by Seark Today | Feb 18, 2020 | News, Politics
Early voting in the March primary election and nonpartisan judicial election begins Tuesday. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday. Early voting ends March 2, the day before the primary. For...
by UAM Athletics | Feb 18, 2020 | News, Sports
University of Arkansas at Monticello women’s golfer Leah Rowe won the Badger Invitational Tuesday at the Robert Trent Jones Magnolia Grove Crossings Course in Mobile, Alabama. As a team, the Blossoms finished in third place shooting a combined 952 in the...
by William Busby | Feb 18, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
In your life, you will have all sorts of relationships – with your family, your friends, your co-workers, and even with civic groups and charitable organizations you support. But have you ever considered another key relationship – the one you have with money?...
by Seark Today | Feb 16, 2020 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team (4-6, 2-1 GAC) won a 3-game series against Harding University (5-4, 1-2 GAC) this weekend at Weevils Field in Monticello. UAM took the first game, 12-4, the second game, 5-1, and dropped the final game, 5-0. In...
by Seark Today | Feb 14, 2020 | News
Personal experiences when he was a teen led Clark Roberts to a field where he could make a difference, helping those in need. He is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at Mainline Health System’s clinic in Eudora. “After watching many close family...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Feb 13, 2020 | News
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA, Cutoff Creek WMA, Trusten Holder WMA and the University of Arkansas Pine Tree Experimental Station WDA will be temporarily closed February 18-29 while the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...
by Seark Today | Feb 12, 2020 | News
After hearing the story of MacKenzy McCarty, a young McGehee girl battling cancer, Sarah Pennington wanted to raise awareness of MacKenzy’s fight against Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. She also wanted to raise money to help MacKenzy’s...
by Seark Today | Feb 11, 2020 | News
Drew County voters reinstated a one-cent sales tax for county road maintenance and improvements, according complete unofficial election results: FOR – 1,049 AGAINST – 297 Renewal of the long-standing tax failed by 14 votes in a special election last...
by William Busby | Feb 11, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
On Valentine’s Day, you can give your spouse or life partner a traditional gift such as candy or flowers. But once you’ve done that, why not think about something that can provide longer-lasting benefits for your loved one? Specifically, think about ways to...
by Seark Today | Feb 9, 2020 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas-Monticello baseball team split a four-game series with Augustana University, this weekend at home. The No. 21 ranked Weevils took the first game of a double-header on Saturday, edging No. 13 ranked Augustana Vikings, 5-4, before...
by Seark Today | Feb 7, 2020 | News
A Star City man escaped a possible death sentence Thursday when he pleaded guilty to capital murder in the June 2019 beating death of his 11-year-old stepson, Joseph Carsello. David Black, 38, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole....
by Seark Today | Feb 6, 2020 | News
The Dante House in Dumas is one of five properties in Arkansas that are now a part of the National Register of Historic Places. The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) review board approved the locations in December 2019 and received notification of...
by Seark Today | Feb 6, 2020 | News, Sports
Five football players from South Arkansas are among the 44 players from Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Tennessee who signed with the University of Arkansas at Monticello on National Signing Day. Those from South Arkansas signing with UAM are: Adam Fonville, a...
by Seark Today | Feb 5, 2020 | Events, News
The cast for the Southeast Concert Association’s 2020 musical production of The Sound of Music has been selected. The public performances premiere on March 10 at the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Fine Art Center. The cast will take their final bows the...
by Seark Today | Feb 4, 2020 | News
A McGehee man and a Banks man are among 15 people that Gov. Asa Hutchinson intends to pardon, according to a news release issued Monday. The applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole and probationary requirements and...
by William Busby | Feb 4, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Social Security can be one source of retirement income for you and your spouse. To maximize your benefits, you’ll need to make some key decisions and be aware of some common myths. • Myth 1: Always take Social Security early. You can file for Social Security...
by Seark Today | Feb 2, 2020 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas-Monticello baseball team got off to a slow start, dropping its first three games of the 2020 season at the Houston Astros Winter Invitational at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. In its season opener on Friday, the 21st ranked Weevils fell...
by News Release | Jan 30, 2020 | News
A $20 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation, along with a matching grant, will allow Arkansas State Parks to complete a 84.5-mile biking and pedestrian trail from Lexa to Arkansas City. “This is great news for cyclists and hikers, who have waited more than...
by News Release | Jan 30, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Mainline Health Systems recently was awarded a $54,677 grant from the Blue & You Foundation to purchase RetinaVue cameras for Mainline’s primary locations to increase the number of diabetic patients receiving diabetic retinal exams. Some 80 percent of...
by UAM Athletics | Jan 29, 2020 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas-Monticello baseball team was a top three pick in the 2020 National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association (NCBWA) Division II Central Region Preseason Poll after finishing the 2019 season with a 34-16 record and earning a spot...
by Seark Today | Jan 28, 2020 | News
Our Lady of the Lake Church’s Annual Spaghetti Dinner in Chicot County and the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival are two of the finalists for the 2020 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame in the food-themed event category, according to an Arkansas Department of Heritage news...
by William Busby | Jan 28, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Recently, we’ve seen an increased interest in mindfulness, although the concept itself is thousands of years old. Essentially, being mindful means you are living very much in the present, highly conscious of your thoughts and feelings. However, being mindful...
by Seark Today | Jan 25, 2020 | News, Politics
Bill Dunklin, a lifelong resident of Southeast Arkansas, has officially kicked off his run for the District 26 state Senate seat. The district includes includes Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, and Drew counties and parts of Cleveland, Desha, and Lincoln counties....
by Seark Today | Jan 24, 2020 | News
Phillip K. Gilmore, chief executive officer of the Ashley County Medical Center, has been elected to serve as president of the Arkansas Department of Health Board, after serving as president-elect in 2019. Gilmore was appointed to the ADH board by Governor Asa...
by Seark Today | Jan 22, 2020 | Crime & Courts, News
The Arkansas Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a Drew County woman sentenced last year to 15 years in the death of her 19-month-old daughter. A Drew Count jury, in January 2019, found Kannikka Jenkins guilty of first-degree...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Jan 22, 2020 | News, News Archive
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will hold a special public comment meeting to discuss water level and fisheries management on Grand Lake in Chicot County from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, January 30 at the Eudora Chamber of Commerce Building. The building is...
by William Busby | Jan 21, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
You’re probably aware this is an election year. During the next several months, the candidates will discuss issues that should greatly interest you as a citizen. But as an investor, how concerned should you be with the results of the presidential and...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Jan 16, 2020 | News
Arkansas students participating in conservation education programs will have nearly a half a million dollars in support, thanks to the fines collected from poachers and other people who violate hunting and fishing laws in the state. The Arkansas Economic...
by News Release | Jan 16, 2020 | News
The Arkansas Rural Health Partnership, a public nonprofit comprised of 14 rural hospital members spanning south Arkansas, is one of 21 sites selected to receive the Rural Responses to the Opioid Epidemic grant. ARHP will receive $750,000 over the next two years to...
by Seark Today | Jan 16, 2020 | News
Five Southeast Arkansas residents were among Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s 44 appointments this week to state boards and commissions. Tammy Vaughn of Monticello, was appointed to the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board. The appointment expires on June 30, 2022. She...
by Seark Today | Jan 15, 2020 | News
A Crossett woman died after her vehicle struck a traffic sign and a tree in Crossett Monday afternoon, according to an Arkansas State Police preliminary accident report. Mary Dell Jones, 60, of Crossett was traveling south in the northbound lane of the 1000 block of...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | Jan 15, 2020 | News
The University of Arkansas at Monticello School of Nursing was awarded a $150,000 grant from the Blue & You Foundation to enhance the nursing simulation laboratory, an essential part of the school’s nursing curriculum. The grant was one of 40 from more than...
by News Release | Jan 14, 2020 | News, News Archive
The Eureka Lodge #40 of Free and Accepted Masons recently installed officers for 2020. The officers, pictured above, are: Front row, left to right, Keith Ashcraft, senior warden; Brad Lee Rodgers, senior deacon; Kelly Shrum, junior warden; Michael Owen, master...
