The Newcastle Volunteer Fire Department recently received grant funds to assist with purchasing equipment that will allow the department become operational.
A member of the St. Francis County Quorum Court will assist the county in an expanded role after agreeing to patrol the county searching for illegal dumping sites.
Close to 70 interested students and parents participated in the first College Goal Sunday event held Sunday afternoon on the campus of East Arkansas Community College.
The Forrest City Civic Center Commission agreed Tuesday to make several changes to the catering contract for the facility and to present it to the current caterers, D&R Catering.
