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A Jackson County man was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to manslaughter in a 2020 case, according to authorities.
Legislators held budget hearings to scrutinize every spending category in state government, in preparation for the fiscal session that begins April 10.
Recently, I had occasion to look back at some of the early speeches I gave after I first went to Congress in 1965 as a young freshman member from Indiana. What I found was jarring.
On Monday, April 8, viewers in the continental United States will be witness to a rare, spectacular event: the total eclipse of the Sun by the Moon.
The law was against L. Clifford Davis and his family for many years. But Davis used the law to change the country and become one of the most respected legal minds in the country.
Arkansas is one of several states that have restricted their public retirement systems from investing in funds that refuse to trade in the stock of fossil fuel companies, energy companies, ammunition manufacturers and firearms makers.
Each new year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight. But the overwhelming majority of them will fail – and not due to a lack of willpower.
A $2 million grant for the city of Newport will provide opportunities for residents while creating new jobs in the region, officials said Tuesday.
Jackson County voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide a series of political races, as well as the fate of a proposed four-mill increase at the Jackson County School District.
A plan to help the city of Newport deal with the impact of emergencies received a go-ahead Monday evening, while the city’s mayor updated residents on work done during 2023.
The legislature has been working on a long-term, sustainable solution to the spike in property insurance costs of Arkansas schools.
‘So when is the time right?” Judge George Howard once asked in an interview. For his entire adult life, he fought for civil rights and basic justice for all Arkansans. He had faced many bitter criticisms of his work, often told that the time was not right for some small progress on civil rig…
A crash last week in rural Jackson County claimed the life of a Newport man.
With less than nine months before voters head to the polls for the general election and about a week before voters decide on party nominees, the state’s Libertarian party recently announced they will be fielding candidates this year.
During a recent appearance before a local civic club, two candidates for a state House of Representatives seat, one the incumbent and the other a former representative, argued against making Freedom of Information a part of the Arkansas Constitution. They said the people’s right to public re…
JONESBORO — The best way Arkansas voters can protect the Freedom of Information Act in Arkansas is to pass a constitutional amendment and initiated act on the fall ballot, according to Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas Bowen School of Law in Little Rock.
Buildings have a special way of evoking a sense of place and time. A certain building can be the heart of a community, and its special features can leave warm feelings of nostalgia for their visitors many years later. Buildings also create a sense of character for a community. While many arc…
Arkansas legislators approved a $30 million expenditure to improve mental health services and treatment of substance abuse.
A nearly $75,000 state matching grant will help the city of Newport to complete projects at George Kell Park.
Jackson County School District Superintendent Chester Shannon said a proposal to add school safety upgrades on district campuses is like an insurance policy in today’s world.
The Tuckerman senior boys basketball team defeated Mountain View, 62-60, in the championship game of the 3A-2 District Tournament on Saturday at Salem.
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.
The world is often fortunate enough to produce those great spirits who see beauty all around them and want to share it with the world. One of those figures, Theodosia Nolan, was the embodiment of southern style and grace in an age when that all too often seemed to be fading. But this undersc…
NEWPORT — A $5 million federal grant will help build a 24,000-square-foot Nursing and Health Sciences workforce training center on the ASU-Newport campus, officials recently said.
Back in January, the Pew Research Center released the results of an intriguing set of focus groups they carried out last year. Ordinarily, of course, survey research organizations test the sentiments of registered or likely voters to check in on their mood. But these groups were voters who, …
It was a small, wooden building isolated in the woods. All that really distinguished it was the elk horns that adorned the doorway. Sometimes it is these modest buildings that become the focal point of history. Though Elkhorn Tavern was well-known in the Pea Ridge area as a public house and …
During his Valley Forge speech earlier this month, where he stated this election is about whether democracy would survive, President Joe Biden asked, “Is democracy still America’s sacred cause?”
The families of about 20,000 elementary students will soon be notified that they are eligible for a $500 grant to pay for tutors to help their children learn to read at grade level.
Newport Independent subscribers can now find additional content each week in the e-edition of The Independent at newportindependent.com.
State officials expect Newport to be very busy during the week of the Great American Eclipse; and council members approved a plan this week to give those visiting a temporary place to stay.
A Jackson County man recently received five years probation after a jury found him guilty of failure to stop after an accident involving serious physical injury or death.
A 10-week class that is designed to help people battling drug or alcohol addiction receive skills to get a job will kick off this week at the Tech Depot.
The defending 3A state champion Salem Lady Greyhounds needed a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Tuckerman’s Lady Bulldogs, 52-41, in senior girls basketball action on Friday night at Tuckerman.
Groundhog Day is celebrated the second day of February each year because that’s about the halfway mark between winter and spring.
Many elections have been accused of being the dirtiest and most negative in state history, but none can top the disaster of the 1872 election, which tore the state apart.
Mitch McConnell created a Beltway stir Thursday when the press reported that the Senate GOP leader had cast doubt on a deal for border security and aid to Ukraine and Israel. Republicans said later the stories were overbaked, but Mr. McConnell is right about the choice Republicans face at a …
A group of physicians and nurses conducted an in-depth study of the deaths of pregnant women in Arkansas and submitted their recommendations to the Legislative Council.
A jury on Thursday, Jan. 25 found a Jackson County man not guilty of rape in connection with an August 2020 case in Newport.
Area voters will decide several judicial races on March 5, with candidates raising money from Northeast Arkansas residents as voters head to the polls in less than six weeks.
It will be less than 75 days until the Solar Eclipse is expected to happen throughout the central United States; and Newport officials are planning for the event.
JONESBORO — The former owner of nursing homes in Newport, Jonesboro, Batesville, Searcy and several other Arkansas locations, has been offered a plea deal in a New Jersey federal court for willfully failing to pay employment taxes, according to court records.
Willa Berry of Pocahontas has been hired as staff writer for The Independent. Berry officially began in her new duties on Jan. 3.
‘Don’t let people put obstacles in front of you, but understand you also have to put in the work” were the words of engineer Raye Jean Montague as recalled by her son.
When I was in college back in the 1990s, I like so many other students began getting my political commentary Monday through Thursday nights on Comedy Central on The Daily Show with John Stewart.
I appreciate Arkansans sharing with me what issues are important to them and potential legislative solutions they support. Whether it’s over the phone, in-person meetings, letters or emails, regularly hearing from folks in our state is necessary so I can be an effective voice for priorities …
The Senate Education Committee has begun its review of the adequacy and equity of Arkansas public school funding.
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