The Cabot Advertising and Promotion Commission last week approved $136,129 in funding requests by the Cabot Parks and Recreation for improvements. Parks director Travis Young requested $76,963 for dirt work to turn the old baseball field behind ARCare on Richie Road into a flag football complex with five fields. Currently the flag football program uses Crouch Field on Panther Trail […]
ASU-Beebe charity show Saturday
The Arkansas State University-Beebe theater department will perform “The Phantom Tollbooth” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Owen Center Auditorium as a benefit for the ASU-Beebe Giving Tree project, which provides Christmas gifts to the families of ASU-Beebe students who are in financial need. The play is open to the public and admission is free. School groups are invited to […]
Play is this weekend at Cabot High School
The Cabot High School Theater will perform “This Is a Test” at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5 and available at the door. Proceeds will support students attending the Arkansas State Thespians Festival. “As the ticking clock reminds you, only 60 minutes remain to complete this oh-so-important predictor of your future. But you didn’t get […]
Events – Dec. 6, 2017
Knights of Columbus bingo twice monthly The Knights of Columbus hold charity bingo games at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of the month at St. Jude’s Catholic Church, 2403 McArthur Drive in Jacksonville. American Legion in Cabot meeting on Dec. 14 The Criswell Robinson American Legion Post 71 in Cabot will hold its monthly meeting at 7 […]
DAR and museum collect for veterans
The Jacksonville Museum of Military History and the Major Jacob Gray Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are holding their annual collection drive for elderly patients living in the Community Living Center units at the Fort Roots VA Hospital. The deadline to donate is Dec. 30. Monetary donations are also needed. Checks can be made out to CVAHS […]
Thomas to run for House seat in Jacksonville
Republican will face Democrat Perry next November to succeed retiring Johnson, who is running for mayor.Republican Patrick Thomas will run again for the state Dist. 42 seat. He will make his official announcement at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12 at the Hook Catfish Restaurant. The official filing period doesn’t open until February, but so far Thomas is the only Republican to enter the race. He will face the former Dist. 42. state Rep. Mark Perry, […]