Two familiar music entertainers to Corning area residents, Marybeth Byrd and Cory Jackson were awarded the 2024 Female Vocalist of the Year and 2024 Male Vocalist of the Year during the 7th annual Arkansas Country Music Awards on Monday, June 3 at Reynolds Performance Hall on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.
The newly renovated Corning swimming pool received a new mural painted last week by Jennifer Prince. Mayor Greg Ahrent said the state would be in Corning this week to test the water after the chemical has time to work. The city is also waiting on the ropes to come in as well.
June 20, 2013 Big crowd for Corning Library’s program . .
PIGGOTT – Published 25 years after his death, Ernest Hemingway’s “The Garden of Eden” will be the subject of a readers retreat that coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Hemingway- Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) in Piggott.
BRTC Vice President of Student Affairs, Jason Smith was recently honored at the Arkansas Student Affairs Association conference for serving as president over the last year. .
Saturday, June 15th M.B. Ainley Jr.
BRTC President Dr. Martin Eggensperger, Vice President of Student Affairs Jason Smith, and Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness Sissy Gray recently traveled to Chicago where they presented at The Higher Learning Commission 2024 annual conference. The title of their conference presentation was From Sanction to Distinction. The BRTC administrators shared with conference attendees their reaffirmation efforts after the college was placed on probation in February 2017. BRTC was removed from sanction in March 2019, and the college’s most recent review resulted in reaffirmation with no interim monitoring. The presenters shared the process by which BRTC navigated from sanction.
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees today introduced its newly selected system president and approved a $363.1 million budget, as well as tuition and fees, for 2024-2025 at its seven institutions.
Monday, May 27, 2024 9:37 a.m. – Male caller was out of breath and difficult to understand. He advised vehicle hit something, and that there were possible injuries. Advised AMH 38, they are coming from base.
It was a record turnout for volunteers, with 50 or more, assisting the veterans from the Rapert-Poyner VFW Post #8347 in decorating the graves with flags for military personnel buried in the Corning Cemetery with flags on Saturday, May 25, 2025.