Rule Addresses ‘Ghost Gun’ Proliferation WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it has submitted to the Federal Register the “Frame or Receiver” Final Rule, which modernizes the definition of a firearm. Once implemented, this rule will clarify that parts kits that are readily convertible to firearms are [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – The Board of Trustees at Williams Baptist University recognized two retiring employees who have logged over 80 years of combined service on Friday, April 8. Trustees, meeting in regular session on the Williams campus, also approved the school’s budget for the coming year and endorsed the [read more…]
Traffic along Highland Drive (Highway 18) at the Nettleton Avenue intersection began using the newly constructed Railroad/Nettleton Overpass Bridge this morning. The bridge opened to traffic during the morning hours at the intersection of Highway 18 (Highland Drive) and Nettleton Avenue. This traffic pattern change will allow motorists to utilize [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — Williams Baptist University held a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony Friday, April 8 for its new Williams Corner store that features produce and bedding flowers, grown by the students at WBU’s Eagle Farms, and other gifts. Williams Corner officially opened in March and recently held its [read more…]
JONESBORO – In conjunction with Delta Symposium XXVII: Commemoration and Reunion in the South, and the English, Philosophy and World Languages Department at Arkansas State University, novelist and short story author Mary Troy and poet Claude Wilkinson will present readings of their works. The readings will be at 7 p.m. [read more…]
As the weekend arrived, a scary automobile accident occurred Friday morning in Craighead County. A one-vehicle accident happened on Highway 141, the sheriff’s department said on Facebook. Both lanes of traffic were blocked after the vehicle ended upside down and perpendicular in the roadway. The driver did not sustain any [read more…]
JONESBORO – The College of Engineering and Computer Science at Arkansas State University congratulated its most outstanding graduating students during Convocation of Scholars, according to Dr. Abhijit Bhattacharyya, dean of the college. Kayden Boyle of Jonesboro received the Chancellor’s Scholar Award as the college’s graduating senior with the highest overall [read more…]
Grab your forks! The community of Cherokee Village is hosting Arkansas’s statewide Pie Festival Saturday, April 16 from 10 AM – 4 PM. Two years ago, the Arkansas Pie Festival committee made the difficult decision to cancel due to the rising threat of the Covid-19 pandemic for the safety of [read more…]
Marianna police have asked the Arkansas State Police to lead a murder investigation after local officers found a local woman dead in her home late yesterday. The body of Latisha McKenzie, 46, of 642 Meadowbrook Way was discovered by Marianna police officers while conducting a welfare check at the [read more…]
A Garland County man was arrested last night [April 6th] following a two hour stand-off along Interstate 40 in West Memphis with Arkansas State Troopers and local law enforcement officers. Charles Ray Skinner, Jr., 47, of Lonsdale is charged with aggravated assault, carrying a weapon, resisting arrest, parking on [read more…]
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