250th birthday celebration

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Southern Bancorp unveils plans to change name

Southern Bancorp, Inc., one of the nation’s oldest and most impactful Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), has announced plans to change its name to Uplift Bank, pending regulatory approval. “Since our founding four decades ago, we have worked alongside people and places often overlooked by traditional financial institutions, helping create pathways to financial stability, opportunity, and generational wealth,” said Darrin Williams, CEO of Southern Bancorp, Inc. “That mission and impact will be the same guiding force behind our work, now with a name that better reflects our 40-year history of creating economic opportunity and lifting individuals, families, entrepreneurs, and neighborhoods…

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Celebrate America250 in Arkadelphia with fireworks and fun

No matter where you are in the Arkadelphia area on July 4, you’ll be able to find fun and a community fireworks display in celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The Arkadelphia Aquatic Park is promising a full day of fun activities, contests and games at the city pool. An activity will commence every hour from noon until 5 p.m., with trivia contests throughout the day. Activities include a watermelon race, frozen T-shirt contest, hot dog eating contest/saltine challenge, a diving competition, a dad’s-only biggest splash contest, and a slide race. CLICK HERE for the full schedule. Ahead of the…

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Best of the Best: Readers Choice 2026

Throughout the month of May, readers of arkadelphian.com were given the opportunity to cast a vote in our third annual Readers Choice Awards. There were some surprises this year in a few of the 100+ categories, as some former runners up claimed the top honor in 2026, and some new names and businesses made the list. We contacted winners for a chance to further boost their recognition by way of thanking readers via advertising and inclusion in the photo gallery below. We’re proud to present the winners, listed below in (mostly) alphabetical order in four main categories: Food & Dining;…

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Regional tax auction set for July 16 in Arkadelphia

Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands Tommy Land announced the upcoming auction of tax-delinquent parcels located in Clark, Dallas, Nevada and Ouachita Counties on July 16, 2026. The regional auction begins at 10 a.m. and will be held at the Garrison Activity Center Banquet Room, located at 1045 McKnight Drive on the Henderson State University campus in Arkadelphia. Registration begins at 9 a.m. “Regional auctions have been a popular and efficient adaptation,” Commissioner of State Lands Tommy Land said. “Bidders can be at the sales for multiple counties at a single event.” Auctions are conducted alphabetically by county. Prospective bidders can…

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HSU maintains HLC accreditation

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Arkadelphia’s July 4 forecast: Hot with a chance of afternoon storms

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Corps waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of America’s 250th birthday celebration

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Car wrecks in South Arkansas kill 2, hurt 2

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Operation Dry Water: Arkansas game wardens ramping up water patrol during America 250 

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Easter Sunday could be a wet one, says National Weather Service
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Easter Sunday could be a wet one, says National Weather Service

After a warm, sunny week, the Arkadelphia area’s forecast is calling for rain this weekend

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Rick Shumate: Arkansas lawmakers pursue another pointless adventure in gesture politics
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Rick Shumate: Arkansas lawmakers pursue another pointless adventure in gesture politics

Seven years of expensive legal wrangling over displaying the Ten Commandments outside of the State Capitol should have taught Arkansas legislators the folly of trying to sanction religious messages in a secular republic

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Sanders submits waiver to ban soft drinks, candy from food stamps program
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Sanders submits waiver to ban soft drinks, candy from food stamps program

In addition to banning soft drinks and candy from food stamps, this waiver also requests the addition of rotisserie chicken – an affordable, healthy protein source – to the list of eligible SNAP benefits

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Amity’s Carly Mitchell earns national civic engagement award
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Amity’s Carly Mitchell earns national civic engagement award

Mitchell is one of 232 college and university students from across the United States named to the 2025 All In Campus Challenge Student Voting Honor Roll

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Elaine Kneebone honored with Outstanding Lawyer-Humanitarian Award 
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Elaine Kneebone honored with Outstanding Lawyer-Humanitarian Award 

In 2006, Kneebone founded the Clark County affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and has served as its Affiliate Director on a volunteer basis for 19 years

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OBU students host benefit walk this Thursday for Pregnancy Resource Center
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OBU students host benefit walk this Thursday for Pregnancy Resource Center

Ouachita Baptist University students are hosting a community event at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2025 to support the Southwest Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center in Arkadelphia

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