CAVE CITY, Ark. (KAIT) – The Cave City Watermelon Festival is getting closer. From July 29-31, hundreds of people will flock to Cave City to attend the festival for the first time in over a year. Organizers and growers say they’ve worked harder to prepare for this year’s festival. Right now, everything is on track …
Cave City watermelons are arguably the best watermelons in the world. And Cave City, Arkansas, has rightfully earned recognition for being the home of the world’s sweetest watermelons. We know some will argue that Hope watermelons are better. Regardless, it’s high summer, and I’m ready for a sweet treat. So, we’re hitting the road searching …
The “Hangar” complex in the student/community center on the Arkansas State University-Newport campus will be renamed the Sandra C. Massey Center for Student Success. Massey, who became the first female chancellor in the ASU-System in November 2013, retired in December. On Wednesday, the Arkansas State University board of trustees designated her as chancellor emeritus in …
BATESVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) – White River Medical Center in Batesville has reached max capacity in its hospital, with 35 patients fighting COVID-19, and several others battling other illnesses. Hospitalist Jarrod Anderson says that he’s seen a much larger number of young people in the hospital, showing symptoms that had been primarily exclusive to older patients. …
BATESVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) – White River Medical Center in Batesville has reached max capacity in its hospital, with 35 patients fighting COVID-19, and several others battling other illnesses. Hospitalist Jarrod Anderson says that he’s seen a much larger number of young people in the hospital, showing symptoms that had been primarily exclusive to older patients. …
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 …
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