Morrilton News

News Briefs Story date: July 3, 2009 Summer programs offered by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Russellville project office is continuing a series of free summer interpretive programs throughout the month of July.

Editor's note: This story is one in an occasional series in which survivors of The Great Depression of the 1930s and 1940s tell their stories - some are sad, some are amusing, but all are compelling.

Ita ll be a way to benefit Morrilton, too. Hereafter, Great Arkansas Pig Out proceeds will go toward Conway County School Counts! Initiative, which gives graduating seniors scholarships to University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton.

The a oeShades of Irelanda guided vacation tour is scheduled for Sunday, April 18, through Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

The daylong event is designed to give the public an opportunity to taste and learn about locally grown produce from Arkansas.

So the idea came to start a festival and when the second week of August rolled around, the first Great Arkansas Pig Out was launched.

The 21st annual Great Arkansas Pig Out in Morrilton on Friday and Saturday at Morrilton City Park will have the same music, entertainment, food and family fun thata s attracted more than 30,000 visitors in the past.

Morrilton Police Chief Norbert Gunderman says Cannon pulled over a black Ford F150 in Conway County.

The Morrilton Devil Dogs have an outstanding young man who makes plays all over the field by the name of Justin Criswell .

The storms that blew across Arkansas on Friday, inflicting damage on a long swath of central Arkansas, included a tornado that touched down in Conway County, the National Weather Service says.

The Arkansas Lottery Commission voted unanimously Friday to hire Ernie Passailaigue, currently executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery, as executive director of Arkansas' lottery.

The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved a $389.6 million system-wide budget for fiscal 2010 Friday that for the first time in 24 years will not include a tuition increase at the university's flagship campus in Fayetteville.

As familiar as Cedar Falls is to us, the Petit Jean State Park feature has a way of making itself known from new angles.

State Rep. Johnny Hoyt announces candidacy for Senate seat State Rep. Johnny Hoyt announced this week his candidacy for Arkansas state Senate in District 18.

Thirty-three people have applied to become executive director of the state lottery, Ray Thornton, lottery commission chairman, said Wednesday.

Dr. John and Joallen Moose of Siloam Springs, Ark., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 7, 2009, with a worship service and family dinner.

PoliceBeat Among reports recently generated by the Conway Police Department: 1. Commercial burglary at 607 Oak St.

A sea of empty seats greeted Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent on May 30, 2008, when they performed at Lonoke Missionary Baptist Church about five miles north of Morrilton.

Cheers spread across a sea of purple in the Farris Center after salutatorian Clint Webb told his fellow graduates, "We finally made it." Mayflower High School graduated its class of 2009 at the University of Central Arkansas on Tuesday, and Webb took the group on a sentimental journey in his address.

Tonight, the season eight "American Idol" winner will be crowned as Kris Allen fans gather for a finale watch party at Simon Park.