Obituary: Sarah Stephens

Frances Brown Middleton was born on November 26, 1934, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to the union of Maude Eva Brown and Dona Brown. Frances gave her life to Christ at an early age. She was an active and faithful member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church. She served with the culinary ministry, attended Sunday School regularly, and was a Senior Usher. She was an extremely sweet and soft-spoken woman who deeply loved her family and did what she could to help them in their time of need.

Charlie James Smith was born on February 23, 1968, in Camden, Arkansas to the union of Peggy “Pinkie” Jean Smith and Charlie Smith. Charlie was affectionately known as “Jaime” or “Hollywood” by all who knew and loved him. He grew up at 646 Lincoln Center with his grandparents, Jake and Mary Lee Whitney, two brothers, and a sister.

Jim Fulmer, age 72, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at CHI Extended Care Center in Hot Springs. He was born February 24, 1950, in Arkadelphia, the son of the late Walter Wilson and Bessie Bell Beauchamp Fulmer. Jim was a United States Army Veteran....

John Robertson Anthony passed away peacefully at the age of 91 with his family by his side on January 23, 2023. John was born at home on January 10, 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, to the late Lester D. and Maggie Ozella Quarles Anthony in Bearden, AR. He was the second oldest of their eight children.

In June 2022, Jesse and Nikki Loftin responded to a local need and a prime opportunity. “We figured we’d start a deli because there’s nothing like that here,” Jesse said. “Then we started doing breakfast because there’s no breakfast here. Then there’s no meat and produce, so we serve the community like that.”

Another nail has been hammered into the coffin of an economic development project that’s been in talks for several years. Based on Union Pacific’s needs for its rail line that runs through Clark County, the freight company will “most likely” not approve preliminary plans and sketches of a transloading facility in the Gum Springs industrial park, members of the Economic Development Corp. of Clark County learned in a meeting Tuesday.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders has issued a new executive order 23-14 which has delayed and may possibly eliminate broadband expansion in eight Arkansas counties including Clark, Columbia and Hot Spring counties where the lack of broadband access is an issue in many rural areas. In comments before the joint performance...

Clark County had Arkansas Scholarship Lottery ticket sales totaling $496,672 in December 2022, according to a report released earlier this month by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration – Office of the Arkansas Lottery. Statewide, Arkansas had lottery ticket sales of $49,978,201 in December, which is down from...

A Clark County woman is facing prison time for allegedly pawning a gaming system and later reporting it stolen. Authorities are accusing a 41-year-old Hearn woman of filing a false report and theft of rented property, both Class D felonies that carry a prison sentence of up to six years and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

The Arkadelphia Badgers’ 72-56 win over the Malvern Leopards (4-10) was a great example of the depth held all the way down the Badger lineup. Four out of Arkadelphia’s (12-6) seven regular players scored in double figures in the team’s winning effort Tuesday night, as senior guard Chris Gray led the way with 19 points, including three threes, while sophomore guard James Elgas had another big outing, tallying 19 also.

HOT SPRINGS — National Park College (NPC) and the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) announced a new bachelor’s degree partnership Tuesday. The institutions will collaborate to bring a bachelor’s degree in business administration to Hot Springs beginning in the fall of 2023. The degree was approved by the Arkansas Division of Higher Education (ADHE) in July and by the Higher Learning Commission in January 2023.