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Apr 11, 2026
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Real Estate: 10 Clark County properties change hands in past two weeks

Clark County real estate transactions recorded March 30 through April 1, 2026, having a value of $100,000 or greater. Information is gathered from public records held by the Clark County Circuit Clerk, online real estate records via actdatascout.com and the Arkansas Secretary of State. The Arkadelphian includes names of grantees, grantors, transaction price and property description available, and does not withhold names. A variety of factors, including improvements made to a home or property, are considered in real estate prices that may increase from when the seller bought the property. Highlighting this round of real estate transactions is the $312,500 sale of…

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UPDATE: 56-hour manhunt for escaped prisoner ends on River Road

Sean Anthony Bright was located about 5 miles south of Arkadelphia late Tuesday when police saw him exit a field on River Road, Clark County Sheriff Jason Watson said following the 56-hour manhunt for Bright. Bright is back in custody. The sheriff released a statement Wednesday morning: StatementDownload "On Sunday, April 5th at or around 2:32 pm inmate Bright fled from the Clark County Detention Facility. Bright had been working an assigned detail in the detention centers kitchen. All area law enforcement were notified and a search of the area was conducted. Investigators immediately were able to obtain recorded phone…

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Valor ceases ambulance service; Pafford resumes 911 services

Valor Emergency Medical Services ceased operations on Monday morning, April 6, 2026. The Arkadelphia-based company provided ambulance services in two counties. The company's CEO, J.D. Windham, posted the news to Facebook. "Due to financial hardships beyond our control, Valor EMS ceased operations at 0900 this morning. Pafford Medical Services has agreed to assume 911 services and non-emergent transports for Clark and Dallas Counties," Windham said. Valor also held a contract to provide ambulance services in neighboring Dallas County. Responding to a text message from The Arkadelphian that was sent prior to the Facebook announcement, Windham said he was on his…

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Inmate escapes Clark County Jail; manhunt on for Sean Anthony Bright

This post was updated 4/6/26 with updates. It also corrects the date the suspect was last incarcerated. The search continued Monday for a prisoner who escaped from the Clark County Detention Center. Sean Anthony Bright remains on the lam after he reportedly walked away from a kitchen detail Sunday afternoon. Sheriff Jason Watson said agencies used tracking dogs throughout the night in search of Bright, 31. He is described as a white male standing at 5-foot-4-inches and weighing 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing either a jail-issued orange shirt or a white shirt, with either orange or brown pants.…

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Arkadelphia man arrested in child exploitation case

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Humane Society calling on community to secure land for new animal shelter in Arkadelphia

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Gurdon caretaker guilty of using client’s debit card for unauthorized DoorDash purchases

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Interactive dinosaur exhibit opening at Mid-America Science Museum on April 25

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Cable manufacturer expanding in El Dorado

Proposed 911 buy-in unfair to Caddo Valley, mayor tells court
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Proposed 911 buy-in unfair to Caddo Valley, mayor tells court

Paying $30,000 per year for dispatch services under the new state-mandated consolidation of all 911 centers is too much of a burden for his small city, Caddo Valley Mayor Joe Jackson told members of the Clark County Quorum Court

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OBU’s Todd Knight named AFCA Region Coach of the Year
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OBU’s Todd Knight named AFCA Region Coach of the Year

For the fifth time in the last 10 seasons, Ouachita Baptist University Head Football Coach Todd Knight has been selected as the American Football Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year

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Moment arrives for Arkansas’ D.C. delegation 
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Moment arrives for Arkansas’ D.C. delegation 

Arkansas’ members of Congress next year could be in positions of influence reminiscent of the Clinton years or the 1960s

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History Minute: Exploring the mystery of the Plum Bayou people
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History Minute: Exploring the mystery of the Plum Bayou people

It is a story that stretches back more than twelve hundred years in Arkansas, and it started with a letter

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Kay Burns

Kay taught at Malvern Junior High, Malvern High School, Glen Rose, Arkadelphia and Henderson State University

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Police visit sex offender on Halloween, find cocaine and meth
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Police visit sex offender on Halloween, find cocaine and meth

A Halloween home visit to a Clark County sex offender turned scary for local police when the parolee hurled furniture at officers as he fled his Arkadelphia apartment

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Weyerhaeuser set to build $500M plant in Southeast Arkansas
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Weyerhaeuser set to build $500M plant in Southeast Arkansas

The facility will have an annual production capacity of approximately 10 million cubic feet

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