Searcy News

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Cocktails & Cabaret a ' a June 18 evening of musical fun at the Arkansas Governora TMs Mansion a ' netted about $8,000 for Performing Arts Center on the Square, the community theater of Searcy.

A Searcy businessman said Tuesday he's seeking the Republican party's nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen.

The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department will hold a Location Public Hearing in Searcy to discuss plans for an extension of Highway 13, according to AHTD officials.

FEMA has granted federal help for local, county, and state governments affected by the severe storms and flooding that began on April 27th.

A drug raid in Beebe this week landed six people in jail and took 58 pounds of pot off the streets.

Nine people sat in the White County Jail Wednesday night after an undercover police officer posing as a delivery driver took shipments of pot to three separate homes in Beebe.

A new report says more than 70% of American households are ready for the digital television transition but according to new information from Comcast, millions could still be left in the dark come Friday.

SEARCY, Ark. a ' Anna Denton and Vicki Limbaugh of Beebe were among the Harding University students included on the deana TMs list for grades achieved during the spring semester.

The following recalls have been announced because the products might be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems:---Regal Health Food International Inc.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEVE KEESEE Hundreds attended a rally Saturday for the Dry Counties Coalition at the Capitol in Little Rock to protest recent decisions by the state Alcohol Beverage Control Board to allow restaurants in dry counties to serve alcohol under the exemption for the private clubs.

US, ARKANSAS: Four college students are preparing to partner with Mozambicans to film a documentary on African development.

Beebe Police Chief Wayne Ballew reported that a jury trial took place in the White County Circuit Court on MayA 11th and 12th in Searcy regarding one of the Beebe Police Department's undercover drug investigations.A Cornelius Dale Earl, 40, of Judsonia had beenA arrested and charged with three counts of Delivery of Crack Cocaine and refused to ...

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. To help Arkansans during these tough economic times, UAMS is offering free screenings through its audiology clinic.

Officials worked Wednesday to determine the cause of an explosion that killed three workers at a fuel storage site south of Searcy.

While most of Arkansas slept, some severe storms marched across the state. Most of the storms developed after midnight and had moved through by six o'clock Thursday morning.

The White County coroner has identified the three men who died when an empty gasoline storage tank exploded near Searcy.

State official says three people dead in explosion at gas storage tank in rural White County.

Tommy Jackson, a spokesman with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management did not have any details of the blast, other than an initial report of injuries at the scene.

The White County Republican Committee will host its 2009 Lincoln Day Dinner on Monday, May 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Founders Room at Harding University.