Bluegrass Festival, Bull Ride Set For This Saturday

RISON – The third annual Bluegrass, Crafts and More Festival with Spring Bull Ride will take place this Saturday, May 12, at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Rison. The all-day festival/rodeo is part of the Cleveland County Fair and Rodeo Association’s Family Events for Scholarship Grants program....

WHS Student Wins Mike Ross’ Congressional Art Competition

Student’s Work Will Hang in U.S. Capitol Building for One Year HOT SPRINGS – U.S. Congressman Mike Ross of Prescott announced that Melanie Herring, a student at Woodlawn High School, won the Congressional Art Competition for Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District with her painting titled “My...

New Edinburg Comm. Center To Host Gospel Singing Sat.

NEW EDINBURG – The New Edinburg Community Center will be hosting a gospel singing featuring Gean and the Gospel Spirits starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12. Jean and the Gospel Spirits is a gospel group from Little Rock. Jean Erwin Atkins, who heads up the group, is a New Edinburg native and still...

Photo: Digging Up Arkansas

DIGGING UP ARKANSAS - The three-actor troupe that makes up the “Digging Up Arkansas” production made a stop at Kingsland Elementary last Thursday to both entertain and teach students about the history of Arkansas through skits and music. The historical play centers around three fictional workers of the...

Star City’s StarDaze Festival Announces 2012 Entertainment

StarDaze in Star City, Arkansas, the fastest growing festival in Arkansas, is pleased to announce its biggest and best line-up in its nine-year history! Having been voted winner of several awards by the Arkansas Festival Association, StarDaze has grown by amazing amounts. Over 20,000 people enjoyed...

Rison’s Marquis Walker To Preach First Official Message This Sunday

RISON – Marquis Walker, a standout football player for the Rison Wildcats who has signed to play college football at Arkansas State University, has surrendered to the ministry and will preach his first official message at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Rison High School cafeteria. Walker, a senior, is...