Many school districts around Region 8 have been meeting to decide the next steps as CARES Act funding is beginning to expire, answering the question of how potential sick days should be handled in the future, especially with COVID-19.
Biden’s inauguration came at a time of national tumult and uncertainty, a ceremony of resilience as the hallowed American democratic rite unfurled at a U.S. Capitol battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks ago.
The sober moment on the eve of Biden's inauguration — typically a celebratory time in Washington when the nation marks the democratic tradition of a peaceful transfer of power — was a measure of the enormity of loss for the nation.
As the nation watched the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Inauguration, students watched the historical event either virtually, or in the classroom. A teacher explains why her students didn’t watch.
An area utility company is asking its customers to be careful after reports of people trying to get sensitive information through phone calls and phishing.
Biden on Wednesday planned to halt construction on Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization and revoke the approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, aides said.
Three area men face a March 2 court date after their arrest this week in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins, according to Pocahontas police.
Police say two people arrested in Mississippi for a string of armed robberies are suspected of robbing the Walmart store in Trumann the day after Christmas.
An Arkansas Senate panel has advanced legislation loosening restrictions on the use of deadly force in self defense, two years after failing before the same committee.
President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon in the final hours of his White House term as part of a flurry of clemency action that benefited more than 140 people.
On Friday, January 22, over a thousand doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be administered by the national guard according to the Butler County Health Department.
Rick Wimberly with the Division of Agriculture Cross County Extension Agent said farmers are doing okay financially, but the pandemic has really taken a toll on their mental health.
Richard Barnett, the man photographed in Nancy Pelosi’s office the day of the U.S. Capitol riots, has been transferred to Washington, D.C., KNWA reports.
