BY LEE “CAT” McLANE
Editor/Publisher
Power outages and broken tree limbs caused lots of trouble around town Tuesday night as the blizzard warning held true.
Beebe area residents awoke Wednesday morning, Dec. 26th to a deep blanket of snow - and some had no power. This is being reported as the largest snowfall on Christmas Day in 80 [...]

BY DR. BELINDA SHOOK
Beebe Schools Superintendent
The shooting in Newtown, Connecticut is one of the saddest events to take place in the three decades of my educational career and has literally shaken educators throughout the country, state and the local community. It is incomprehensible to those who care for children, how anyone could deliberately cause harm [...]

BY LEE “CAT” McLANE
Editor/Publisher
You know him, you love him, you can’t get enough of him - yes, I’m talking about Beebe’s own, Cody Belew!
After the recent exit from NBC’s “The Voice,” Cody Belew has been experiencing a whirlwind of opportunities as his notoriety has soared since appearing on several episodes of “The Voice” and making [...]

The settlement of the $1 million winning lottery ticket was set to go to jury trial Dec. 6th but was settled out of court last Friday morning, Nov. 30th. The details of the settlement will not be made public according to defense attorney Jimmy Simpson. There was $490,000 remaining of the original $1 million - [...]

Beebe Police Chief Wayne Ballew reported the arrest of two suspects from North Little Rock and one from Little Rock for attempting to cash fraudulent business checks at a local food store.
The Chief said that the police department received a call from employee’s at Knight’s Super Foods on DeWitt Henry Drive concerning three individuals attempting [...]

BY LEE “CAT” McLANE
Editor/Publisher
The Beebe City Council met in special session Monday night, Nov. 15 to discuss several matters.
Mayor Mike Robertson told the council that he had been asked to give a letter of recommendation from he and the council for a beer and wine permit application for a proposed new pizza restaurant. The request [...]

The commemoration of Veterans Day was held in Beebe on the 11th month, 11th day but not at the 11th hour - but at 1 p.m. because the day fell on Sunday. The event was hosted by the American Legion Post 91 and was attended by about 100 people including a portion of the high [...]

Obama Wins Re-Election
Welch, Lightfoot and Bass Elected as City Aldermen
Unofficial Results  White County    State      National
President
Barack Obama 5,765 365,472 52,381,730
Mitt Romney 20,005 599,284 51,917,019
U.S. Congress Dist. 2
Cong. Tim Griffin (R) 19,472 154,925
Herb Rule (D) 5,002 110,284
State Senate Dist. 28
State Rep.
Tiffany Rogers (D) 3,641 12,656
Sen. Jonathan
Dismang (R) 9,393 15,359
State Representative Dist. [...]

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By Lee “Cat” McLane
Editor/Publisher

The Beebe Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire early Saturday morning, Oct. 27th at the corner of Swinging Bridge Rd. and Huskey Lane in Beebe. A young woman, Tiffany Weatherford, 38, was killed in the fire. She was alone in the house with her cat - who also [...]

Perfect weather brings out hundreds of people to enjoy food, fun, crafts