State Tournament – Game 2:
Badgers Fall On Last Second Shot
Badgers Lose To Harrison On
Last Second Three Point Shot
Badgers Lose To Harrison On Last Second Three Point Shot
(Pine Bluff) – The Badger boy’s basketball team squared off with a very talented Harrison Goblins team in the 2nd round of the Class 5A tournament, at the Pine [...]

Robert Britton, 37, of Beebe, was found guilty Thursday, Feb. 21st, of stabbing to death his girlfriend in August 2010 in Greenbrier. The jury deliberated for less than two hours before coming to the guilty verdict in the Faulkner County Circuit Court.
Britton displayed erratic behavior after the verdict  and began reciting patriot Patrick Henry’s speech [...]

Jacksonville, Ark., Feb. 6, 2013 – First Electric Cooperative is accepting applications for its scholarship program and the 2013 Electric Cooperative Youth Tour.
High school seniors whose parents or guardians are First Electric members may apply for one of five $2,000 scholarships that the cooperative awards each year. To be eligible for the scholarships, which are [...]

Driving by the construction site of Walmart on W. Center Street, area residents can see the progress of the walls coming up. Construction progress is coming along - however slowly it may seem. The opening date has not been announced at this point but Mayor Mike Robertson said a Walmart official told him last week [...]

BY LEE “CAT” McLANE
Editor/Publisher
Lonoke County deputies were in Beebe last week hunting for two key pieces of evidence in connection with a homicide in Lonoke County on Jan. 19, 2013. Cpt. Kevin McCoy of the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office said that the victim was Hubert Jackson, of Lonoke. He also said that two suspects were [...]

BY LEE ‘CAT” McLANE
Editor/Publisher
In a move to protect its citizens, the Beebe City Council Monday night during the regular monthly meeting, approved beginning the process of condemnation of the over 100-year old building which is owned by an out-of-state man.
As the council knows due to discussions over the past few months, the owner of the [...]

The ceremonial inauguration of America’s second-term black president, Barack Obama, was held Monday, Jan. 21st on the same date as Martin Luther King Day. The two events were celebrated together with marching bands, celebrity performances, dances and the obligatory speeches. The weather was sunny and in the mid-40’s - which was unusual for January in [...]

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White County Community Foundation’s Board of Directors awarded grants from its Stop Hunger Endowment to help provide food for needy families this holiday season. The Endowment was established in 2009 to provide a perpetual source of funds to combat hunger in the County.
“Grants from the Hunger Fund are based on a portion of the interest [...]

Beebe fire fighters, as well as McRae and Antioch, were on the scene at a house fire in the 300 block of Cherry Street on Christmas day. The Beebe Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire at around 4 p.m. Christmas day. Beebe Fire Chief William Nick said the structure was a complete loss and [...]