Governor Hutchinson's Weekly Radio Address:  Special Session Successes   To listen to Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address, click anywhere on this line, th...

After passing legislation to accelerate tax cuts and provide funding for school safety, the 93rd General Assembly adjourned from a special session on Thursday.   In December of 2021, t...

Arkansas Youth Serving The Natural State   As teachers dust off desks, parents buy new school supplies and students prepare to head back to the classroom, the signs that a new school year i...

Higher Taxes and Spending Will Not Lower Inflation   This week, Congressional Democrats used a special procedural tool called “reconciliation” to pass a $745 billion bill throug...

State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Larry Teague   August 12, 2022   LITTLE ROCK – The legislature concluded a quick, three-day special session after approving income...

Several municipal elected positions in Polk County will be contested in the November General Election this year. Stephanie Murr and Kacie Rose have both filed for the Mena Clerk/Treasurer position. In...

On Monday, August 8, 2022, an inmate in the Polk County Detention Center led the Polk County Sheriff's Office to skeletal remains in a shallow grave west of Hatfield, Arkansas. The remains were fo...

SHERIFF’S LOG   The following information was received from Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer for the week of August 1, 2022 – August 7, 2022. The charges against those arrested ...

  Mena Police Department reports for the week of July 31st through August 6th, 2022       All subjects should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court o...

The Governor is calling the General Assembly into an Extraordinary Session next week to address the use of surplus funds to provide tax relief and funding for school safety measures.   The ...

Karla Ann Bruce, age 68 of Plunketville, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Idabel , Oklahoma. She was born March 1, 1954 to the late Carl Grogan and Carolyn Horstman Grogan in Berryvi...

Linda Louise Milne, age 80 of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2022, in Hot Springs. She was born October 30, 1941, in Mena, Arkansas to the late A.J. Burris and the late Sarah...

It is with profound sadness that the family of Billy John Bates, age 88, of Mena, AR announce that he passed away Saturday, July 30th surrounded by his loving family.   Bill was born Novemb...

DeAnna Sue Powell, age 54, died on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at her home in Mena, Arkansas. DeAnna was born on Sunday, August 13, 1967 to Dwight Powell and Beverly (Barnes) Anglin in Texarkana, Arkansas...

Mrs. Sherrill Elliott Swedoski, age 84, passed away August 8, 2022, in Mt. Ida, Arkansas. She was born May 5, 1938, in Houston, Texas, to the late Mervyn Leon and Erma Jewell Elliott. Mrs. Sw...