Sherwood declared ‘essential’

Move ensures city will get share of COVID-19 federal funds for virus.

Sherwood, at its council meeting last week, declared itself an “essential city.” Lonoke recently did the same. Sherwood Mayor Virginia Young said the declaration was recommended by the Arkansas Municipal League to ensure cities get federal funds from the state due to the COVID-19 virus. The resolution states that small towns and cities are struggling just as much as their […]

Police Reports – July 1, 2020

Sherwood • Police are investigating a murder on Gap Creek Drive last week. Officers were called at 2:55 p.m. on June 25 to 6801 Gap Point Circle. A 2006 black Saturn Vue was parked on the walking path off Gap Creek Drive. Braylen Jay-Quan Stone, 17, of North Little Rock was found dead inside the vehicle on the passenger side […]

Obituaries – July 1, 2020

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Pamela James Pamela Joyce James, 86, of Swansea, Ill., passed away on June 28. She was born in Ridgewell Essex, England, on Feb. 3, 1934, to parents Cecil and Mary Brown. In addition to her parents, Pamela was welcomed into Heaven by her husband, Benjamin Gerald James, and her two daughters, Avonne Crismon and Linda Register. She is survived by […]

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Red River Ford donates van

PEAK Center in Cabot gets a free 15-passenger vehicle to transport seniors.

Red River Ford in Cabot on Monday presented the keys to a 2018 Ford Transit passenger van to PEAK Center of Cabot. The dealership donated a 15-passenger van with 30,000 miles to the senior center to replace its old seven-passenger van. Mayor Ken Kincade spoke with Red River general manager Mitch Ward earlier this year about the PEAK Center needing […]

Hundreds tested for virus

Big turnout on Tuesday for free COVID-19 exams at Shorter College in North Little Rock.

Hundreds of people came out Tuesday to Shorter College in North Little Rock for a community drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic held by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. There was no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. The line of cars stretched around the campus streets to the interstate ramp, with some people waiting for two hours. The clinic was […]

COVID-19 cases keep rising

Health crisis continues as state officials appear unfazed by the spike caused by reopenings.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday announced 520 new cases overnight, for a total of 20,777 infections. Five more Arkansans died of COVID-19, raising the total to 270. Washington County had another 152 cases to lead the state, followed by Pulaski County with 118, Benton County with 33, Faulkner with 23 and Yell County with 21. “After five days of decline, […]

Cabot, JNPSD look to reopen

Today is the deadline for parents in JNPSD to choose online or classroom learning.

The Cabot School District is preparing to open on Aug. 13 for students to learn in a healthy and safe learning environment in the COVID-19 era. The district Tuesday an-nounced plans for students to return to the classroom or have the option of digital learning from home with Cabot Panther Digital Academy for all K-12. School Superintendent Dr. Tony Thurman […]

Cabot OKs fireworks on Fourth

Cabot Mayor Ken Kincade is allowing fireworks to be shot in the city, making easier for families to celebrate Fourth of July at home due to COVID-19. Kincade is temporarily suspending the fireworks ordinance from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on July 3-4. Citations will be issued to residents that are shooting off fireworks outside of these time frames. No […]