Glenn M. Parrish Democrat Editor It wasn’t an agenda item for Thursday’s special meeting of the Booneville City Council, but a round of layoffs at Booneville Community Hospital dominated the conversation.

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The Arkansas Forestry Commission last week upgraded Logan County from moderate to a high risk of wildfire danger.

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Booneville and Magazine police chiefs Al Brown and Boyd Hicks have additional manpower at their disposal these days.

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WALDRON — After 2 1/2 hours of deliberation today, a Scott County jury found Clifford Mac Ritter guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.

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LITTLE ROCK — The legislative Joint Adequacy Evaluation Oversight Subcommittee today backed off of its recommendation to increase per-student school funding by $69 million next year.

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In another clear sign the Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s Senate campaign is in serious trouble, she sends out a press release complaining about the lack of debates.  Rep. John Boozman has agreed to three but Lincoln wants more. It was not too long ago that she was the presumed front runner in her primary fight against Lt. [...]

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We all know about the Associate Press preseason Top 25 poll. And we all know about the USA Today/Coaches preseason Top 25. We like them, too, if, for no other reason, than giving us something to talk about, debate and argue over as the summer comes to an end and the college football season draws closer and [...]

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Game week means we’re actually going to try to get in a little routine around here. And one of those things I’m hoping to do on a consistent basis is a Monday look at Arkansas’ next opponent. Something I liked to call “Know Your Opponent” when I was with The Morning News. Well, here’s the first [...]

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As a new school year began, Arkansas was honored this week to host U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. He chose to launch his Back to School tour at Little Rock’s historic Central High School, and also visited Hamburg Pre-K and the University of Arkansas at Monticello. I was pleased to share with [...]

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As a new school year began, Arkansas was honored this week to host U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. He chose to launch his Back to School tour at Little Rock’s historic Central High School, and also visited Hamburg Pre-K and the University of Arkansas at Monticello. I was pleased to share with [...]

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