Longtime Cabot chamber boss gets state job

She will become regional manager for the Economic Development Commission.

Cabot Chamber of Commerce director Amy Williams is leaving next month after seven years with the chamber to work for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Williams’ last day at the chamber will be March 31. She accepted a position as a regional manager for AEDC’s northeast region that covers 22 counties, including Lonoke County. The AEDC was established in 1955 […]

NLR moves to buy Greyhound station

Mayor Hartwick will negotiate price in a plan to renovate the city’s fast-changing downtown.

ening, the North Little Rock City Council unanimously approved a measure allowing Mayor Terry Hartwick to negotiate the purchase of the soon-to-be vacant Greyhound Bus Terminal at 118 E. Washington Ave. Greyhound is expected to be out of its current location by about March 15, Hartwick said. Nathan Hamilton, Ward 1 council member, said about the bus terminal sale that […]

Lonoke’s hero cop improves

Officer Cody Carpenter was shot multiple times saving an abducted teen from captor.

A Lonoke police officer is recovering from his critical injuries after being shot Saturday night during a stop in the McDonald’s parking lot by a wanted Pennsylvania man traveling with an abducted 14-year-old North Carolina girl. The suspect drove away and was chased by a state trooper through town. His vehicle got stuck in the snow and the girl escaped. […]

Age lowered to 65 for vaccines

State is receiving enough shots to accommodate additional seniors and school employees.

As the supply of vaccines continues to increase in Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced at his weekly coronavirus briefing Tuesday that as many as 115,00 seniors 65 years and older are eligible to receive the shots. Arkansans over 70 have been eligible to receive the vaccines until now, in addition to nursing home residents, emergency workers and teachers, who are […]

Cabot debates $56.5M in plans

Town hall held to talk about how city may spend windfall from tax extension.

Cabot held a town-hall meeting on Monday for feedback on a wish list of projects the city is considering in a possible $56.5 million bond issue it may bring to voters with a special election in June. It is not a lump sum package. Each item will be voted on individually on the ballot. The city issued bonds in 2005 […]

Obituaries – Feb. 24, 2021

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John Ourso John “Johnny” Wayne Ourso, 79, joined his heavenly father on Feb. 20 after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Johnny was born Nov. 27, 1941, to Junius Anthony Ourso and Clemence Ducote Ourso in Plaquemine, La. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Fran Griffin Ourso, of Helena; his daughters, Susan Swift (Bob) of Cabot […]

More shots on the way

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The hunt is on for the coronavirus vaccine in central Arkansas as more people have opted to be vaccinated for the deadly, contagious virus, which has killed more than 501,000 Americans and more than 5,377 Arkansans and hospitalized many, many more. More than 535,000 vaccines have been administered in Arkansas, and several hundred thousand more are on the way. About […]

Week added to hoops season

Teams will get to play out rest of games to set seeds for district tourneys.

After a week of requests from leagues all over the state were met with resistance, the Arkansas High School Activities Association did an about face on Friday afternoon and decided to extend the basketball regular season by one week. The change is voluntary. Conferences that wanted to extend their regular seasons were allowed to. Conferences that wanted to get their […]

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