McNeil News

The Columbia County Sheriff's Department received several reports of thefts. At about 7 a.m. Tuesday morning an employee with L&NW railroad reported to Sgt.

South Arkansas Community College has announced its 2009 spring deans list. From Emerson: Aarielle Glover and Connie Parslow.

For a few minutes Friday afternoon, Toney Davis, 70, of McNeil, Ark., was sitting alone on the bottom floor of the Howard County Courthouse in Nashville, Ark.

The Columbia County Head Start of F.A.C.T., Inc., which have centers in Magnolia, Walker, Emerson, Taylor and McNeil, will celebrate Arkansas Children's Week to recognize the needs of young children and thank educators and others involved in the education and care of young children.

Taste, see and smell homemade jerky being made at the upcoming, first ever, Homemade Jerky Contest to be held April 18 at the second annual Festival on the Rails in McNeil.

Megan Daniels, 20-year-old daughter of Marlin and Connie Daniels of El Dorado, was recently crowned Miss Petit Jean Valley in Morrilton.

The new elementary school in West Little Rock now has a name. The Little Rock School District Board voted to name the school Don R. Roberts Elementary.

LOGOLY STATE PARK Location: This pristine environmental education park is six miles north of Magnolia at McNeil, a half mile east of U.S. 79 on Columbia County Road 47.

Columbia County residents with concerns about 'slow' Internet connections, or who wonder how they may benefit from faster 'broadband' service, are invited to express their views, starting this week.

Central Arkansas Development Council will distribute USDA commodities Feb. 26 and Feb.