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The Prairie County American Legion will host a pancake breakfast on Saturday, March 11, from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Hazen Masonic Lodge at 211 S. Grove St. Auxiliary president Johnna McClain said this is the organization’s first opportunity to serve Veterans. “We are trying to get all...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — All of the recent rain is piling up in parts of Arkansas, especially along the White River near Des Arc and Georgetown. The Corps of Engineers is stepping up to patrol the areas and are preparing for potential flooding. "We do this just strictly to...

The White River Irrigation District (WRID) is continuing dirt work on segment No. 2 of its Canal 2000. Topsoil removal began on this segment on May 31 in Prairie County near Old Highway 70 road. Once the topsoil stripping was completed, on June 17, the core trench was started, and canal excavation and earth fill began and continues.

Traffic has been rerouted over the first road crossing of the White River Irrigation District’s (WRID) canal system. “We have some seeding and mulching left to do later this week, probably Thursday and Friday and the final clean-up next week, but traffic has been going over for about two or three weeks now,” Tony Stevenson, WRID water management engineer, explained.

LITTLE ROCK – Four of Arkansas’s regular public dove hunting locations that have drawn intense opening weekend pressure in recent seasons are being converted to permit-only hunting for the upcoming season’s first two days. The fields are in wildlife management areas that are annually prepared weeks in...

Latitude and Longitude: 34°34’33″N 091°27’38″W. Area: 0.26 square miles (2020 Census) Population: 175 (2020 Census) Ulm is a town in southern Prairie County, on U.S. Highway 79 between Clarendon (Monroe County) and Stuttgart (Arkansas County). Although the town is named for a city in southern Germany, the pronunciation differs from the German, with Arkansans speaking the name of the town as a two-syllable word (“Ull-im”).

Latitude and Longitude: 34°49’15″N 091°24’15″W. Area: 0.96 square miles (2020 Census) Population: 305 (2020 Census) Biscoe, also known as Fredonia, is located on Surrounded Hill between the White River and the Cache River in eastern Prairie County. It is on U.S. Highway 70 a few miles east of DeValls Bluff (Prairie County).

The White River Irrigation District (WRID) has begun dirt work to continue its canal system. Topsoil removal began on Canal 2000 on May 31 in Prairie County near Old Highway 70 road. Once the topsoil stripping was completed, on June 17, the Core Trench was started, and canal excavation and earth fill began and continues. This section of canal work is located East of Highway 63 between Hazen and DeValls Bluff and will run for approximately two miles.

Three historic properties take the top spots in Preserve Arkansas’ annual list of most endangered places. The list is based on nominations from the public, and highlights some of the state’s historically and architecturally significant properties facing threats of demolition, neglect or insensitive development. At the top of...

The National Weather Service confirmed that two EF-0 tornadoes touched down in central Arkansas over the weekend.

On July 10, 1881, an African American man named Henry Smith was hanged at Des Arc (Prairie County) for allegedly murdering an orphan girl named Lucinda (Lucy) or Matilda (Mattie) Webb. According to census records, an eighteen-year-old laborer named Henry Smith was living in the household of farmer William McBee...

It took crews just six days to install 65 concrete box culverts at the Downs Road crossing in Prairie County. Crews with Capital Paving and Construction, of Jefferson City, Missouri, did the installation of the 10-foot by 10-foot concrete box culverts. The first was delivered on Monday, April 4. The...

DES ARC, Ark. - Two groups, including one of Arkansas’s political parties, are calling on the immediate resignation of the Prairie County sheriff after he admitted that he uses racial slurs.

DES ARC, Ark. – The Prairie County sheriff claims he is not racist and said nothing wrong after a recorded phone line captured him responding to news of a shooting with a comment about black people living in the area. The Democratic Party of Arkansas on Wednesday called for...

A sheriff in Arkansas who initially came under fire for assuming “Blacks” were behind a deadly triple shooting in his county told a local news outlet he has used racial slurs. He also contended that using the N-word is something “everybody does.”. Prairie County Sheriff Rick Hickman...