Stories from Thursday, February 9, 2017

In the State of Arkansas, according to the Arkansas Department of Health, breast cancer is the number one cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Arkansas. On Jan. 31, an exciting announcement was made by the Susan G. Komen Foundation during a press conference held in the Jonesboro City Council Chambers in which they announced the first ever Komen Northeast Arkansas Race for the Cure, set for May 6 in Jonesboro...

Three Sharp County residents were arrested and charged with multiple felonies Jan. 31 after what began as a search for a wanted man, eventually ended with two in immediate custody and the capture of the third later in the evening. According to a report from the Hardy Police Department, a group of officers had met at the Hardy Police Department around 5 p.m. to discuss a plan to locate Sharp County resident Wesley Mead...

Some students at Highland High School are taking the phrase 'sleeping under the stars' to a whole new level as they work to complete one of Dewana McIntosh's newest class projects. According to McIntosh, art teacher for the high school, in one of her classes the students were recently assigned a project in which they would paint a famous person on a sheet or curtain...

Republican Party of Sharp County [RPSC] Statesman, Ethan Barnes and Stateswoman Amy Renee-Clay Thomas witnessed history in the making the week of Jan. 20, as they sat just a short distance away and watched Donald Trump become the President of the United States of America...