Phillips County News

When Arkansans sit down to a Thanksgiving meal later this month, they should possibly thank sweet potato farmers in the state for some of their bounty.

The Delta Bridge Project has awarded a $105,000, two-year grant to help establish a master teaching program in schools in Phillips County.

The governor's first ever summit on economic development and education is being held at the Statehouse Convention Center today.

One of the most unpleasant and unacknowledged threads of American history is the treatment of black people from the end of Reconstruction in the 1870s to the beginning of the modern civil rights movement.

On Tuesday Sept. 16, soybean rust was confirmed in Lincoln and Jefferson counties in Arkansas in producer soybean fields.

WEST HELENA, Ark.-It's one of those deadly hot days in the Mississippi River Delta, the kind that gave the region's famed blues musicians more reason to shuffle and moan.

HELENA/WEST HELENA, AR - ' Authorities say a woman threw a baby, face down in the mud while trying to run from police.

A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the guardians of Jeremy Anderson against West Helena Flowers & Gift's owner Warren Holmes has been settled in Phillips County Circuit Court for an undisclosed amount.

A roving Whispers correspondent noticed a familiar name on the Arkansas banking landscape was gone: Elk Horn Bank & Trust.

Rape, robbery, vandalism and arson are just a few of the crimes Helena-West Helena Police are investigating.

Helena-West Helena Mayor James Valley lost his right to practice law for 30 days Friday, but said he had more pressing matters demanding his attention.

A mayor who faces a misdemeanor charge of obstructing Humane Society work by releasing strays into a national forest now wants charges brought against a Humane Society director.

Memphis, TN- There's a warrant out right now for the Mid-South mayor who let nearly a dozen stray dogs loose in a national forest near his town.

An Arkansas mayor who ordered 10 Humane Society dogs let loose in a national forest is wanted on animal cruelty charges after a special judge issued an arrest warrant.

A special judge has issued an arrest warrant for the mayor of Helena-West Helena on animal cruelty charges after he ordered 10 stray dogs turned loose in a nearby national forest.

Johnny Weaver sued the new city of Helena-West Helena, which merged with the city he once headed, saying he was due retirement benefits under a 2005 West Helena ordinance that the new city had not invalidated.

The Humane Society says the Helena West Helena mayor made a big mistake in setting them free, and residents wholeheartedly agree.

This story just gets more insane. Last week , I blogged about the mayor of Helena releasing dogs from the Helena shelter into the national forest.

Mayor James Valley, who said last week the city was taking stray dogs to the St.

Despite what people in Phillips County think Helena-West Helena Mayor James Valley says he did nothing wrong by dumping ten stray dogs near a national forest.