by Seark Today | Oct 30, 2020 | News, Sports
Southeast Arkansas Football scores, Week 9: • Warren 26 — Hamburg 14 • Dumas 42 — Monticello 20 • Star City 35 — Dewitt 8 • Crossett 48 — Helena-West Helena 0 • McGehee 30 — Dollarway 6 • Fordyce 62 — Hampton 0 • Lake Village 56 — Barton 14...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Oct 29, 2020 | News, Sports
With the exception of maybe hunter orange and a rifle, few pieces of equipment are more representative of the white-tailed deer hunting experience as a tree stand. When scouting out places to hunt on public land, most hunters are looking for that perfect place...
by Andy Shaw | Oct 29, 2020 | Features, News, News Archive
[Editor’s Note: Andy Shaw’s feature story The Crossett Light was pulled from Seark Today’s archives (September 12, 2011) for Halloween.] Skeptics have any number of ways to explain it: pranksters, automobile headlights, atmospheric conditions,...
by U of A System Division of Agriculture | Oct 29, 2020 | News
A national search is underway to fill a position at the University of Arkansas at Monticello that would serve both as director of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Forest Resources Center and as dean of the UAM’s College of Forestry,...
by News Release | Oct 29, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Eva Jenkins Arrington will lead an Education First Tours parent and student meeting for students interested from any school district and home school students. The meeting will be held Tuesday, November 10, at 5:30 in the Drew Central School auditorium. Please...
by Seark Today | Oct 27, 2020 | News, Crime & Courts
Three weeks before his scheduled trial on computer child pornography charges, a Monticello man pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 10 years supervised probation. Russell Keith Langley, 62, of Monticello used the internet between March 21 and March...
by Angela Courtney | Oct 27, 2020 | News
The Second Annual John H. Johnson Day will be observed virtually on November 1, 2020, from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. The John H. Johnson official holiday was established April 16, 2019 during the 92nd General Assembly. Johnson published Ebony and Jet Magazines, and...
by News Release | Oct 27, 2020 | News
In 2010, Arkansas was number one for acute stroke deaths in the United States. As of 2018, Arkansas ranks number nine in acute stroke deaths. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation Stroke...
by William Busby | Oct 27, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Election Day is little more than a week away. As a citizen, you may feel the results will affect many aspects of life in this country. But as an investor, your situation probably won’t change after the votes are counted. No matter who wins, the financial...
by UAM Athletics | Oct 26, 2020 | News, Sports
The University of Arkansas at Monticello Green and White football scrimmage has been rescheduled to Tuesday October 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Willis “Convoy” Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium. The change has been made due to the impending weather from Tropical Storm Zeta....
by Seark Today | Oct 23, 2020 | News, Sports
Southeast Arkansas Football scores, Week 8: • Monticello 18 – Warren 12 • Dumas 28 – Dewitt 0 • Star City 35 – Helena 0 • McGehee 47 – Barton 0 • Fordyce 55 – Parkers Chapel 12 Cancellations: Crossett at Hamburg Rison at Lake...
by Seark Today | Oct 23, 2020 | News
A Louisiana woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident late Thursday afternoon at a highway construction zone on U.S. 425 South in Ashley County. Georgianna Emfinger, 71, of Monroe, Louisiana was traveling north on U.S. 425 South when the 2004 GMC she was...
by Seark Today | Oct 21, 2020 | News
Arkansas’ confirmed and probable Covid-19 cases increased by 844 Tuesday bringing the state’s total to 100,441 since the pandemic hit the state seven months ago, according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Hutchinson reported the numbers remotely due to his...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | Oct 20, 2020 | News
The University of Arkansas at Monticello recently announced its 2020 alumni awardees during a video conference. The annual awards banquet is traditionally held during homecoming week festivities. Because NCAA Great American Conference athletics is suspended for the...
by William Busby | Oct 20, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
If you’re a caregiver, possibly for a loved one dealing with an illness such as Alzheimer’s disease, you’re probably already facing some significant emotional and physical challenges – so you don’t need any financial ones as well. Yet, they are difficult to...
by News Release | Oct 19, 2020 | News, Events
The Drew County NAACP recently announced its plans for its annual fundraising event. The 2020 Freedom Fund Gala will be held virtually on Friday, October 30 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. by Zoom and Facebook Live. Due to the conditions of the pandemic, the branch...
by Seark Today | Oct 18, 2020 | News
Early voting for the 2020 General Election opens October 19 and runs through November 2, 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 during the early voting period. For...
by Seark Today | Oct 16, 2020 | News, Sports
Southeast Arkansas Football scores, Week 7: • Dumas 35 – Star City 29 • Hamburg 47 – Helena 12 • Warren 48 – Dewitt 6 • Greenbriar 37 – Monticello 36 • Fordyce 55 – Strong 0 • McGehee at Rison –...
by Seark Today | Oct 15, 2020 | News
The Star City School District and the Yorktown Water Association held a joint groundbreaking with North Little Rock’s Today’s Power, Inc. to announce the school district and water association’s new solar projects. Together, the two solar...
by Seark Today | Oct 14, 2020 | News
A North Little Rock man was killed and a Kansas man was injured Tuesday morning in a head-on collision, north of Monticello. According to an Arkansas State Police preliminary accident report, Christian L. May, 25, of North Little Rock was killed in the...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | Oct 13, 2020 | News
Dr. Phil Tappe, dean of the University of Arkansas at Monticello Dean of the College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources and the director of the U of A System Division of Agriculture’s Forest Resources Center, will retire on December 31....
by William Busby | Oct 13, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
When you retire, you’ve learned a lot about all sorts of things, helping you avoid some of the mistakes you made earlier in life. However, you may still be susceptible to financial missteps specifically related to your retirement years. How can you dodge these...
by Seark Today | Oct 11, 2020 | News
Two Star City residents were killed and a Hamburg resident was injured in a 2-vehicle accident Sunday at 12:51 a.m. near the Lincoln and Cleveland County line. The accident occurred on Highway 530 in Lincoln County near the Cleveland County line when a...
by Seark Today | Oct 9, 2020 | News, Sports
Southeast Arkansas Football scores, week 6: THURSDAY • Monticello 53 Helena-West Helena 6 • Jacksonville 46 Hamburg 39 non conference game FRIDAY • Warren 40- Dumas 7 • McGehee 28 Camden Harmony Grove 6 • Rison 54 – Smackover 6 • Fordyce 21 –...
by News Release | Oct 7, 2020 | News
The medical staff at Ashley County Medical Center is urging the community to get their flu vaccine to help protect themselves, their family, and their community. All the ACMC clinics and all community pharmacies have flu vaccines available. In many instances,...
by University of Arkansas-Monticello | Oct 7, 2020 | News
University of Arkansas at Monticello Chancellor Dr. Peggy Doss announced today that Crystal Halley has been named the university’s vice chancellor for academic affairs. Halley graduated summa cum laude from UAM in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in...
by Seark Today | Oct 6, 2020 | News, Politics
Howard Beaty, a Republican from Crossett, is challenging State Rep. LeAnne Burch, a Democrat from Monticello, in the November General Election for the District 9 state House seat. District 9 covers about two-thirds of Ashley and Drew counties including...
by William Busby | Oct 6, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
Right now, the pandemic is causing chaos and uncertainty for colleges and students. But it won’t always be that way. And if you have children who will be heading off to school in the next few years, you’re probably thinking about more typical concerns – such as...
by Seark Today | Oct 2, 2020 | Sports, News
Southeast Arkansas high school football scores. Week 5: • Hamburg 46 – Monticello 20 • Crossett 21 – Dumas 20 • Warren 42 – Booneville 35 • McGehee 46 – Lake Village 13 • Rison 42 – Dollarway 0 • Fordyce 47 – Carisle 14 •...
by News Release | Oct 2, 2020 | Sponsored Posts
LeAnne Burch proudly announces her re-election campaign as the State Representative for District 9. A retired Brigadier General in the United States Army, LeAnne Burch has proven time and again her commitment to our nation. During her 30 year career in the...
by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Oct 1, 2020 | News
With the fall migration of many bird species beginning, birdwatching enthusiasts and educators are just as excited as the most avid waterfowl hunter, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has a great way to bring more birders into the watchable wildlife...
by Seark Today | Sep 25, 2020 | News
Eudora Elementary School in Chicot County is among five schools in Arkansas and 367 schools across the nation recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Education. Eudora Elementary School’s...
by News Release | Sep 23, 2020 | News
Arkansas State Forester Joe Fox was elected president of the National Association of State Foresters at the association’s annual meeting this week. Fox directs the Forestry Division of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. He joined the Division in May...
