Archive for April 2012

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Local Father and Son Continue Winning Streak

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Sports

  Harper’s Pure County Taxidermy owner Rodney Harper and son Jared attended the 2012 Mississippi Taxidermy Associations Annual Convention and Competition on April 12-14 at Morton Mississippi. This years show had 105 displays and Taxidermist from four different states. Jared Harper, 8th grader at Beebe Junior High, won best Amateur and Best of Category with [...]



Divine Good vs. Human Good by R.B. Thieme, Jr. (April 1, 1918 - August 16, 2009)

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Religion

A catalog of available tapes and publications will be provided upon request by contacting R.B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 5139 West Alabama, Houston, TX 77056
Before you begin your Bible study, be sure that, as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, you have named your known sins privately to God (1 John 1:9). You will [...]



Major Marshall Cooney Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Community

A promotion ceremony was held for Major Marshall E. Cooney to Lieutenant Colonel on Monday April 16, 2012 at Camp Robinson. LTC Cooney was born in Jacksonville, Arkansas on May 20, 1970 to Clarence Cooney and Ernestine Conney-Barron of Beebe. He enlisted in the Arkansas Army National Guard as a Private First Class on February [...]



Beebe Police Reports: February 2012

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: News and Features

Last week we ran several of the police incident reports from February. This week will continue and run the remainder of February incident reports.
2-9-12 - 800 block of W. College, theft of property & cash, Approx. $2500 value, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
2-4-12- 100 block of W. Georgia, 11:37 a.m. copper pipes taken from [...]



Bell-Rowland to Wed in May

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Community

Jason Andrew Moody Rowland and Shamale Marie Bell have announced thir engagement to be married.
Shamale lives in  Austin, AR and is employed by Hewlett Packard in Little Rock. Her parents are Curtis Bell of St. Louis, Mo. and Margret Bell of Pocahontas AR.
Jason owns Rowland Tree Service and lives Beebe. He is the son of [...]



Beebe Police Department Recent Arrests and Pleas

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: News and Features

Beebe Police Captain Eddie Cullum reported the following felony arrests and pleas.
On April 12th, 2012, Officer Steve Hall stopped a vehicle driven by Jeffrey Satterfield, 49, of Beebe for an equipment violation on Dewitt Henry Drive.  The front seat passenger was identified as David A. Ballard, 24, of Ward.  Lt. Brian Duke responded and backed [...]



WCMC Announces First MRI Scan on Patient with Revo MRITM SureScan® Pacemaker System

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Community

White County Medical Center has announced that it successfully conducted its first MRI scan on a patient with the Revo MRITM SureScan® pacing system.
The Revo MRITM SureScan® pacemaker is the first MR-Conditional pacemaker system to be designed, tested and FDA approved for use in the MRI environment. (MR-Conditional is a term used to indicate that [...]



Two Teens Assaulted, One Raped on Quiet City Street

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Top Story

The assault happened on North Fir Street just across from a church at 8:00 p.m. in a populated area as two teen girls were out walking.
BY LEE “CAT” McLANE
Editor/Publisher
The Beebe Police are looking for two suspects, one white, one black, who allegedly assaulted two teens Thursday night, April 19th. The teen girls, ages 13 and [...]



ASU-Beebe:  Students Named to 2012 Edition of Who’s Who Among Students

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Education

Several students from Arkansas State University-Beebe were named to the 2012 Edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.
The recipients, which include students who attend ASU-Beebe, ASU-Heber Springs, ASU-Searcy, and the Little Rock Air Force Base programs, were named to the following list, along with their hometown and major field of study.
J. Aaron [...]



Quilt Lecture May 7th

Apr 26th, 2012 | By admin | Category: Entertainment

Debbie Maddy Lecture, “No Diamonds/no Y Seams Old Quilts new Methods” will be held on Monday May 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the First Assembly of God Church, Family Life Center on Benton Street in Searcy. Admission will be $5.
Debbie learned to quilt in 1982 and it quickly became her favorite hobby. In 1993 she [...]