As the Preferential Primary Election and Nonpartisan General Election draw near in Arkansas, it’s crucial for every eligible citizen to recognize the power they hold within their vote. The upcoming election on March 5, 2024, serves as an opportunity for Arkansans to shape the future of their communities, the state, and the nation.
LITTLE ROCK – Thanks to legislation passed last year, Arkansas businesses will save about $31 million in taxes paid for unemployment insurance in 2024. Legislative approval of Act 196 was a priority for the state’s business community, and it passed in the Senate by a vote of 29-to-3.
Former Police Chief Jimmy Leach retired as Corning’s Police Commissioner on Friday, June 30, 2023. The city of Corning hosted a retirement reception in his honor at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center. Mayor Greg Ahrent presented Leach with a plaque with a police officer statuette that read, “Presented to Chief Jimmy Leach for 25 years of dedicated service to the city of Corning, Arkansas and the Corning Police Department 2023.”
An official route was designated for the Future Interstate 57 corridor between Walnut Ridge and the Missouri State Line on Tuesday, Oct. 24.
The Corning School District was offered 12.7 million by the state to build a new high school. The school district will ask voters to approve an increase of 5 mills on the March 5, 2024 ballot. The millage would help fund 38% of the project not funded by the state.
After the city was awarded a matching grant amount in the amount of $250,000 from the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, Outdoor Recreation Grant, the city work began on the Corning swimming pool.
Chamber hosts public meeting to address picnic & community role Amanda Wiedeman, President of the Corning Area Chamber of Commerce fielded questions from citizens at a public meeting held on Thursday, July 27. The goal of the meeting was twofold; to inform residents about the Chamber and its role in the community, as well as to garner ideas about ways to improve the annual 4th of July picnic.
Blaine McClung became the newly appointed Chief of Police for the city of Corning. McClung has had extensive involvement as an officer of the law with a total of 10 years of experience in both Clay County and Corning law enforcement. McClung took over the leadership position of the Corning Police Department on July 1, 2023.
Rich Martin, the “Voice of the Bobcats” announced his last regular season game on Friday, Oct. 13.
The Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education met at 1:30 PM on Monday, January 8, marking their first meeting of 2024 and kicking off the biennial adequacy study process. Every interim for the last two decades, the education committees have been charged with taking a close look at our state’s education system, determining how the state can better ensure an “adequate education” to all Arkansas public school students, and reporting their findings and recommendations to the full legislature in advance of the next regular session— in this case, the 2025 Regular Session of the 95th Arkansas General Assembly, set to begin Monday, January 13, 2025.