Helena News

Nationally-renowned Blues artist and painter George Hunt will be making his first appearance in Hot Springs, Arkansas during the 16th Annual Hot Springs Blues Festival happening August 31 and September 1 at the Hill Wheatley Plaza, as he debuts an original piece created exclusively for the festival.

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to be in Helena-West Helena for the dedication of a replica of a Civil War redoubt known as Fort Curtis.

A coroner in eastern Arkansas says a former Helena mayor has died of an apparent accidental gunshot wound.

A coroner in eastern Arkansas says a former Helena mayor has died of an apparent accidental gunshot wound.

Embracing its Civil War heritage, Helena-West Helena will dedicate at noon Friday a block-long replica of the Union's Fort Curtis, part of an overall effort to encourage tourism and capitalize on the war's sesquicentennial observance.

When all the technology came together for variable-rate aerial applications, applicator Paul Riddell was ready to fly with it - well, almost ready.

The King Biscuit Flour Co. went belly up about three decades ago. But its namesake radio show, King Biscuit Time , is still going strong.