This week, the Arkansas Legislative Council Highway Commission Review and Advisory Subcommittee reviewed a presentation regarding Arkansas’ inland waterways.   This year marks 50 year...

  Governor Hutchinson's Weekly Address :ARHOME: Doing More for Arkansans’ Health Care   Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address can be found in ...

  State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Larry Teague June 18, 2021     LITTLE ROCK – State Medicaid officials are asking the federal government for approval of ...

  Border Crisis Continues Under Biden Policies   There’s chaos on our southern border. It’s a humanitarian and national security crisis that threatens the safety of Amer...

    MENA SCHOOL BOARD JUNE MEETING RECAP        The Mena School Board met for their regular June meeting on Tuesday at the district administration buil...

  Mena Police Department reports for the week of June 6thth through June 12th, 2021     June 6   A report of possession of Schedule 6 Controlled Substance an...

OLT’s Musical Little Women Cast   Ouachita Little Theatre will be producing two musicals this summer. Following, “BIG” which will be performed the first two weekends in Ju...

SHERIFF’S LOG   The following information was received from Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer for the week of June 7, 2021 – June 13, 2021. The charges against those arrested are...

Governor Hutchinson's Weekly Radio Address: Arkansas Blackberry Month   Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address can be found in MP3 format and downloaded...

This week, we would like to remind families of an upcoming scholarship deadline.   July 1 is the deadline to apply for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship.   The scholars...

Vera Gann Cary, age 94, of Mena, Arkansas passed away June 13, 2021 at Peachtree Assisted Living in Mena. She was born on August 25, 1926 to the late Whit Roy Price and Mayoma (White) Price. Vera...

Mrs. Margaret A. House-Himes, age 98, of Mena passed away Friday, June 11, 2021 at The Green House Cottages of Homewood. She was born January 21, 1923 in Edgewood, Pennsylvania to the late Clyde F. ...

Mr. Basil Regil Kesterson, age 70, of Wickes, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021. He was born on December 18, 1950, in De Queen, Arkansas to Charles Kesterson and Ruth Mize Kesterson. ...

James C. “Jim” Lawrence passed away on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the age of 64, after a short, but courageous battle with liver cancer. Born on September 8, 1956, in Searcy, Arkansas,...

Desmond Alton Doss Davis, infant son of Ethan Davis and Tiny Shores, gained his angel wings on Thursday, June 10, 2021 in Mena, Arkansas. He is survived by his Brothers Samuel Davis, William Cook...