A memorial service for Lincoln County deputy and Star City school resource officer Jeremy Simmons is set for 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Star City High School Arena. Simmons died Oct. 5 in a Highway 425 crash.
UAM's Snowden Waterfowl Center reported an estimated drop of more than 50% in Arkansas wintering mallards from 2016 to 2022. Researchers are studying habitat use in the Arkansas Delta, Deltaplex News reported.
UAM Athletics introduced the Charlotte Award, a weekly player-of-the-week honor named for Charlotte Ruthe Wilkerson. Assistant AD Ryan Tow said the award will begin next week.
Clearwater Paper Corporation gave The CALL in Southeast Arkansas a $3,000 grant for therapeutic resources for foster children, Saline River News reported. The group serves families across the region, including Monticello and Warren.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia struck a Kharkiv power plant after President Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Ukraine's embassy said Kyiv was not told of the ceasefire in advance.
Unofficial Border Patrol figures show about 8,900 arrests between ports of entry in September and just under 137,000 for fiscal 2026, Breitbart News reported. CBP says no one was released into the interior.
Drew County's 2025 real estate and personal property taxes are due Thursday, Oct. 15. A notice warns that mail dropped in a box that day may not carry an Oct. 15 postmark.
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