Throughout the world there are many people who don’t know where their next meal is coming from, and in northeast Arkansas that number seems to be rising.
Voters approved a half-cent sales tax around seven years ago to build the city’s aquatic center, and with it nearly being paid off, the city wants to continue the sales tax to fund a different project.
The city of Blytheville says it is ready to meet the needs from the upcoming loss of the Workforce Center. The Division of Workforce Services announced last month it was closing the office in Blytheville, among others, in a restructuring effort.
The Arkansas Workforce Center location in Blytheville will soon close its doors. In a press release, the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services said it was restructuring the Workforce Centers across the state.
Cancer survivors across northeast Arkansas were celebrated in Jonesboro on Sunday. NEA Baptist and St. Bernards each held a celebration for cancer survivors on National Cancer Survivors Day.
The nonprofit, LGBTQ+ theatre company Friends of George’s, has officially won its court case challenging Tennessee’s ban on public drag shows, on June 2.
Tinkerfaire was hosted at Arkansas State University Museum on Saturday. The event brings people of all ages to tinker with different experiments, hoping to inspire all kinds of minds.
With the unofficial start of summer in the rear view mirror many people are getting out and about and there is one thing people sometimes forget to do at the end of the day, check for ticks.
The holiday weekend brought out car thefts in high numbers, according to Jonesboro Police reports there have been 6 vehicles stolen since the weekend with the tally growing each day.
The Miss Arkansas pageant is right around the corner, and 16 women from the Region 8 area will make their grand arrival at the State Capitol in Little Rock on Saturday, June 3
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