July 2025
El Dorado, Corning educators named 2025 Arkansas Rural Teachers of the Year
Clair Antoon-Newton, an AP Literature English teacher at El Dorado High School, and Shawna Radcliff, a fifth and sixth grade math teacher at Corning Middle School, were recently named the 2025 Arkansas Rural Education Association’s Teachers of the Year. The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas have sponsored the Rural Teachers of the Year Award since 2004.
Committees Review Delta 8 Ruling and Prison Security
This week at the Capitol, legislative committees continued their interim work, focusing on public health, judicial reform, and corrections oversight.
State Capitol Week in Review
About 325,000 Arkansas children have qualified for Summer EBT, which provides them with $120 for food purchases during the months when they do not receive free or reduced priced meals at school.
Revival of Corning’s 4th of July Homecoming Picnic attracts crowd
The first Growing Corning Together run 4th of July Picnic went off as a success. Despite an earlier announcement of event cancelation from the Corning Area Chamber of Commerce and late announcement that Growing Corning Together would be taking over the event, a large presence was met in Wynn Park for this timeless tradition.
Corning Chamber hears opportunities for home weatherization and public transit
The July Corning Area Chamber of Commerce Luncheon was called to order by Pres. Rhonda Sollis at Gigi’s Restaurant on June 12. An invocational prayer was offered by Terry Gleghorn following which President Sollis asked Drew Calhoun to give an update on how the 4th of July Picnic went. He said that despite the short notice there was quite a crowd in attendance and that Growing Corning Together heard only positive comments.
Sheriff’s Department locates man after abandoned vehicle investigation near Corning
On Wednesday, July 9, at approximately 2:31 p.m., the Clay County Sheriff’s Department received a report of an abandoned vehicle near the Black River levee, east of U.S. Highway 67 on County Road 148, north of Corning. The vehicle, a black 1990 Porsche convertible with the top down, was discovered by a contractor mowing the levee.
Tom Haynes Announces Candidacy for Circuit Judge
Tom Haynes, established attorney and fifth-generation Northeast Arkansan, has officially announced his candidacy for Circuit Judge in the 2nd Judicial Circuit, which serves Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi and Poinsett counties.
