Mardi Gras theme for fundraiser at center

The Jacksonville Senior Wellness and Activity Center is celebrating the start of Mardi Gras season with its third annual “Taste of New Orleans” fundraiser dinner. Louisiana cuisine will be served from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 at Jacksonville Community Center Banquet Hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are on sale now at the Jacksonville […]

Cold won’t hurt farms

Low temperatures kill many bugs that can limit yield and quality in state.

A couple of recent cold snaps, including Thursday night’s, won’t hurt Lonoke County farmers and could help scale back the red-banded stinkbug problem, County Extension Agent Keith Perkins said on Friday. The stinkbug, which usually doesn’t make it north of Louisiana, caused some soybean damage last year in the county, he said. “Last summer is the first we had to […]

Obituaries – Jan. 13, 2018

Nellie Ruth Harris Nellie Ruth Harris, 87, passed away on Jan. 11. She was born on Oct. 20, 1930, to Walter and Ella McCormack. She loved her flowers and her garden and liked to sit on her porch and watch the animals and birds. She was an avid collector of cookie jars. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, […]

Police Reports – Jan. 13, 2018

Cabot • A theft from a vehicle was reported on Dec. 30 at Kentucky Fried Chicken, 1003 W. Main St. The victims told police a Ridgid wet saw was taken from the back of their truck while eating at the restaurant. •  Risa Anderson, 35, of 18 Pheasant Run Drive was arrested Jan. 9 on drug charges. Police saw a […]

Bank robber gets 17 years

Patrick Lucero, 50, was sentenced to 17 years in state prison for robbing Simmons Bank in Beebe on Jan. 30, 2017. Lucero was arrested by the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office one day after the robbery after being identified by witnesses. He confessed to Beebe detectives. White County Circuit Court Judge Robert Edwards sentenced Lucero on Jan. 3 after he pleaded […]

Honorary commanders inducted

Nine civilians get close look at how Little Rock Air Force Base functions.

Team Little Rock inducted nine community members into the honorary commander program on Jan. 4 at Little Rock Air Force Base. This program is a community-outreach effort to continue building partnerships between local civic leaders and Team Little Rock. It allows community representatives to learn about the military mission while offering military commanders and their airmen a means to learn […]

Recycling center is closed in Cabot

Curbside service to continue in city, also county dropoff centers in Ward and Lonoke.

The Cabot Recycling Center is closed, but curbside recycling collection continues for Cabot residents. The Central Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District closed the Cabot Recycling Center, 203 E. Elm St., on Dec. 29. Cabot residents who want to recycle can put paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, plastic bottles and containers, metal cans and glass in their own bins or trash […]

Board sets meeting on final details for schools

Assistant JNPSD superintendents’ contracts are extended this week.

The Jacksonville-North Pulaski School Board has scheduled a workshop, tentatively set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, with the architects to choose or confirm finishes for the two new schools under construction. The $16.5 million Bobby G. Lester Elementary School is up out of the ground with bricks being laid on the outside and drywall on the inside. The new school on […]

Hwy. 321 widening forum is Thursday

The state Transportation Department will conduct a public meeting between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday on a proposal to widen state Hwy. 321 from state Hwy. 367 to state Hwy. 89, according to spokesman Danny Straessle. The meeting, at Faith Missionary Baptist Church Fellowship Hall), 301 Bill Foster Memorial Highway, Cabot, will follow an open house format, he said. […]

Jonesboro copies range to attract tourism there

Officials in northeast Arkansas liked what they saw here, will build bigger.

When Jacksonville built its community center, mayors from around the state came to take a look and copy the idea. Then the city built its Splash Zone, and that’s been copied around the state. Now it’s the city’s sports shooting complex. Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin and city officials toured the Jacksonville Sports Shooting Complex a year ago and now have […]