by Seark Today | Nov 9, 2019 | Crime & Courts, News
Dustyn Codie Martin, a former Hamburg lawyer, recently was sentenced to five years in prison, plus a lengthy suspended sentence (SIS) for theft from a Drew County client, theft from Drew County relatives for loans obtained by fraud, theft of services from three...
by Seark Today | Nov 8, 2019 | News, Sports
Fordyce 27 McGehee 24; Rison 44 Dollarway 8; Lake Village 18 Barton 16 Thursday Games Crossett 20 – Star City 13; Dewitt 40 – Monticello 14; Hamburg 28 – Dumas 10; Warren 42 – Helena 14; Drew Central 48 – Palestine Wheatley 13 MORE NEWS...
by Seark Today | Nov 7, 2019 | News, Sports
Crossett 20 – Star City 13; Dewitt 40 – Monticello 14; Hamburg 28 – Dumas 10; Warren 42 – Helena 14; Drew Central 48 – Palestine Wheatley 13 MORE NEWS
by News Release | Nov 6, 2019 | Events, News
The interactive public humanities series, Arkansas Stories of Place and Belonging, continues this fall with a two-day exploration of “Captivity and Resistance” Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, at locations in Monticello and McGehee. “Captivity and Resistance”...
by News Release | Nov 6, 2019 | News
Gov. Asa Hutchinson Wednesday announced the appointment of Sandra C. Bradshaw of Crossett as circuit court judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Division Two. The circuit includes Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, and Drew counties. Bradshaw will replace the late Judge...
by William Busby | Nov 5, 2019 | Sponsored Posts
If your employer offers a 401(k) or similar plan, you’ve got a powerful retirement-savings tool at your disposal. And yet, how well you do with your 401(k) depends greatly on your choices and actions. What steps can you take to maximize the benefits of your...
by Seark Today | Nov 4, 2019 | News
A Crossett woman died and her passenger was injured in a single vehicle accident Sunday on U.S. 425 South in Ashley County, according to an Arkansas State Police preliminary accident report. Angela Marie Craig, 39, the driver of a Jeep Patriot, died in the...
by Seark Today | Nov 4, 2019 | News, Politics
State Rep. Don Glover has announced his intention to seek re-election to District 11. “It is important to me to touch the lives of the people of District 11,” Glover said, in a news release announcing his re-election campaign. “I have built my...
by Don Glover | Nov 3, 2019 | News
This past week, Arkansans celebrated one of our own. The 92nd Assembly signed into law Act 1062, designating November 1, 2019 as the inaugural John H. Johnson Day in Arkansas. John H. Johnson was an Arkansan and as well as a District 11 native. A descendant of...
by Seark Today | Nov 1, 2019 | News
An Arkansas State Trooper who fatally shot a Warren man in Bradley County on October 17 was justified in his use of deadly force, according to 10th Judicial District Prosecutor Thomas Deen. Arkansas State Trooper Garrett Brock on October 17 fatally shot...
by Seark Today | Nov 1, 2019 | News, Sports
Warren 14 – Hamburg 7; Crossett 29 – Helena 0; Monticello 30 – Dumas 6; Star City 55 – Dewitt 44: McGehee 24 – Drew Central 0; Rison 47 – Barton 0 MORE NEWS
by News Release | Oct 29, 2019 | News
Cody Martin is the recipient of the 2019 Robert H. Burch, Jr. Waterfowl Research Endowment. The endowment was created in memory of Dr. Robert (Bobby) H. Burch, Jr. and to perpetuate his memory by supporting two of his passions, waterfowl and education. The...
by William Busby | Oct 29, 2019 | Sponsored Posts
Today, more and more people want their investment dollars to do some good in the world. Should you, too, consider sustainable investing? And if you do, must you accept weaker returns from your investments? To answer these questions, you may want to have some...
by Andy Shaw | Oct 28, 2019 | Features, News
[Editor’s note: Andy Shaw’s account of the Crossett Light, originally published in October 2011, has been moved from the Seark Today archives for your Halloween enjoyment.] Skeptics have any number of ways to explain it; pranksters, automobile...
by News Release | Oct 28, 2019 | News
The Delta Regional Authority recently announced a $1.5 million investment into 11 organizations, including a $150,000 grant to the University of Arkansas at Monticello College of Technology at Crossett. “DRA is committed to investing in workforce training and...
by Seark Today | Oct 26, 2019 | News
The 2019 production year has been stressful for farmers nationwide. Producers are approaching several risk management decisions associated with the 2018 Farm Bill that will impact their operations for the next five years. To get a better understanding, 19...
by Seark Today | Oct 24, 2019 | News
Winchester Mayor Demetrous Trotter was charged this week with two counts of violating the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. According to a criminal information filed by 10th Judicial District Prosecutor Thomas Deen, Trotter on August 13 conducted an...
by News Release | Oct 23, 2019 | Events, News
The Tunican Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society continues its Fall Speaker Series at the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Tuesday, November 5, with a talk about ongoing research in northwest Arkansas. Tim Mulvihill, station archeologist at the...
by Seark Today | Oct 23, 2019 | News, Politics
State Rep. LeAnne Burch on Wednesday announced her intention to seek re-election for Arkansas State Representative, District 9. The district includes portions of Drew and Ashley counties. “It has been an immeasurable privilege to represent District 9 over...
by William Busby | Oct 22, 2019 | Sponsored Posts
As you’re well aware, we’ve seen some sudden and sizable drops in the financial markets in 2019. While market volatility is nothing new, the recent plunges happened during a period of general political and economic unease. Still, it can be harmful to overreact...
by News Release | Oct 22, 2019 | Sponsored Posts
Mainline Health System has met criteria for for laboratory accreditation by COLA, a national healthcare accreditation organization. Accreditation is given to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in...
by Seark Today | Oct 21, 2019 | Events, News
Operation Christmas Childʼs National Collection week is Monday, November 18- Monday, November 25. Through Operation Christmas Child, Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse will make a difference this Christmas for needy children around the world. This year,...
by News Release | Oct 18, 2019 | News
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will recommend Peggy Doss, Ed.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM), to serve as the next chancellor of UAM following the retirement of...
by Seark Today | Oct 17, 2019 | News
Update, 6:32 p.m.: The Arkansas State Police is continuing an investigation into a shooting in Bradley County involving a state trooper who shot a suspect who fired a pistol at the trooper following a motor vehicle crash earlier today, according to an Arkansas State...
by Seark Today | Oct 17, 2019 | News
A Lincoln County woman died Tuesday night after her vehicle hit a tree in Cleveland County. Kimberly Fay Lutrell, 54, of Glendale, was traveling west on Arkansas 54 in Cleveland County when the Toyota Corolla she was driving left the roadway and traveled...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Oct 17, 2019 | News
Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioners unanimously voted to approve special veteran’s waterfowl hunts to coincide with this year’s youth hunts at Thursday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The hunt originally was approved at the federal level earlier this year as a...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Oct 16, 2019 | News
Lasting heat of summer and stable conditions paid off for Arkansas hunters lucky enough to draw a tag in the 2019 alligator season. Of 147 tags available, 84 hunters managed to successfully take an alligator during the two-weekend season. The harvest is on par...
by William Busby | Oct 15, 2019 | Sponsored Posts
Like many people, you may spend decades putting money into your IRA and your 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan. But eventually you will want to take this money out – if you must start withdrawing some of it. How can you make the best use of...
by News Release | Oct 14, 2019 | News
Dr. Karla Hughes, the chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, announced that she will be stepping down from her role and retiring from the institution, effective Dec. 31. Hughes has led the campus since she was appointed by University of...
by Steve Scott | Oct 14, 2019 | News, Sports
[Editor’s note: The following story was written by Steve Scott about his father, Clyde L. Scott.] My father Clyde Scott was an extraordinary athlete who lived a long and productive life. He died at the age 93 after a long battle with dementia. After his...
by Seark Today | Oct 11, 2019 | News
A man was killed Wednesday when his vehicle was struck by a train near Grady, according to an Arkansas State Police preliminary accident report. Eugene L. Fletcher, 55, of Pine Bluff, was traveling east on Klie Road (at U.S. 65 South) in Jefferson County, near...
by Seark Today | Oct 8, 2019 | News
Two Drew County infrastructure projects are among eight projects that will receive more than $2.2 million in new investments from the Delta Regional Authority. The Delta Regional Authority this week made a $2,228,104 investment to strengthen public infrastructure,...
by Seark Today | Oct 4, 2019 | Crime & Courts, News
A Crossett man convicted in December 2018 of unlawfully discharging a firearm that resulted in the July 2018 death of another man then throwing the pistol into the Ouachita River, has lost an appeal to the Arkansas Court of Appeals. James Webb, 79, admits that...
