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 Patty Wooten | Dec 15, 2017 | Community, Features, News, News Archive
Rex Nelson published a “Natural State Bucket List” of things every Arkansan should do at least once. While he included a few things from Southeast Arkansas, it was certainly not exclusive to our neck of the woods. So, here is a Southeast Arkansas...
by Patty Wooten | Jul 24, 2017 | Community, Features, News, News Archive
About a week ago, my Facebook news feed began to look like a colorful gravel pit, full of photos of brightly painted rocks. These rocks are part of a trend that is bringing families, friends and communities together to spread a little joy and brighten others’...
by Patty Wooten | Mar 13, 2017 | Community, Features, News, News Archive
It’s not everyday that the descendant of an American literary giant stops by for a visit, but the grandson of Ernest Hemingway recently visited the Dumas home of Joe and Nancy Wilkin to learn more about his grandfather’s hunting trip to Southeast Arkansas...
by Patty Wooten | Feb 24, 2017 | Community, Features, News, News Archive
Introduction: On Saturday, February 24, 2007, a series of tornadoes from one parent supercell ripped across Southeast Arkansas. One of the largest, categorized as an EF-3, carried winds exceeding 140 miles per hour. It cut through the heart of Dumas, injuring...
by Patty Wooten | Nov 25, 2016 | Community, Events, Features, News
Every year, the Drew County Historical Society hosts a tour of the Drew County Museum and serves refreshments in the log cabin behind the museum following the annual Carols of Christmas Parade in downtown Monticello. The museum is housed in the historic...
