Area residents have seen the construction of the new Holiday Inn Express & Suites on Eldridge Road from the ground up, but starting Friday, they can visit the four-story hotel for themselves
Forrest City Water Utility Commission members accepted the resignation of former chair Victor Vaccaro and rejected bids for a backhoe at Monday night’s rescheduled meeting.
A large crowd of senior citizens packed the Forrest City Civic Center for the East Arkansas Delta Region Health Fair and Affordable Care Act Forum on Thursday.
The East Arkansas Community College Fine Arts Center was the site of the third annual Regional Career and Job Expo this morning. The event is sponsored by Eastern Arkansas Workforce Centers.
Official student enrollment figures reported by area school districts show that Forrest City and Hughes each experienced decreases while Palestine-Wheatley reported an increase.
The St. Francis County Tax Collector’s Office is reporting that tax collections for 2011 are over $300,000 above the total that was collected for 2010.
Within the first few hours of early voting, which opened at 8 a.m. on Monday, there were over 50 votes cast. This morning, the total was climbing toward 400 votes.
