Conway County, AR

Over 50 teenagers from three Central Arkansas churches participated in Ozark Mission Project (OMP) last week in Faulkner and Conway counties, building wheelchair ramps, decks, porches and other necessary projects for county residents in need, Amy Shores, Director of Pastoral Care at Methodist Family Health told the Log Cabin Democrat in an interview.

This year, the County Committee election for Conway, Faulkner and Perry counties will be conducted in Local Administrative Areas (LAAs) 2 and 5. LAA 2 includes the area of Conway County south of Highway 124 and Stagecoach Road, east of Highway 9 and south of Highway 64. LAA 5 includes all of Perry County.

Repaving a seven-mile section of Interstate 40 in Conway and Pope counties will require lane closings for the next six weeks, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation. Crews will alternately close the outside lane and shoulder or the inside lane and shoulder of I-40 eastbound between Blackwell in Conway...

CONWAY COUNTY, Ark. — The Conway County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance with locating Taylor Maleke Dakano-Crowder. Taylor is 18 years old and was last heard from at 9:30 p.m on Tuesday, March 2. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie with dark colored pants in the...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Plans for five mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the state each week starting on Thursday have been announced by The Arkansas Department of Health. The first clinic will be Thursday at the Conway County Fairgrounds in Morrilton, the health department announced late Friday. Next Friday...

MORRILTON — Heirs of the land once farmed by Thomas Walker Mitchem and his wife, Dora Yarbough, and later by their descendants, Rawleigh Elvest Mitchem and his wife, Florence Mable Byers, have formed FloRa Farms LLC to continue the legacy of their Mitchem ancestors. FloRa Farms LLC was recently named...

CENTER RIDGE, Ark. — Arkansas State Police have activated a Silver Alert for a missing 65-year-old man, Ronald Lee Cobb. Cobb is known for walking the Conway County roads close to his house. He has gray/brown hair, blue eyes, weighs around 155 lbs., and stands 6 ft. He was last...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A Silver Alert has been activated for a Conway County man who has been missing since Sunday morning, according to Arkansas State Police. Ronald Lee Cobb,65, was last known to be at 47 Trasher Drive in Center Ridge around 11 a.m. He is described as standing 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 155 pounds. Cobb has gray, brown hair that is stringy and blue eyes.

John Henry Ewing, age 67, of Danville, passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at his home. He was born Jan. 31, 1953 in Conway County to the late John Anderson Ewing and Patsy Clark. He loved tractors, race cars, fishing and hunting. He was preceded in death by his parents;...

Renewal Ranch, a faith-based organization dedicated to “restoring broken lives through Christ,” received a $20,000 Building Better Communities grant from The Home Depot Foundation. Renewal Ranch is housed on 100 acres just outside of Conway. With the help of The Home Depot and local volunteers, Renewal Ranch will include a 3,200-square-foot bunkhouse that will provide a residence and study area for the men enrolled in the program. Home Depot associates helped build the frame and put down flooring in the first Renewal Ranch house.