The Corning Beautification Committee has selected Olivia Murray as its July Artist of the Month. Her artwork will be on display throughout the month at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center.
Miss Independence 2025 crowned at 4th of July Celebration
The Corning city pool is open for the summer season offering affordable fun for the entire community.
Two individuals from Ola, Arkansas, were arrested Wednesday after Corning Police officers discovered drugs and paraphernalia inside a parked vehicle at Casey’s General Store.
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Rex Allen Harmon was born on June 26, 1942, in Trumann, Arkansas and died peacefully on September 27, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He graduated from Knobel High School and served two tours in the Naval Construction Force in Okinawa and Vietnam. Rex was a jack of all trades who worked in construction, farmed, and was owner/operator of Harmon Brothers Flying Service. His intellectual curiosity and love of learning led him to earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Arkansas State University in 1987. Rex will be remembered for his cheerful, kind, and energetic spirit, always looking forward to new adventures. His passions included reading, history, sailing, flying, traveling with his beloved wife, carpentry, solar oven projects, and general tinkering. Rex was preceded in death by his parents, Leo and Viola Harmon, and his brothers, Billy Joe, Tommy, and Terry Harmon. He is survived by his wife, Janet; his children, Kelly Harmon and Elizabeth Caton; his eight siblings, Evelyn Walker, Virginia Shaw, Sue Henry, Priscilla Miller, Linda Fitzgerald, Ronald Harmon, Sherry Walrath, and Deborah Keas; as well as many other cherished family members and friends. Rex’s legacy of warmth, curiosity, and love of life will live on in the hearts of all who knew him.
Corning Police Corporal Micayla McClung successfully completed the two-week (80 hour) D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Officer training in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Friday, July 26. During the training McClung learned facilitation/instruction, classroom management techniques, learning modalities enhancement, communication/ public speaking skills and a working knowledge of the D.A.R.E curriculum, in the high school, middle school, and elementary school curriculum.
Corning Police Corporal Micayla McClung has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant as is tradition within the department after completion of D.A.R.E. Training by the School Resource Officer. McClung graduated from the D.A.R.E. Program on Friday, July 26, 2024 and was promoted on August 1, 2024 by Captain Terry Ladd due to her dedication and hard work to the students of the Corning School District, the Citizens of Corning, and the State of Arkansas.
The beginning of a new school year is a milestone occasion for many students and worthy of a celebration as they advance to the next grade level. The Corning School District is commemorating the beginning of the 2024-2025 year with a fun and exciting drop-in event called a Back to School Bash for students, families and teachers.