Warren Stanley Wood II was born on December 8, 1927, and left this Earth on July 20, 2021, at the age of ninety-three years, seven months, and 12 days. Stan (as he liked to be called) was born in Tillar Arkansas, the son of Stanley Hammock Wood and Blanche Hodgson Wood. Blanche wanted her only …
NEWPORT, Ark. (KAIT) – The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees honored a longtime former college administrator for her years of service to ASU-Newport. The board renamed the Hangar Complex in the Student/Community Center on the ASU-Newport campus after Dr. Sandra Massey. Massey, who now serves as chancellor emeritus, retired in December as chancellor. …
NEWPORT, Ark. (KAIT) – The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees honored a longtime former college administrator for her years of service to ASU-Newport. The board renamed the Hangar Complex in the Student/Community Center on the ASU-Newport campus after Dr. Sandra Massey. Massey, who now serves as chancellor emeritus, retired in December as chancellor. …
A $1 million gift from the family of Perry Wilson to Lyon College will go toward establishing an entrepreneurship institute with a business incubator and a focus on the northeastern Arkansas economy. Wilson, an attorney with the Barber Law Firm, is chairman of the board of trustees for the private college in Batesville. The Institute …
NEWPORT, Ark. (KAIT) – Students enrolled in Arkansas State University-Newport’s health professions program can look forward to a bright future thanks to the largesse of an optometrist’s widow. The college announced Tuesday that Laura Collier of Newport donated $100,000 to establish a scholarship endowment. According to a news release, the money will be used to …
A million-dollar donation on behalf of the deep-rooted Wilson family of Arkansas will create an endowed professorship and lay the foundation of an institute focused on free enterprise and entrepreneurship at Lyon College in Batesville. Little Rock attorney Perry Wilson, chairman of the liberal arts college’s board of trustees, made the commitment on behalf of …
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (KAIT) – Nearly 3,000 Entergy Arkansas customers in the Hoxie and Walnut Ridge areas were without power Saturday afternoon due to an outage, the utility said on its website. The outage was reported around 4:40 p.m. Saturday. The posting did not mention what caused the outage, but that officials expect the power …
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Education, tourism, quality of life, and economic prosperity are four cornerstones in developing a healthy city or county, and the best places to make an impact. Since 2016, IMPACT Independence has spurred growth in Independence County, by creating more funding in the area. “Any time we are seeking funding for grants …
by: Caitrin Assaf Posted: Jul 12, 2021 / 10:28 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 12, 2021 / 10:28 PM CDT BATESVILLE, Ark. – As Arkansas’ active COVID cases rise above 7,000, Governor Hutchinson visited Batesville for his second COVID Community Conversation in an effort to increase the vaccination rate around the state and answer the …
Cave City bills itself as having the “world’s sweetest watermelons.” Find out for yourself July 29-31 during the 41st annual Watermelon Festival, which offers three days packed full of fun and entertainment for the entire family.Activities include a children’s fishing derby, 5K run, car show, pancake breakfast, parade, school alumni reunion, speed eating contest, seed spitting contest, …
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