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PEORIA, Ill. — The summer’s hottest tour for daily Late Model and Modified racing across the Midwest is nearly ready for action. The 39th edition of the DIRTcar Summer Nationals and 14th DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals begins in one month with the first event at Peoria Speedway – Wednesday, June 12. Late Models will contest a total of 28 races over a 33-day period, traveling through nine different states before ending with the season finale at Wayne County Speedway in Ohio on July 14.

FORREST CITY — The ONE Razorback Roadshow made a stop yesterday in Forrest City. The event featured Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek, members of the spirit squad and band, and Big Red. Matt Zimmerman, color analyst for Razorback men’s basketball radio broadcasts and co-host of the Razorback...

WYNNE — An old newsstand that once belonged to the Wynne Progress has been repurposed into a Free Little Library. Wynne Junior High EAST students Payton Hall and Vesa Batchelor delivered the Free Little Library to Malone Street Park on Tuesday with the help of EAST facilitator Chelsea Hudson.

WYNNE — Brayden Mattox took home three major awards at the Wynne athletic awards program last night at the Wynne High School auditorium on the temporary Wynne High School campus. Mattox was named the winner of the Coach Don Campbell Memorial Scholarship, the Wynne Sportsworld’s Lindell Staggs Character Award,...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The city of Wynne has been dealing with break-ins and needs the public’s help to stop them. Wynne Police Chief Richard Dennis said the break-ins have happened in spurts and they’ve had up to seven break-ins in the last two weeks. The chief said the thieves are targeting any neighborhood.

WYNNE — The Wynne Yellowjackets are back on the gridiron for the start of spring football after a challenging first year for coach Clay Totty. The Jackets finished the 2023 season 5-5-1 and made the playoffs, which should be considered an accomplishment following the tornado. “I was proud of...

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. - As threats of violence grow against houses of worship, one church is continuing to help pastors and congregations be proactive if an incident, including a shooting, happens. The fifth "Protecting the Flock Church Security Conference" is scheduled this Friday through Saturday, May 17-18, at the Brown Missionary...

PALESTINE - Magnet Cove's Mailyn Tanaka hit a two-strike, two-out homerun in the top of the seventh inning to lift the Lady Panthers to a 2-1 victory over the Rison Lady Wildcats in the Class 2A quarterfinals last Friday afternoon at Palestine-Wheatley High School.It was a hearbreaking loss for the Lady 'Cats as they came out on the short end of a pitching duel between Rison's Josey Edwards and Magnet Cove's Bella Harville.Tanaka was 0-for-2 in the game when she stepped to the plate with two out in the top of the seventh. She had flied out and struck out in her previous two appearances at the plate, and was working a 2-2 count when she made contact and sent the ball sailing over the left field fence.Rison put itself in position to perhaps tie the game in the bottom of the seventh when freshman Riley Hyatt had a two-out double, and Layne Potter was then intentionally walked to put two aboard. However, a fly ball to right ended the game.The Lady Wildcats led for much of the game. Three consecutive singles from Josey Edwards, Carlese Johnson and MacKenzie King allowed Edwards' courtesy runner, Elissa Summar, to score and give Rison a 1-0 lead.Magnet Cove tied it in the top of the fifth when Kynsli Brashears' led off with a single, and then scored on Izzy Sawyer's one-out double, making it a 1-1.The Lady Wildcats had some other scoring opportunities in the game, but were unable to cash in.In the first inning, Edwards and Johnson had back-to-back singles with two out before a strikeout ended the inning. Haven Simpson then started the second with a lead-off single but could never advance.Both pitchers had some success controling the opposing batting order.Up until Tanaka's dinger with two out in the seventh, Edwards had given up just four singles without a walk, and had struck out two. Magnet Cove's Harville allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out four.The loss brought an end to a turnaround season for the Lady 'Cats, who had won 14 straight and 19 of their…

WYNNE — Wynne High School seniors were awarded scholarships yesterday (Tuesday) during a morning honors assembly. Among the scholarships presented were two from the Wynne Rotary Club. Rotary President-Elect Andrea Taegtmeyer presented $1,000 scholarships to seniors Brayden Mattox and Reece Roberts. They were selected by the Rotary scholarship committee...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rescue groups and individuals in the community have joined the search for a dog taken during a car theft at the Fresh Market on Union Avenue Thursday. Police said the stolen 2013 black Infiniti was used a day later in a bank robbery in West Memphis, AR, and the alleged bank robber […]

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) - A DeSoto County mom has filed charges against one of the assistant principals at Southaven Middle after a video surfaced of him appearing to handle a student roughly. Mcentyre said her daughter was fighting with another person when assistant principal Granger Brown snatched her and...

The Arkansas State Board of Education on Thursday voted to remove the Lee County School District from its fiscal distress status, but state officials will continue to monitor the district’s finances for the next three years.  Superintendent Michael Stone told the Advocate he felt great about the board’s decision and said his Delta district has […] The post Arkansas education board removes Lee County’s fiscal distress status appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.