Searcy News

Students from the graphic arts classes at Arkansas State University-Beebe received awards following the spring art show and exhibit.The artworks were judged on overall presentation, and winners were announced in the categories of Graphic Design I, Graphic Design II, and Photography.Graphic Design I: First place, Carolanne Griffin of El Paso, ... (more)

Students in the practical nursing program at Arkansas State University-Searcy, a technical campus of ASU-Beebe, participated in the annual Arkansas Licensed Practical Nurse Association convention in Batesville, April 11-12.ASU-Searcy winners were Gail Adkins of Searcy placed first in pharmacology; Terri Walton of Cabot won first place in nutrition; ... (more)

A Searcy man faces felony charges after being pulled over for running a stop sign.

Gary Dean Wisner, 47, of La Porte, TX passed away on April 12, 2013. He was born on November 7, 1966 in Searcy, Arkansas to Ben Wisner and Stella Wisner.

I sit here with the special challenge of writing a Mother's Day outdoor column. What Mother's Day has to do with the outdoors, I have no idea.

Nine months after relocating to be closer to the students it serves, Searcy K-Life is going strong.

Red, White, and Tuna sequel to the much beloved Greater Tuna, written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, will be presented for three weekends at Center on the Square Dinner Theater, 219 Arch Street in Searcy, beginning May 2 through May 19.

White County detectives say more than a dozen people may be witnesses to a weekend shooting that left a man in a hospital.

Ownership of a 33,972-SF office building in North Little Rock shifted in a transaction valued at $1.78 million.

Assets held by banks headquartered in Arkansas grew by 4.75 percent to $61.3 billion during 2012 even as the number of individual charters remained almost stable.

On Sat., April 27, at approx. 2:20 p.m., Beebe Police Officer Justin Lee accomplished a traffic stop on a 2002 Chevrolet Prism at the intersection of Cherry and Elm Streets for an equipment violation.

The board of directors and mayor in Little Rock held a special meeting Tuesday to focus on the city's programs for at-risk youth.

Ticket sales are underway for Splash into Spring, an annual luncheon and fashion show benefiting the cancer patients of CARTI/Mountain Home scheduled for 11 a.m. May 7 at Big Creek Golf and Country Club.

Crew extinguished a massive tanker truck fire just before 9 p.m. Thursday evening near a gas station in Searcy.

The 4th annual Ms. Senior White County Pageant will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the John E. Lightle Center located at 2200 E. Moore Street, in Searcy, Arkansas.All women in White County, 60 years of age and older, are invited to enter this pageant.

Charles Berry SEARCY, AR - A Searcy man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend.

Source: Jonesboro Police JONESBORO, AR - Jonesboro Police have issued a warrant for the latest suspect in an ongoing computer child porn investigation.

George Rowlett of Mountain Home, Arkansas announce the engagement of their daughter Mollie Brooke Rowlett to Alex Daniel Salazar, son of Richard and Maricela Salazar of Edinburg, Texas.