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Arkansas football coach returns to his shrinking hometown and scores big for teens
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — On a gray February morning, the Pine Bluff High School gymnasium was filled with colorful balloons and flooded with music and laughter as family and friends, students and staff gathered to celebrate four college-bound star football players signing their national letters of intent. Less than 6 miles away, a mother was […] The post Arkansas football coach returns to his shrinking hometown and scores big for teens appeared first on Louisiana Illuminator.
Kingsland Receives $500,000 Wastewater Grant
KINGSLAND - Kingsland Mayor Sharon Crosby (third from right with check) recently traveled to the Little Rock to receive a $500,000 Community Development Block grant from Gov. Sarah Sanders (center next to Crosby) in a presentation at the state capitol. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission received more than $8.4 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban in Community Development Block grants that were awarded to 17 communities across the state. These grants, according to the governor’s office, were awarded under the General Assistance set-aside, part of Arkansas’ $17.8 million FY 2023 formula grant allocation, which is designed to provide communities the opportunity to apply for a variety of non-housing public facility and public infrastructure projects. Crosby said the money will be used replace a pump and make other improvements to\he City of Kingsland’s wastewater treatment facility.
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