Pocahontas swimmer Cari King won six gold medals at the State Senior Olympics in Conway on July 20! Her events were the 50-meter backstroke, 50-meter butterfly, 50-meter freestyle, 50-meter breaststroke, and the 100- and 200-meter individual medleys. Hendrix College hosted the meet, which qualified the top three finishers to swim in the 2025 Nationals next summer in Iowa.
This story was about my husband’s mother’s parents and is the last segment of a three-part story written seven years ago. So there they were once again, the Evans, one following the other as they moved like ashes blowing in the wind.
The Democratic Party of Randolph County will meet Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 5 p.m.
The United Auto Workers Retirees will meet at Grecian Steak House, located at 210 Airport Rd., Paragould, Ark. on Thursday, Aug.
If you applied for FEMA disaster assistance and also have homeowners or renters insurance, you may still be eligible for federal grants to cover expenses not covered by your insurance. If you live in Baxter, Benton, Boone, Fulton, Greene, Madison, Marion or Randolph counties, FEMA may be able to help if your insurance settlement following the severe storms of May 24-27 did not cover all your losses, or if your claim was turned down.
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will accept applications for one of seven permit-based dove-hunting locations Aug. 1-15.
The City of Pocahontas Police Department is looking to hire a certified officer. All interested applicants must be a Certified Law Enforcement Officer. This will be a full-time position with benefits. Apply in person at the Pocahontas City Hall, 410 Marr Street in Pocahontas. Applications will be accepted until Aug. 9.
For years, you’ve heard it repeatedly: Spay or neuter, spay or neuter, spay or neuter! The mantra was most famously repeated daily by Bob Barker on his decades-old game show. And it is being repeated again by Bob’s successor, Drew Carey.
with Jean Pearcy Writing is something I have always done, right there in my mind as a child the stories began. I was one of the quiet ones, mute for the most part, I listened and gathered and thought.