SHERIFF’S LOG   The following information was received from Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer for the week of January 17, 2022 – January 23, 2022. The charges against those arres...

Mena Police Department reports for the week of January 16th through January 22nd, 2022   January 16   A theft report was taken from a walk-in complainant.   A report o...

Governor Hutchinson's Weekly Radio Address: The Masketeers of Mountain Home   To listen to Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address, click anywhere on this lin...

Members continued to review agency budget proposals in preparation for the 2022 Fiscal Session.   This week, the hearings focused on requests for public safety and for the Department of Hum...

Grading the First Year of the Biden Administration   President Biden marked one year in office on January 20. So far his agenda hasn’t lived up to his own lofty rhetoric and unbridled...

State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Larry Teague January 21, 2022   LITTLE ROCK – The state Division of Children and Family Services intends to try out a new method of interv...

    Mena Police Department reports for the week of January 9th through January 15th, 2022     January 9 No report taken.   January 10 A report of do...

SHERIFF’S LOG   The following information was received from Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer for the week of January 10, 2022 – January 16, 2022. The charges against those arres...

To listen to Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address, click anywhere on this line, then click on the play button.   This week, we announced an economic development win for Arkansas t...

Curbing Inflation Must Be A Priority   A November 2021 Gallup poll identified inflation as one of the top five most important issues for Americans. This is no surprise considering the price...

Benjamin D. Kulp of Y-City, Arkansas passed away quietly and unexpectedly at his home during the early morning hours of January 22, 2022, at the age of 83. Ben was born to the late Rev. Harvey and ...

Shirley Kay Pearl, age 73, passed away January 22, 2022, in Mena, Arkansas. She was born to Kermit Fay White, Sr. and Mary Almeda Reed White on September 25, 1948. Shirley was a jack-of-all-trades. ...

Patricia Anne Trulock, age 72, passed away January 21, 2022, in Mena, Arkansas. She was born January 26, 1949, to Augustus Delma Cook and Madge Pauline Chaney Cook. Patricia was an avid photographer...

Mrs. Robbin Lynnette Bunyard, age 47, passed away January 20, 2022, at Mena Regional Health System in Mena, Arkansas. She was born May 6, 1974, to James Craig Pate and Pamela Carolyn (Jones) Pipki...

John Stephen Hilton, age 88, of Mena, died Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at his home in Mena, Arkansas. He was born on Thursday, July 27, 1933 to Vessie Newton Hilton and Emma (Hendricks) Hilton of Boar...