Fordyce News

OK, I'm not a football geek, but I didn't know this , and maybe you didn't either.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/KAREN E. SEGRAVE Paul Smith, assistant fire chief in Fordyce, carries out a rack of tomatoes and other lost food items at the Klappenbach Bakery in Fordyce.

Authorities in Dallas County are investigating a fire at a popular bakery in Fordyce.

The last time the Comrades Marathon was held on May 24 ---which used to be Empire Day in South Africa-- was in 1951.

The Gwatney Buick Pontiac GMC dealership at the intersection of West Markham and Chenal Parkway in Little Rock is one of the 1,100 General Motors dealers to be closed by the end of 2010.

ASSOCIATED PRESS An employee walks across an empty showroom floor Friday at Keeton Motor Company in Fordyce, Ark., as General Motors began notifying about 1,100 dealerships they were being cut off.

Ten Arkansas counties have been named state disaster areas as a result of damage caused by heavy rains and flooding that began on April 27.

We told you yesterday that GM dealers across the US will be closing some of its dealerships including Keeton motors in Fordyce.

The second of the big three US automakers announced today-it's cutting ties with dealerships.

Another of the big three in Detroit announces its plan to shutdown dealerships. GM sending letters to 1100 dealers nationwide just one day after Chrysler announced 800 dealership closures .

The South Arkansas Historical Foundation presented its annual Mayhaw Festival Saturday in El Dorado.

Youngsters run the risk of being considered uncool when trying to convince their peers it's a bad idea to smoke or chew tobacco, but two University of Arkansas freshmen shrugged that off.

All ten male gold medalists from 2008 will be at the start line of Saturdaya TMs 40th Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon over 56 km in Cape Town, South Africa.

David Straessle, Centennial Bank's EVP and chief lending officer, is said to be filling in after Chris Roberts resigned as president Tuesday morning.

Sunday's fatal shooting at an Illinois church has revived an effort to pass a bill allowing concealed weapons in Arkansas churches, as well as a broader discussion about whether guns in houses of worship are ...

News-Times/Larry Singer Moving and learning Libby Blake, with Families and Children Together, Inc., demonstrates to a group of educators the 'With A Letter or Two' part of the 'I am Moving I am Learning' ...

Parents in this rural community between Pine Bluff and Fordyce are seething about a first-grade teacher who they say taped her students to their chairs so they would sit still.

"A state Senate panel has rejected a bill that would allow concealed handguns in Arkansas churches, a proposal that divided religious leaders.

A Senate committee on Wednesday rejected a bill that would allow concealed handguns in church.

Should churches be limited to spiritual warfare? By DANIEL SHEA LITTLE ROCK Arkansas pastors may soon have to worry about more than their flocks' spiritual battles.