Panthers keep playoff hopes alive at Bryant

Big fourth quarter lifts Cabot boys to important victory over the Hornets.

The Cabot boys kept their playoff hopes alive while the Lady Panthers saw theirs all but come to an end last Friday at Bryant. The Cabot boys turned a tie game after three quarters into a 51-39 victory, while the Lady Panthers dropped a heartbreaker 64-62 in overtime. The Panther and Hornet boys were tied 31-31 at the end of […]

Badgers sweep Pioneers

Beebe girls avenge earlier loss as senior goes over 1,000 points. Boys in control from the outset Friday.

The Lady Badger basketball team bounced back from one of its most disappointing losses last Tuesday to post a signature win in the regular-season finale on Friday. The Beebe girls had lost at home to Morrilton on Tuesday, but came back to beat Batesville 65-55 on Friday. It was also a historic night for Beebe senior Libbie Hill. Her basket […]

Lonoke ladies lose to Estem

Lady Jackrabbits will play top-seeded Brookland in East Region first round.

Searcy – The Lonoke Lady Jackrabbits failed to rebound from Thursday’s semifinal loss to Riverview in the 2-4A District Tournament at Riverview High School, losing to eStem, 44-36, in Saturday’s consolation game. The loss gave Lonoke (22-9) fourth place in the tournament, and the #4 seed from the 2-4A in this week’s Regional Tournament being played at Lonoke High School […]

Crowned in the final second

Cabot’s C.J. Long scored with only one second left to win the state championship on Saturday.

In the most dramatic match of the entire event, No. 3 seed C.J. Long of Cabot upset No. 1 seed Logan Collins of Springdale Har-Ber to win the wrestling state championships in the 195-pound weight class Saturday in UALR’s Jack Stephen’s Center. Collins had been in the state championship before and came up just short. Long had never even placed. […]

Feed Our Vets

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The Feed Our Vets in Cabot food pantry last Saturday served veterans, active military and spouses of those deployed who are in need of food. The food pantry gives out food from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every third Saturday of the month at its new location, 214 Rainbow Drive. Clients must bring a Department of Defense Form 214, military […]

A sleeping giant awakes

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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” — Ronald Reagan Several Arkansas Republicans responded quickly to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s dramatic indictment Friday of 13 Russians and an American for interfering with the presidential election in 2016. Senate Majority Leader Jim Hendren (R-Sulphur Springs) tweeted, “Still don’t know all details and motives but it is clear Russians […]

Obituaries – Feb. 21, 2018

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Ethan Hogan Ethan Skyler Hogan, 17, of Lonoke County passed away Feb. 18. He was born in Jacksonville on Nov. 30, 2000, to Todd and Lisa Hogan. Ethan was a student at Lonoke High School. He participated in FBLA and was on the student council. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Karion Beck and Peggy Hogan. He is […]

JNPSD science fair held

Winners will move on to regional competition in hopes of more prizes.

From “Ice, Ice Babies” to “What Do Ants Eat?” the recent Jacksonville North- Pulaski Science Fair had it all, especially in the area of sweet experiments with peppermint, gummy bears, skittles, bubble gum and chocolate. There were also fingerprints, ears, rainbows, oxygen, fire, bridge designs and energy from mud. The bridge design project won first place in the kindergarten division, […]

‘Voice’ winner in Beebe

Craig Wayne Boyd will perform June 30 at city’s Independence Day festival.

Country singer Craig Wayne Boyd, winner of Season 7 of the TV show “The Voice” will perform at the Beebe Fourth of July celebration Saturday, June 30 at the ballpark. During a special meeting Thursday, the Beebe City Council approved paying Boyd $7,000 to perform at the annual concert and fireworks show. The free event will be held June 30 […]

Police Reports – Feb. 21, 2018

Traffic Death •A Hot Springs man was killed Feb. 17 in a vehicle crash on I-40 East in Lonoke County. According to the report Caleb Quattlebaum, 21, was driving a Ford F-150 truck at 11:49 a.m. near mile marker 183. He was trying to a pass a semi-truck and came up to the rear of a second semi-truck. Quattlebaum took […]