Standing Up for Arkansas’s Role in Protecting Clean Air and Water   We hear a lot about the federal government stepping into situations to ensure our air or water isn’t contamin...

American Energy Dominance is Within Reach   This week, the House of Representatives passed historic, bipartisan legislation to lower energy costs for hardworking Americans. This bill puts A...

State Capitol Week in Review From Senator Terry Rice   LITTLE ROCK – The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that lengthens prison sentences for violent offenders and ...

Multi-Agency Operation Seizes $30,000 in Fentanyl and Other Dangerous Street Drugs in Polk County   Prosecuting Attorney for the 18th West Judicial District, Debra Buschman, announced...

The Mena School Board met for their regular March meeting on Monday, March 27th at the district administration building.   The meeting began with Mena High School Principal David Maxwe...

Mena Police Department Announces Arrest of Larry Lee Kenyon of Mena, Wanted for Murder   The Mena Police Department made the following statement Monday afternoon.   "On the ...

Mena Police Department reports for the week of March 19th through March 25th, 2023   All subjects should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.   March 19 ...

SHERIFF’S LOG   The following information was received from Polk County Sheriff Scott Sawyer for the week of March 20, 2023 – March 26, 2023. The charges against those arrested ...

The Lower Energy Costs Act   Americans are suffering the consequences of misguided energy policies. Fuel and utility costs are on an uphill rollercoaster ride as supply shortages, and marke...

Preserving and Modernizing an Arkansas Tradition   As I often travel between home and Washington, D.C., I’m constantly reminded how blessed we are to live in ...

Mr. Brian Douglas O’Bar, age 63, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Mena, Arkansas. He was born August 15, 1959, to Dick and Donna O’Bar. Services for Mr. O’Bar will be ...

Diamond Marilyn Nichols, age 73, of Cove, Arkansas, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023 at CHI St. Vincent Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was born on Saturday, April 2, 1949 to Cecil and Gla...

Ms. Karen Dean Lewis, age 81, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Mena, Arkansas. She was born June 30, 1941, Ada, Oklahoma, to the late Arthur Millard Kinsey and Ina Lorean Welch. Ms. Lewis w...

Orlene Bernice Head Clift, 83, of Mena, AR, went to be with her Lord and savior on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. She was born September 5, 1939, to the late Ores and Beatrice Hass Head in Potter, AR. S...

Ms. Mary C. Sutton, age 81, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Mena, Arkansas. She was born April 25, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri, to the late Raymond L. Myers Sr., and Leona M. Rose. ...