Leslie Lowell Mizell, affectionately known as “Les,” passed away peacefully on May 26, 2024, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the age of 74. Born on September 4, 1949, in Corning, Arkansas, Les lived a life full of love, service, and dedication to his family, community, and country.
AGFC Sixty-four teams set out Friday morning, May 31 to capture the junior division state championship in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Youth Shooting Sports state tournament in Jacksonville. And it was perennial powerhouse Corning that took home the 2024 title.
Arkansas Farmers Market Week is just around the corner, running from June 9-15. With over 100 markets across the state, this is the perfect opportunity to explore the vibrant offerings of Arkansas agriculture.
“The first batch of monarch caterpillars has emerged here at the Saline County Extension Office which is one of my favorite times of year,” said Nicole Nichols, Saline County extension agent for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
What has become of integrity? Have you noticed it has become more difficult to observe within our daily lives and well, when witnessed in politics, it’s like a unicorn sighting. Maybe it is something you have to value in order to realize it is missing or to recognize when you see it.
The Corning Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the 2024 Annual 4th of July Homecoming will be held on Thursday, July 4th this year. In 2023, the Chamber held the Homecoming events on Saturday, July 1 in hopes it would draw more people to Corning and participation in the local celebration. This year, they decided to return the Corning celebration to the holiday date of Thursday, July 4.
The Corning boys’ basketball teams attended Session 1 of the junior and high school basketball camp on June 3-5, 2024. .
LITTLE ROCK – The number of fatalities in Arkansas due to drug overdoses declined faster than the national average last year, according to records maintained by the Centers for Disease Control. From 2022 to 2023 the number of fatalities dropped by 13.7 percent, from 591 fatalities caused by an overdose to 510 fatalities.
As I traveled through all 75 Arkansas counties in 2022, I became even more aware of our state’s problem with food insecurity. Today, it has reached alarming levels, making Arkansas one of the two most food-insecure states in the nation. Sadly, while our farmers and food industries feed the world every day, and yet 1 in 4 Arkansas children go to bed hungry every night.
SUCCESS, Ark. — Back in 2022, people wondered why Zack Brown was planting soybeans in March when his neighbors in northeast Arkansas planted in mid-April.