07/01/2024: Jared Berry of Marmaduke was arrested for Felony Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance Meth. 07/01/2024: Matthew Sweaney of Knobel was arrested for Driving on suspended Driver’s License, No Seat Belt.
What on earth was ever meant by that? It seems that somewhere, somehow, someone equated the most miserable time of the year to dogs. Heck, my dogs don’t like it at all. They go outside to do their business, look around and head right back to the A/C. August doesn’t sit high on my list either. Down here in Southeast Texas, it is the time of high temps, high humidity, high populations of flies, and bad attitude from all those listed. It is also the time of the year when people in my neck of the woods start paying attention to the tropics, particularly the Gulf of Mexico. Just as we are getting out of the heat and the bugs, here come the hurricanes. Thankfully, we don’t get them every year. I had never experienced one of those monsters ‘til 2008. You folks up in Northeast Arkansas get a storm, and it is gone in a couple of hours. With something like Ike, who came ashore as Cat 2 with sustained winds of 110 mph, you have 12 hours or more sitting and listening to nonstop banshee like screaming of the wind, your whole house shaking, rain in sheets, and the potential of catastrophic flooding if you are situated in the wrong place. That doesn’t include the possibility of tornados that these storms can spawn. Anyway, I told Kerry, never again. If one comes our way, I plan on taking a long road trip elsewhere.
Eureka! Welcome to Clayton County is a limited weekly column exploring the life of General Powell Clayton, the original namesake of our county, our early history, and why we are not called Clayton County today.
LITTLE ROCK – The Senate and House Education Committees are close to finalizing next year’s school funding formula. They have worked all year on the formula, in order to comply with the mandate in the Arkansas Constitution that requires the state to provide all children with an adequate and equitable education.
This week, the House and Senate Education Committee convened to continue important work on the Educational Adequacy Study, a crucial study aimed at ensuring that every student in Arkansas has access to a high-quality education. One area of focus has been teacher recruitment and retention— an essential component in providing a stable and effective learning environment for our students.
Friday, Aug. 23, we traveled to Lee Academy for our benefit game.
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We are blessed to live in a community where people help and care for others. There’s no hesitation when people see a need, they pitch in and help. It’s the big heart of our city and the surrounding communities that really is our best selling point for living here. It’s invisible to the naked eye and can’t be indicated to its full capacity on any promotion of our town. It’s not something that can be measured on a graph or chart. It’s just the way we are. Our community’s compassion is off the chart.
Area golfers took advantage of the cooler temperatures last week on the Victory Lake Golf Course. Photos/Pam Lowe .
As we approach Labor Day, it’s crucial to highlight a significant initiative aimed at making our roads safer. From August 16 through September 2, including the Labor Day holiday weekend, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will partner with Arkansas law enforcement for the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” high-visibility enforcement campaign. This effort is designed to deter impaired driving and prevent the tragic accidents that have marked previous Labor Day weekends.