Marianna News

A pair of single-vehicle accidents on Wednesday claimed the lives of three Eastern Arkansas residents.

The murder trial for a man accused of killing the Marianna fire chief has been moved to St.

A mental-status hearing in Lee County on a rape charge against the Marianna man accused of killing TV anchor Anne Pressly has been canceled.

Back when then-Gov. Mike Huckabee was trying to consolidate high schools for better educational opportunities, I was among dozens openly agreeing with him.

The Marianna man accused of killing a Little Rock television news anchor has declined to cooperate with state doctors seeking to assess his competency to stand trial.

Twin-row cotton - simplify equipment? Jun 11, 2009 3:31 PM, By Elton Robinson Farm Press Editorial Staff A study by the University of Arkansas indicates that shifting from 38-inch rows to twin-row, 15-inch or to twin-row, 7.5-inch configurations in cotton won't negatively impact lint yield and quality.

When school starts next fall, Teach for America will send an unprecedented number of college graduates to teach in poor communities across the country -- but not as many as the group would like.

Follow the lives and times of a real family that encountered struggles and unbelievable heartaches and disappointments.

Donna and Charles Randy Jones of Palestine, Ark. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Michele Garner, to Erik Steven McMullen, son of Steven and Marsha McMullen of Monroe, La.

Twelve community health centers in Arkansas will share over $3 million in federal money to expand services.

In a Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, Curtis Lavelle Vance leaves court in Little Rock, Ark., after entering a plea of not guilty to capitol murder and rape charges in the slaying of Little Rock television news anchor Anne Pressley last year.

Curtis Lavelle Vance arrived at the Lee Count9 Courthouse Thursday wearing a bullet-resistan4 vest and escorted by six police officers.

Prosecutors in Lee County have charged Curtis Vance, 28, with rape, aggravated robbery and residential burglary in the April 2008 attack of a Marianna school teacher.

Though nobody's expecting Mid-South cotton acres this year to show a sharp rebound, as planting time moves nearer there is talk that earlier gloomy forecasts may be tempered somewhat as producers put a pencil ...

Time to read: There were lots of striped red and white hats to be seen at the Forrest City Junior High School cafeteria last night as the Forrest City Education Association hosted its annual Read Across America ...

Health initiative funding needs oversight. MONEY FOR HEALTH: Sen. Tracy Steele , who'll sponsor the bill for clinics, watches as Gov.

On Thursday, Feb. 26, a free workshop on soils, poultry manure and biosolids will be held at the University of Arkansas Lon Mann Cotton Research Station in Marianna.

Little Rock, AR - - Attorneys for the man accused in the killing of anchorwoman Anne Pressly will forego a mental evaluation before he goes to trial.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/ STEVE KEESEE State Rep. Richard Carroll, a member of the Green Party, steps forward Monday in the House to add an amendment to his bill, HB1247, to lower the threshold that a new ...

MARIANNA POLICE The Marianna Police Department listed the following incidents for Jan .26, the latest available report: Three traffic accidents, one suspicious vehicle, two disturbances, one ...