by Seark Today | Jan 22, 2021 | News
The Arkansas General Assembly has concluded the second week of the session with nearly 400 bills introduced in the House and Senate. Here are the bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Southeast Arkansas lawmakers as of January 21. Sen. Bill Gilmore, R-Crossett...
by Seark Today | Jan 20, 2021 | News
Monticello Middle School is among 52 schools across the state awarded a grant to start or expand a garden on school grounds, according to a news release from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. Funding for the $500 grant is provided by the Arkansas...
by Seark Today | Jan 20, 2021 | News, Politics
Full text of President Joe Biden’s inaugural address: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, and my distinguished guests, my fellow Americans, this is America’s day. This is...
by UAM Athletics | Jan 19, 2021 | Sports, News
The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team will play 33 Great American Conference games including 15 at Weevils Field to highlight a shortened 2021 schedule as unveiled by head coach John Harvey on Tuesday. “Because of COVID, our schedule has...
by William Busby | Jan 18, 2021 | Sponsored Posts
If you’re close to retirement, you’ll have several financial issues to consider. But you’ll want to pay attention to one of the most important of these issues: health care costs. How can you prepare yourself for these expenses? First, get an early start on...
by Seark Today | Jan 16, 2021 | News
An Ashley County man died and a Stuttgart man was injured Friday in a head-on collision on U.S. 165 in Lonoke County Ashley Meeks, 48, of Crossett, was traveling south on U.S. 165, approaching Johnson Road, Friday morning when his truck crossed the center line...
by U of A System Division of Agriculture | Jan 16, 2021 | News
Despite a year dominated by major weather systems run amuck and a global pandemic, most of Arkansas’ major crops came out ahead in 2020, according to a Jan. 12 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Overall, Arkansas growers harvested about 6.74 million acres...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Jan 14, 2021 | News
With more than a month left in Arkansas’s archery deer season, hunters have checked 214,022 deer during the 2020-21 deer hunting season. That’s more deer than any season since the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission began keeping harvest records in 1938. The previous...
by UAM Athletics | Jan 14, 2021 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team was voted to finish in a tie for fourth in the Great American Conference in the 2021 preseason coaches poll, the league office announced. UAM was 8-13 overall and 6-7 in conference play before the season...
by Heath Waldrop | Jan 13, 2021 | News
The impact of Covid-19 has been felt across the globe—from far-flung regions to right here at home. When and where the illness has hit, many alumni of South Arkansas Community College have been among the front-line health-care professionals who have provided...
by Seark Today | Jan 13, 2021 | News
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 232-197 to impeach President Donald Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” Ten Republicans joined 222 Democrats in supporting impeachment. U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, a Republican who represents...
by Asa Hutchinson | Jan 12, 2021 | News
Thank you, Speaker Shepherd, and to Senate Pro Tem, Jimmy Hickey, and to the honorable Members of the General Assembly. Thank you for that warm greeting. Let me assure you that is gratefully received, and hopefully that signals a strong relationship as we enter...
by Seark Today | Jan 12, 2021 | News
Arkansas next week will expand Covid-19 vaccinations to include Arkansans age 70 and over and school employees, including those in higher education and childcare workers. The vaccines will be available to those groups beginning Monday, January 18, Gov....
by William Busby | Jan 11, 2021 | Sponsored Posts
When you begin investing, you’ll generally assess your comfort with risk, as your investment choices will be guided at least partially by your risk tolerance. But once you actually experience the ups and downs of the market, this tolerance could be tested. Risk...
by News Release | Jan 9, 2021 | News
The Drew County branch of the NAACP recently installed its new officers and executive committee members for 2021-2022. Clarissa Pace is the organization’s new president. Other elected and appointed officers include Bettina Randolph, vice president; Brenda...
by Seark Today | Jan 8, 2021 | News
President Donald Trump Thursday night acknowledged that a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20 and he will focus on “ensuring smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power.” The president’s comments in a video released...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | Jan 7, 2021 | News
Eric Prichard, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, recently published exploratory research on attitudes towards mask wearing and authoritarian tendencies in the academic journal Frontiers in Psychology. His research...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | Jan 6, 2021 | News
A student and professor at the University of Arkansas at Monticello will present papers next month on the working class at the Texas Center for Working-Class Studies Conference. Braden Taylor, a senior majoring in English Literature will present a paper titled...
by Seark Today | Jan 5, 2021 | News
State health officials on Tuesday reported 4,107 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases and 36 additional Covid-19 deaths, bringing the total number of known infections in Arkansas to 238,888 and the number of deaths to 3,836 since the start of the...
by News Release | Jan 4, 2021 | News
Three Southeast Arkansas men are among six who will be inducted (one posthumously) into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame this year for their leadership and service to the state’s largest business sector. The 2021 inductees include: The late Russell...
by William Busby | Jan 4, 2021 | Sponsored Posts
If you’ve been contributing for many years to your 401(k) or similar retirement plan, it may be your largest pool of money. So, if you are facing a financial need, you may think about tapping into your account. After all, it’s your money – why not use it? But...
by Seark Today | Dec 29, 2020 | News
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday he is extending the public health emergency an additional 60 days as the coronavirus continues to spread in Arkansas. Following his announcement, Hutchinson gave an update of Covid-19 cases. “First of all,...
by William Busby | Dec 28, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Many of us probably felt that 2020 lasted a very long time. But now that 2021 is upon us, we can make a fresh start – and one way to do that is to make some New Year’s resolutions. Of course, you can make these resolutions for all parts of your life – physical,...
by Matthew Pelkki | Dec 28, 2020 | News
Even if you leave out the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2020 was a busy one for Timber related news, both good and bad. In the Arkansas forest products industries, industry expansions and investments included the Green Bay Packaging’s Morrilton...
by News Release | Dec 27, 2020 | News
As of Sunday at 9:15 a.m. there has been no water service in some areas of Monticello due to a water line break at the intersection of Barkada Road and U.S. 425 North. Monticello water service crews, which have been working on the break for 24 hours,...
by Seark Today | Dec 23, 2020 | News
Police are searching for Lorenzo Deon Williams, one of two men who escaped Tuesday night from the Dumas jail. Williams,34, was being held at the jail on a parole violation. His criminal history includes aggravated residential burglary, possession of a firearm...
by Seark Today | Dec 22, 2020 | News
Preparing for a possible spike in Covid-19 cases following Christmas and potential need for more hospital bed space, two existing facilities on Baptist Health campuses will be converted to provide 124 additional hospital beds to accommodate Covid-19 patients, Gov. Asa...
by Seark Today | Dec 22, 2020 | News, Sports
McGehee football coach Marcus Haddock has been named the 3A Coach of the Year after leading the Owls to a 12-1 season and a trip to the 3A state title game. McGehee quarterback Jordan Owens was a finalist for the 3A Offensive Player of the Year. Fordyce Coach Tim...
by William Busby | Dec 22, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
As the year draws to a close, it’s fair to say that we’ve all learned something about the social, political, physical and environmental forces that have affected everyone. And, in some ways, our lives will be changed, perhaps permanently. But as an investor,...
by Seark Today | Dec 16, 2020 | News
As the first doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine are administered in Arkansas, the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to climb. Over the last 24 hours, there have been 2,306 new cases and a record number of 58 deaths, bringing the...
by News Release | Dec 16, 2020 | News
The Eureka Lodge #40 of Free and Accepted Masons recently installed officers for 2021. The officers are: Keith Ashcraft, senior warden; Jonathon Halley, junior deacon; Lucas Owens, senior deacon; Scott Woodward, secretary; Logan Camden, worshipful master; Michael...
by William Busby | Dec 15, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Have your retirement plans changed because of COVID-19? If so, you have plenty of company. Nearly 40 percent of those planning to retire say the pandemic has disrupted their intentions, according to the Edward Jones/Age Wave Four Pillars of the New Retirement...
by Seark Today | Dec 10, 2020 | News, Crime & Courts
In a 5-2 decision this week, the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a Cleveland County man convicted of the December 2015 murder of a pregnant Cleveland County woman. Brad Hunter Smith’s capital murder conviction stands, but the court...
