This week, the House passed several bills which will increase various tax credits and exemptions.    Those bills include the following:    HB1157 would double the incom...

Governor Hutchinson's Weekly Radio Address: The Value of a Teacher     To listen to Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address, click anywhere on this line, t...

Applying Lessons Learned to Improve Child Nutrition   Ensuring students have access to healthy, nutritious meals at school is a constant challenge in ordinary times. In an era of COVID-19, ...

State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Larry Teague April 16, 2021   LITTLE ROCK – The legislature has enacted numerous reforms to Arkansas election laws.   The Senat...

There will be a food distribution Wednesday April 28th at the Polk County Fairgrounds from 10:00am until 1:00 pm. ARVAC is still following all safety precautions, therefore this wi...

This is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s fishing report for April 15, 2021. If there is a body of water you would like included in this report, please email jim.harris@agfc.ar.gov&nb...

The April meeting of the Mena School Board was conducted on Tuesday the 13th in the district administration building.   The initial item on the agenda was a resolution to adopt portions of ...

SHERIFF’S LOG   The following information was received from Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer for the week of April 5, 2021 – April 11, 2021. The charges against those arrested a...

  Mena Police Department reports for the week of April 4th through April 10th, 2021     April 4   A report of drinking in public was taken after a traffic stop o...

By the end of the 13th week of the 2021 Regular Session, more than 600 bills were signed into law.   This week, the House voted in favor of a bill temporarily changing the deadline for fili...

Elmer Lawrence Sanders, age 91, of Cove, Arkansas died on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at the VA Hospital in Little Rock. He was born on Sunday, February 2, 1930 to William Paul and Eula Marar Mitchel San...

Larry Wayne McCulley was born December 10, 1953 to William Jerld McCulley and Lena Ola Dunagan McCulley in Mena, Arkansas. He passed from this life to his eternal home at the age of 67, April 12, 2021...

Mr. Everett Washington Howard, 95, of Mena, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021 in Mena. He was born November 25, 1925 in Cherry Hill, Arkansas to the late Marian P. Howard and the late...

Mr. Louie Dale Edwards, age 75, of Big Fork passed away Saturday, April 10, 2021 in Mena, Arkansas. Louie Dale was born on December 19, 1945 in Mena to the late Mack Edwards and Rosa Lee Collie...

Leroy Williams was born February 2, 1962 to Reed and Nollies Broach Williams in Mena, Arkansas. Leroy was a loved husband, dad, papa, brother, uncle, and friend to many. He worked hard doing insula...