The Arkansas Court of Appeals, in a decision announced on Wednesday, March 31, affirmed the conviction of Paula Rena Martin, now 40, on six counts of fraudulent use of a credit or debit card, felony theft, second-degree forgery, and computer fraud.

Those who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine in Ashley County will now have an opportunity to do so in only one dose.

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the arrest of court reporter Michael Ashcraft, an Arkansas State employee. 

The number of COVID-19 cases in Ashley County appear to be holding near-steady over the past two weeks, but the county hospital is planning a community vaccination clinic in an effort to push the trend of the virus’s spread into negative territory.

Early planting appears to be making a return to Arkansas in 2021.

Governor Asa Hutchinson, after consultation with the legislative leadership, has extended the deadline for filing state individual income tax until May 17, 2021, to coincide with the extended federal deadline. 

The members of Ashley County Quorum Court were told this month that a private company is no longer used to handle the district court’s probation funds.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday that all people eligible for vaccinations in the Phase 1B cohort could receive them.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service is accepting Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) renewal applications through March 31. 

The week of record-low temperatures may leave its mark on Arkansas’s fire ant populations, but don’t look for the cold to have reduced fly or tick numbers, Kelly Loftin, extension entomologist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said recently.

Hamburg City Council held its regular monthly meeting Thursday night. The council approved an ordinance for City Attorney Paul Keith to chair the council meeting in absence of the late Mayor Dane Weindorf.

There are some things that, even when you know it’s coming, no one’s happy when it gets here.

Hamburg School District’s administration is working on its plan for how school will work next year, and Superintendent Tracy Streeter said that at this point administrators don’t feel like a virtual option will be best for students.

Winter weather put a damper on energy supplies with electric and natural gas providers requesting customers limit their use of services.

Applications are now being accepted for AgDiscovery, a residential career and science exploration program for teens. March 25 is the application deadline, Willie Columbus, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) educational outreach coordinator and AgDiscovery program director, said.

COVID-19 vaccines may soon become more available after Walmart becomes a distributer as part of the vaccination effort.

Banners decorating the streets of Hamburg hold two purposes: grow community pride and act as one of this year’s major fundraisers for Hamburg Area Chamber of Commerce. Banners may be sponsored in honor of students, classes, businesses, family, or in memory of someone. Order forms can be foun…

As the City of Hamburg looks to expand its rural water service, it’s likely to have to consider using eminent domain to get some of the necessary easements.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Quail Forever are hosting special classes this February and March to teach landowners in southern Arkansas how to use fire to substantially improve wildlife habitat on their property. 

Larry Purcell counts on clear skies to find the genes that control drought tolerance in soybeans.

An Ashley County man died Friday morning in a vehicle accident in Lonoke County.

Just as 2020 drew to a close Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed executive order 20-54, which order provides relief to employers by excluding unemployment claims during the second quarter of 2020 in the calculation of employer UI tax rates.