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Nemo Vista FCCLA receives Red Ribbon grant

Nemo Vista High School FCCLA has been selected to receive a 2026 Red Ribbon Grant from the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association. Conway County Sheriff-Elect Jeremy Kissire presented the grant to Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Christina Loyd. School Resource Officer Alex Martinez and Superintendent Logan Williams also attended the presentation…

Conway County, AR · 24d
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Arkansas High School Football Top 25 State Rankings (Oct. 14, 2026)

Top 10 showdowns are on tap this week in 6A with undefeated Searcy against Sheridan, and 5A with Farmington at Greenwood

Arkansas · 25d

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Carlisle Elementary School placed on lockdown after nearby incident

CARLISLE, Ark. – Carlisle Elementary School was placed on lockdown for a brief period Thursday because of an incident that occurred outside the Carlisle School District but within the city limits, according to officials. According to the Carlisle School District, Police Chief Jerrell Smith immediately notified the school’s resource...

Carlisle, AR · 23d
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Report: 1 in 4 Arkansas EFA students left public schools

A new report from the University of Arkansas shows that only about one in four students who participated in Education Freedom Accounts in Arkansas last year switched from a public school. The data only factors grades one through 12. More than 44,000 students participated in the voucher program last school...

Arkansas · 26d
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Backpack Program Drives Teacher to Become Mrs. Arkansas-America

Many girls grow up competing in pageants and dream of one day representing their state on a national stage, but the story was different for Ashton Haywood, Mrs. Arkansas-America 2026. Her journey started when she became an art teacher at Nettleton STEAM Elementary School in Jonesboro. “My first year of...

Arkansas · 25d

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Arkansas school choice vouchers mostly fund existing private, home school students

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The latest report on Arkansas’ Education Freedom Account, or school choice voucher program, is out. The report covers last school year, the first in which the vouchers were made universally available to K-12 students in Arkansas. According to the report, the number of...

Arkansas · 25d

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Stuttgart remains No. 2 in ASN Class 4A rankings

STUTTGART — The Stuttgart Ricebirds remained No. 2 in Class 4A in this week’s Arkansas Sports Network’s rankings. The Ricebirds beat DeWitt 42-6 Friday to improve to 6-0 overall, 3-0 in 4A-8 conference play. Stuttgart is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s poll....

Stuttgart, AR · 26d

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Lakewood Elementary's Shae Escovedo named KATV Teacher of the Month

North Little Rock, AR (KATV) — Shae Escovedo, instructional aide at Lakewood Elementary School in North Little Rock, is KATV’s Teacher of the Month for October. In a reimagined teacher’s lounge, Escovedo works throughout the day with small groups of students, helping teachers fill learning gaps and helping students get caught up.

North Little Rock, AR · 24d

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Perryville High School announces Homecoming Court

Perryville High School has announced the members of its 2026 Homecoming Court. The Homecoming Queen is Esmerelda Sanchez. The senior maids are Rylee Raper ad Mylee Dillinger. The junior maids are Mylee Rychtarik and Chloe Wise. The sophomore maids are Aly Garcia and Anna Young. The freshman maid is Kamdyn Cates. The 8th grade maid is Sadie Holbrook. The 7th grade maid is Brilynn Holland. The Homecoming Court will be celebrated the week of October 20th through 23rd leading into the Homecoming ceremony on October 23rd and the football game that night against Two Rivers…

Perryville, AR · 26d

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Study ranks the best colleges in Arkansas and the U.S.

A national study by WalletHub ranked Hendrix College as the top institution in Arkansas while identifying Princeton University as the highest-ranked university nationwide.

Arkansas · 26d

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Plans move forward for new private school in Saline County

Plans for a new private school are moving forward in Saline County, months after a similar proposal was rejected by the city of Benton.

Saline County, AR · 25d

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Heartland Forward aims to bring rural college advising to 100 schools

Earlier this month at the 2026 Heartland Summit, the Arkansas Department of Education and Heartland Forward announced a goal to expand a college and career advising program into 100 schools across the state. Angie Cooper is the president of Heartland Forward. She says that the national nonprofit rootEd Alliance started as a way to support rural high school students, first in Missouri.

Arkansas · 24d

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We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.

In collaboration with Arkansas Times, Mountain State Spotlight, and The Assembly, ProPublica reporters tested how easily they could launch new private schools in three states. The experiment revealed major gaps in oversight, from Arkansas, where the only requirement is displaying an American flag; to West Virginia, where reporters found a way to bypass building health and safety requirements by registering a “microschool” instead.

Arkansas · 25d

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Sylvan Hills pitcher Caden Burnett becomes Arkansas’ 14th pledge in 2028 class

Diamond Hogs now have 32 pledges in their newt two recruiting classes

Fayetteville, AR · 25d

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Harding Academy Robotics Team Wins Ozark Mountain Brawl Competition in Mountain Home, Arkansas

Harding Academy is celebrating a major achievement after its high school robotics team, FRC Team 3937 Breakaway, and its alliance partners captured the championship at the Ozark Mountain Brawl robotics competition held over the weekend at Mountain Home High School in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Harding Academy announced the victory on...

Mountain Home, AR · 26d

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Arkansas Tech Choirs Take the Stage Sunday

Arkansas Tech University will present its Concert Chorale, University Choir and ATU Choral Artists for a concert entitled “Returning Home” on Sunday, Oct. 18. The performance will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Witherspoon Auditorium, 407 West Q Street on the ATU campus in Russellville. Admission will be free and open to the public.

Russellville, AR · 25d

Baxter Bulletin

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Bombers hold to No. 5 ranking in latest poll

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll, including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending Oct. 10. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from the previous week's poll:

Arkansas · 26d

The Johnson County Graphic

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Lamar 2026 Homecoming Queen Crowned

—– Sports Coverage Brought To You By. Dr. Bryan Smith, Ortho Clinic, Johnson Regional Medical Center. This story appears in the Oct. 14, 2026, edition of The Graphic, available online and at businesses throughout Johnson and Franklin counties. SUPPORT COVERAGE OF LOCAL STUDENT-ATHLETES. The Graphic covers student-athletes and school...

Lamar, AR · 26d