Three years ago, then-Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed legislation requiring high school students to take a computer science course before graduating, an effort pushed by the governor to develop an advanced workforce with some technical capabilities.  Read More   ​ 

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Sandy Edwards, for many years one of the guiding lights at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, will be inducted Aug. 24 into the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The 2023 selections honor seven women and one organization “who have made significant contributions to…

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YOUNGSVILLE, La. – A former Cabot school teacher has been arrested in Louisiana by federal authorities as a part of an investigation involving alleged inappropriate communication with a minor. 33-year-old Jacob De La Plaz was arrested at approximately 6:00 p.m. Thursday by agents from the Department of Homeland Security, assisted by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s…

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It’s a gray, drizzly April morning with a distinct purgatory feel. Clouds hang .on the tips of trees and the world is damp. It’s Edgar Allen Poe weather, dropping a layer of melancholy on the day.  Read More   ​ 

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Cabot’s softball team responded to its first loss of the season with one of its biggest victories Friday.  Read More   ​ 

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The Prairie Grove City Council had a tough decision to make at its April 17 meeting — selecting a new council member out of six candidates who submitted resumes and spoke before the council.  Read More   ​ 

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If you care about NBA basketball, we’re in a magical stretch with games to watch every night for the next many weeks. It’s a bummer that former Razorback Bobby Portis, the best Arkansan in the NBA, and the Milwaukee Bucks got bounced early, but Malik Monk (Lepanto/Bentonville) has occasionally been dazzling for the Sacramento Kings…

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Eli Cranor, the Pope County crime fiction writer, took home an Edgar Award on Thursday. The Edgar Awards are the crime and mystery genres most prestigious awards. Cranor won Best First Novel By An American Author for “Don’t Know Tough,” his 2022 debut. Since then, he’s already published a follow-up, “Ozark Dogs,” and has another…

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Nearly a year since Ben Anderson’s death, the former University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff quarterback’s memory is alive and well on campus.  Read More   ​ 

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