Both lunar and solar eclipses have provided the basis for superstitions as well as a challenge for scientists and astronomers throughout the ages as they tried to predict when and where each eclipse would occur. EARLY RECORDINGS For ancient cultures, solar eclipses were important and noteworthy events, with the first recorded descriptions of them happening more than 2,000 years before the Christian era (B.C.E.) in China.
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Less than a month after the Arkansas Board of Corrections voted 5-2 to fire Joe Profiri, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s first secretary of corrections, our governor nominated Lindsay Wallace to the role. Governor Sanders is said to have first spoken to Benny Magness, Chair of the Arkansas Board of Corrections, and other members of the board before making the decision.
LITTLE ROCK – The state Division of Children and Family Services has intensified preventative services in troubled families, and managed to lower the number of children in foster homes. Over the previous two years, the number of Arkansas children in foster care has gone down from 4,614 to 3,698.
Co-founder of Vortex, Friends, Last week, I wrote a piece about the dogs we love where I encouraged people to have their pets spayed or neutered as I highlighted the challenge of pet overpopulation in rural Arkansas. At the time, I had no idea that a tragic story would unfold in Altus.
February marks the beginning of American Heart Month, a crucial period dedicated to raising awareness about heart health and the prevalence of heart disease. In the United States and in Arkansas, heart disease stands as the leading cause of death.
The Bobcats win in the first round of the District Tournament on Feb. 12 at Gosnell.