Gurdon News

A series of dollar store burglaries across four states has led to the Arkansas State Police joining with other law enforcement jurisdictions to investigate the crimes.

Located in Arkadelphia, the cooperative serves 24 school districts in seven counties - Clark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring, Howard, Pike and Saline - plus one school district in Grant County.

Gurdon PD is investigating a brawl that lead to police arresting 16 high school students and two parents.

Barbaree, 21, a senior at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, began volunteering at age 15 at the request of her mother, Royceann.

After a few months of getting nagged by Junior, The Observer and his brother finally took some time on Saturday night to pack up the young'un and take him on that most Arkie of outings: a trip to see the Ghost Light of Gurdon.

It's a slow morning. So I'd like to reprint the best thing I read in the morning paper.

The one-hour standstill on icy Interstate 540 near the Bobby Hopper Tunnel was a walk in the park compared with previous Arkansas highway troubles.

Three accidents on Arkansas roads claimed the lives of three area men and injured two more Sunday, officials said.

Jefferson County voters will decide Tuesday whether to implement a 0. 5 percent sales tax to recruit industry, a hotly debated proposal that has the Pine Bluff mayor at odds with economic developers.