by National Weather Service | May 20, 2022 | News
UPDATE – Special Weather Statement May 22, 12:01 a.m. — Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Cleveland, Bradley, Desha, Calhoun, Ouachita, Drew, Lincoln and Arkansas counties through 1 a.m. At 12 a.m., Doppler radar was tracking strong...
by Sponsored Post | May 20, 2022 | Sponsored Posts
by News Release | May 20, 2022 | News
More than 700 students received diplomas and were recognized as Harding University graduates for Spring 2022 during a commencement ceremony on May 7, 2022. The following Southeast Arkansas residents received degrees. Emmanuel Castillo of Warren (71671) received a...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | May 19, 2022 | News
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a package of regulations changes that included the adoption of a new waterfowl season structure, beginning with the 2023-24 seasons. The upcoming waterfowl season will follow the same format as...
by News Release | May 19, 2022 | News
Arkansas PBS will provide live, exclusive, statewide primary election coverage Tuesday, May 24, beginning at 7 p.m. when polls close. Arkansas’s local and state political and judicial scenes will be examined through live commentary, in-depth analysis with political...
by News Release | May 19, 2022 | News
Allie Richey, of Hermitage, recently graduated from the University of North Georgia with a Master of Science degree in Kinesiology. Richey was among about 1,300 graduates who participated in the 2022 commencement ceremonies on May 6-7 at the Convocation Center on...
by News Release | May 19, 2022 | News
Samari Anderson of Monticello, a nursing major at South Arkansas Community College, was awarded a Mabel and Emon Mahony Endowed Scholarship to attend the school this fall. The scholarship is funded through the SouthArk Foundation.
by Seark Today | May 18, 2022 | News
Area students were nominated to represent their community and school at Arkansas Boys State 2022, an immersive leadership and civic engagement experience sponsored by the American Legion, according to a Boys State news release. The following students from...
by U of A System Division of Agriculture | May 18, 2022 | News
A much-needed stretch of sunny days has enabled Arkansas’ cotton farmers to get more than half of their planting done as December futures prices hit their highest level in 11 years. For the week ending May 15, Arkansas cotton was 53 percent planted, up from 32 percent...
by News Release | May 17, 2022 | News
Seated, left to right, Felicia Doster, board member; Michele Roberts, board member; Rebecca Copico, grant writer; Reathel Privett, treasurer; and Vicki Ross, board member. Standing, left to right, Cyndee VanWinkle, Circle Communications advisor; Susan Akin, ...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | May 17, 2022 | News
The University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Alpha-Nu-Zeta Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society inducted five new members on May 2. New members include Brittney Bostian, history major; Dakota Boysen, history major; Diego Cendejas,...
by Seark Today | May 17, 2022 | Events, News
The main events of the 66th Annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival will be held June 10-11 in Warren. Scheduled entertainers include Boots Bailey & the Boys, the Friday night headliner; Mary Heather Hickman, the Saturday opening act; and David Lee Murphy, the...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | May 17, 2022 | News
Montgomery “Monty” Kilcrease was recently awarded a $1000 scholarship from the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). Kilcrease is a student of the HVAC program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello College of Technology-Crossett (UAM-CTC) and is...
by U of A System Division of Agriculture | May 16, 2022 | News
A nationwide shortage of infant formula is impacting families across the United States. For mothers who rely on formula to provide critical nutrition for their newborns, it’s important to proceed with caution for their child’s health and safety. Bryan Mader, extension...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | May 12, 2022 | News
The University of Arkansas at Monticello has been awarded a $205,415 grant by the Wingate Foundation. The multi-year grant (2022-2024) will be used to fund need-based scholarships ($100,000) nursing instructors ($50,000) and lab upgrades ($50,415). This is the second...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | May 11, 2022 | News
With turkey hunting season wrapped up, many hunters will be putting away their shotguns until fall, but there’s another spring season that gives Arkansas hunters plenty of reasons to keep the scattergun cleaned and ready. Arkansas’s squirrel season opens May 15, and...
by Seark Today | May 10, 2022 | News
The owner of TurboTax, Intuit Inc., has agreed to pay more than $1 million restitution to about 36,000 Arkansans who were deceived by the company. The settlement is the result of a multi-state investigation that found Intuit charged customers for the TurboTax service...
by Lon Tegels | May 10, 2022 | News
The University of Arkansas-Monticello’s “Top Gun” is putting his piloting skills to use to assess the health of the campus forest. Dr. Hamdi Zurqani, assistant professor of geospatial science, joined the UAM College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural...
by Seark Today | May 9, 2022 | News
Early voting for the 2022 preferential primary and nonpartisan judicial races opens May 9 and runs through May 23, the day before the election. Early voting hours are 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Early...
by Seark Today | May 9, 2022 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team was eliminated from the Great American Conference Baseball Tournament early Monday morning when the Weevils fell to No. 3 seed Harding University, 4-2, in the bottom of the eleventh inning at Majestic Park...
by News Release | May 8, 2022 | News
The Star City High School Art Club recently visited sites in Texas in an educational field trip involving art, history, science, and physical education. The trip marked the Art Club’s first field trip since 2019. A planned trip in 2020 to visit New Orleans was...
by Seark Today | May 7, 2022 | News
Monticello Police recovered the body of an unidentified man around noon Saturday in an undeveloped area in the Parkwood subdivision. Police received a call Saturday reporting that children playing in the area saw what they believed to be a body, according to...
by News Release | May 7, 2022 | News
More than 200 Little Rock School District officials, government and business leaders, students and the family of Southeast Arkansas native Dr. Marian G. Lacey recently gathered at construction site of the Dr. Marian G. Lacey K-8 Academy in Little Rock, a new...
by Seark Today | May 5, 2022 | News
The 75th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year program has named the 2022 County Farm Families of the Year, according to the Arkansas Farm Bureau. In Southeast Arkansas, the County Farm Families of the Year in Ashley, Bradley, Chicot Cleveland, Drew and Desha...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | May 5, 2022 | Events, News
The University of Arkansas at Monticello will hold its spring commencement exercises on Friday, May 13, at Steelman Field House. Commencement will be split into two ceremonies, the first at 10 a.m. and the last at 2 p.m. Doors will open at 9 a.m. for the 10 a.m....
by News Release | May 4, 2022 | Events, News
Several years ago the Seark Miracle League started a project to create a baseball field for athletes with disabilities. During that project, the league realized there was also a need for a park. “We wanted so badly for families in Southeast Arkansas to...
by News Release | May 3, 2022 | News
The FBI Little Rock and FBI New Orleans recently have noted an increase in sextortion schemes targeting children in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana. The FBI has received numerous reports of predators posing as children on social media to coerce minors into...
by News Release | May 3, 2022 | News
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration today released the state revenue collection report for April, which was the largest month of revenue collection in state history. Revenue collection (net collection) in April totaled $1.125 billion, $345.7 million...
by Seark Today | May 2, 2022 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas at Monticello secured a berth in the Great American Conference Baseball Championship Tournament over the weekend when the Weevils won a three game series against Southern Arkansas University. UAM (23-22, 17-16 GAC) won the final game of the...
by News Release | May 1, 2022 | Events, News
The Drew County Master Gardeners will hold a plant sale on Saturday, May 7 from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Market in the Park in Monticello. There will be an assortment of bedding plants such as Daffodils and and Lily mix as well as pollinator attracting plants such...
by News Release | May 1, 2022 | News
Entries are being accepted for the ninth annual Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year Contest, sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture and the Farm Credit Associations of Arkansas. Applicants may be any school, early childhood education facility,...
by Seark Today | Apr 28, 2022 | News, Sports
Jordan Johnson broke another Great American Conference record this week. The University of Arkansas-Monticello senior third-baseman got his 262nd career base hit for the Weevils, breaking the GAC career hits record. Johnson’s record-breaking single came...
by Seark Today | Apr 28, 2022 | News
The University of Arkansas at Monticello planted an American elm on campus in recognition of the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day, a nationally-celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and care. The observance is one of five requirements for the campus...
