2023 has come to a halt and 2024 is here! Last year was a big year for Arkansas. We celebrated the centennial year of our State Parks system, the remodel of and reopening of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock and the opening of the United States Marshals Museum in Fort Smith!
The water and frigid weather arrive for strong finish to waterfowl season. It was nearly a season- long wait, but the habitat conditions that Arkansas waterfowlers were waiting for finally arrived.
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Department of Education’s Office of Early Childhood is pleased to now offer child care assistance to early child care workers and adoptive parents who qualify for the program. Arkansas becomes one of only a few states in the country to expand the program to these new groups.
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host two public meetings Feb. 10 in northeast Arkansas to address plans for future renovations to Dave Donaldson Black River Wildlife Management Area and other waterfowl- focused areas. The first meeting will be 9-11 a.m. at the Pocahontas Junior High gymnasium at 2405 N. Park St. It will be followed by a meeting from 2-4 p.m. at the Nettleton High School Cafeteria at 4201 Chieftain Lane in Jonesboro.
Park Elementary has announced their January Students of the Month. They are: Front row: Dawson Pingel, MacKenzie Ladd, Kolten Crossfield, Avery Graham, Levi Martin and Isabella Scheer.
Park Elementary announced the following students were presented with perfect attendance awards for the Fall Semester. Front row: Camedon Dobbins, Isabella Scheer, and Annie Monk Middle row: Anniston Benton, Brody Dillon, Noah Scheer, Brodie Weaver and Riley Modlin Back row: Bailey Dobbins, Koby Allen, Seth Spears, Victoria Kremers, Layla Moore and Brooklyn McMasters They were given a certificate and a prize from McDonalds.
Seniors at Corning High School participated in a “Get Real: Financial Management” workshop on January 24 thanks to the assistance of community members and local businesses. .
Most parents of school-age children have probably figured this out by now, but alternate method of instruction (AMI) days are no longer a thing. And it’s because of the LEARNS Act.
LITTLE ROCK – The freezing weather may have prevented citizens from appearing in person at three public hearings held by the Arkansas Broadband Office to gather input about plans to expand and improve Internet access in the state.
Just the Facts, Ma’am Back when your grandpa and grandma were whippersnappers, there was an old TV show in the 50’s called DRAGNET. It was a detective story, and the lead detective was Lt. Jack Webb, and the title of this column was his tag line in the show. Kerry and I went on a long trip out to West Texas a few days ago, and in our busy lives it gave us opportunities to talk and discuss issues that abound in this time in which we live. One of the things that came up was the fact that we are fed a lot of baloney by social media and even the mainstream media. We are busy people, living in a fast paced world. How often do we take time to hear a point that is preached, and then go dig at the roots and see how valid the remark is? An example of that is the fact that there is an element down here in Texas that wants to secede from the Union. Imagine that!! They are told by various sources that they can leave the United States and just do their own thing. My column is not long enough to list the reasons why that is not possible, but you always have my e-mail at the end of the column if you would like a list of those reasons. I will give you one, though, and an example. Texas doesn’t have enough water to supply to the ever increasing number of humans that insist on coming here. We crossed over the Leon River, numerous times, and Lake Belton on our trip. It is one of the main suppliers that replenishes the Edwards Aquifer that sits under Austin and the Texas Hill Country. And there, in the middle of that lake on that river was a boat landing that ended in a rock pile in the middle of the river/lake, with no water in sight. There is ever so much more, but that is a start.