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Weekly Roadwork Report – Nov. 28 – Dec. 4, 2021

Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, daytime work in median. Motorists should watch for trucks and equipment pulling onto the interstate SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, bridge replacement. Traffic restricted to one lane with signal lights controlling […]

Arkansas House of Representatives Weekly Post 11-25-2021

Small businesses are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods and the lifeblood of our local economy. In Arkansas, small businesses make up the majority of the business landscape, at 99.3% of all businesses in the state. This equates to 258,552 businesses. Small businesses can be found in every corner of our state. Small Business Saturday is […]

Texarkana Museums System to Host Movie Night

Texarkana, Texas – On November 18, 2021, the Texarkana Museums System will be hosting a movie night at the 1923 Banana Club on 223 Front St, Texarkana, AR 71854. We will be showing “The Sting” and dinner is included. Chappos will be catering the event. Tickets will be $40 per person, which includes a membership […]

Texarkana USA Amtrak Station Exterior and Platform Area Project Named Quarterfinalist for America’s Main Streets Contest in Celebration of Small Business

Support the TEXARKANA USA AMTRAK STATION EXTERIOR AND PLATFORM AREA project of LEADERSHIP TEXARKANA by voting online today! TEXARKANA USA —The national small business movement, Independent We Stand, today announced the quarterfinalists, including the TEXARKANA USA AMTRAK STATION EXTERIOR AND PLATFORM AREA project of the LEADERSHIP TEXARKANA Class of 2022, in the 2021 America’s Main […]

“This is Home” -Sixty years of Scissors, Succession and Service in Sevier County, Arkansas

DE QUEEN, AR— After finishing High School, Gehri Packnett was looking for a job when he discovered an opportunity that ended up lasting him a lifetime. In February of 1962, he walked into a Barber shop in De Queen, Arkansas and he hasn’t had any other job since being given a chance that day. After […]

The Road to the Death Penalty Often Begins with Childhood Abuse

OKLAHOMA CITY – A warning to readers: this column contains graphic details. Oklahoma inmate John Grant was executed at 4:21 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. On Nov. 13, 1998, Grant, serving time for armed robbery, fatally stabbed 58-year-old Kitchen Supervisor Gay Carter with a sharpened screwdriver at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy. This column […]

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