Alan Smith

School Board tables payment of old invoices

BILLS FROM PEACOCK AND ASSOCIATES TOTAL OVER $8,000 FOR WORK IN 2010; NEW BOARD MEMBERS WELCOMED

Multiple invoices dating back to February 2010 and recently submitted by a local contractor to the Forrest City School District were tabled during the district’s board meeting Monday night.

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Madison Community Festival features BBQ cookoff, training

Madison City Hall and Community Center will be the host sites for a community festival Saturday that organizers hope will become an annual event.

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Fire chief offers tips on dealing with blazes

Fire safety and prevention should be a concern year-round, and National Fire Prevention Week, which continues through Saturday, aims to bring the issue awareness. 

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FCHS Homecoming parade scheduled for this evening

The annual Forrest City High School Homecoming Parade is set for this evening at 6 p.m.

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Palestine City Council receives update on street repair projects

Paperwork is still being done on the street and drainage projects in Palestine, but Mayor Billy Shafer told members of the city council Tuesday night that he is hopeful that by the November meeting

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Vo-Tech Barbecue hailed as success despite weather

Rain on Friday evening might have caused many who purchased tickets to the 25th annual Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute Vo-Tech Barbecue to use the drive-through service line, but it did not

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Thousands show up for Acts 1:8 Mission day of work in area

VOLUNTEERS SPREAD OUT ACROSS COUNTY TO SHARE WORK, SCRIPTURE DESPITE RAIN

Volunteers from across the state, over 2,000 in fact, served residents in the Forrest City area through the Acts 1:8 One Day Mission trip on Saturday.

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Housing Authority takes second-lowest bid for offices

Members of the Forrest City Housing Authority Board unanimously rejected the lowest bid for construction on its new offices and went with the second-lowest bidder for the project.

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Mission day designed to assist many in SFC area

Over 2,000 volunteers representing Southern Baptist churches from across the state will be in the Forrest City area on Saturday for the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) mission day.

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QC Budget Committee approves 2013 budget with 5 percent cut

Members of the St.

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