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Arkansas receives about 250 comments opposing ban on using education accounts for team sports | Texarkana Gazette
17+ hour, 6+ min ago More than 200 Arkansans have voiced opposition to a proposed ban on spending state Educational Freedom Account money on team sports. Public schools, homeschool parent Hannah Senn said, have "large arenas with state-of-the-art scoreboards and locker rooms." She and other parents…...
Prep Football: Arkansas High football to see new teams in 5A South
3+ day, 17+ hour ago The Arkansas Activities Association released new conferences for the next athletic cycle, and the 5A South was one of the conferences to see multiple changes across its landscape. With two teams ......
Texarkana, Arkansas, Board of Directors approves tight city budget
5+ day, 5+ hour ago The Texarkana, Arkansas, Board of Directors unanimously approved a lean $64.3 million budget for Fiscal Year 2026, with Mayor Allen Brown emphasizing fiscal prudence to avoid deficits. Arts and Entertainment Editor Karl Richter has been a professional writer and editor for more…...
Texarkana agency opens home to help women find recovery | Texarkana Gazette
1+ week, 20+ hour ago TEXARKANA -- Haven Homes for Women has opened a recovery home that will provide free housing and support services for women overcoming addiction and other life challenges. Jeni Eldridge, founder of the nonprofit organization, says the expanded facility allows the organization…...
Texarkana Symphony's Christmas at the Perot scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 14 | Texarkana Gazette
2+ week, 3+ day ago TEXARKANA, Texas -- Texarkana Symphony Orchestra's annual family-friendly spectacular, "Christmas at the Perot," is a little more than a week away. Texarkana Symphony's Christmas at the Perot scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 14 TEXARKANA, Texas -- Texarkana Symphony Orchestra's annual family-friendly spectacular, "Christmas at…...
Sevier County, Arkansas man sentenced to six years after pleading guilty to fourth-degree sexual assault. Defendant was on probation for abuse of a corpse charge. | Texarkana Gazette
2+ week, 3+ day ago De QUEEN, Ark. -- A Sevier County man has been sentenced to six years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to fourth-degree sexual assault. Matthew Hallmark, 23, pleaded guilty in November during a hearing in 9th West Judicial District, according…...
Arkansas hires Silverfield from Memphis as new football coach | Texarkana Gazette
3+ week, 1+ day ago FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas hired Ryan Silverfield away from Memphis as the Razorbacks' new coach Sunday after a miserable 2-10 season filled with near misses. Silverfield is 50-25 in six seasons at Memphis, and he was at his best going 10-3 in 2023 and 11-2 in…...
Arkansas Army National Guard members leaving Monday for 3-month deployment in Washington
3+ week, 3+ day ago As 100 Arkansas Army National Guard members prepare for deployment to Washington, D.C., shots rang out near the White House on Wednesday, leaving two West Virginia National Guard members in critical ... Bill Bowden covers a variety of news for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,…...
Arkansas corrections officers can work as immigration agents under agreement with ICE
3+ week, 4+ day ago Selected Arkansas corrections officers will be permitted to question immigrant detainees, carry out warrants and issue immigrant detainers under an agreement with federal authorities to collaborate on ......
Maine girl saved by tissue donation spending holiday in Arkansas with donor's family
3+ week, 4+ day ago Diners at most Thanksgiving tables are drawn together by blood or marriage, but one girl from Maine traveled to Arkansas this year to spend the holiday with loved ones she met in a unique way: their ......