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Northside Elementary received a reading award for revamping its reading program, Superintendent Jody Wiggins announced at the School Board Meeting on Thursday.

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Siloam Springs residents make the Deans list from Arkansas Tech University

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It's a condition approximately 5 million Americans suffer from, but with a simple surgery it can be cured. What is it? A hernia.

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THEME: THE 4TH OF JULY

With the world seemingly on a path to a return to normalcy from the covid-19 pandemic, so is the case for the Siloam Springs Rodeo.

Briar Wayne Sanders, Lil' Mister

The third full week in June.

Maci Atchison, Junior Queen

Hadley Renee Gross, Princess

Alexis Arnold, reigning queen

BENTONVILLE -- Benton County's Finance Committee met on June 8 to discuss allocating the $27 million American Rescue Plan fund.

Hosting a 7-on-7 tournament is something Brandon Craig envisioned for the Siloam Springs football program when he first became head coach in the spring of 2018.

It's not every day one sees the state's senior U.S. Senator agree with a state Senator from eastern Arkansas against the University's flagship campus on a mu...

In 1620 the Pilgrims came to America to gain freedom from the tyranny of religious persecution. They wished to worship and to live according to their views o...

Every so often, as a break from work or laziness, I sort through the many FindAGrave memorials I've accumulated over the last decade. Other members of the we...

The biggest lies

Our alarm clock went off way too early on July 13, 2018. On a long-dreamed-of family trip to Europe, we'd already packed in as much sightseeing as we could, ...

The only thing more boring than writing about the proposed lowering of state income tax rates in Arkansas is to do the actual work in getting the rates lowered.

Memorial Day weekend, which was this past Monday, signals an always brief respite from politics in Arkansas. Or, it has in the past years.

My daughter-in-law, Samantha, enjoys taking photos of me and my 3-year-old grandchild Maggie, especially when I'm not aware of her doing so. I actually prefe...

"Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all ...

"If I believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior but reject the Old Testament in its entirety, am I still a Christian?"

Have you ever found yourself banging your head against a wall? How'd it feel? Did it help the situation? A friend of mine in New Mexico got so upset one day ...

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, whic...

"Okay, Precious, it's nearing your annual birthday celebration, so what would you like to do?"

"The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ex...

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1

Note: By special request, I republish this Reflection from Dec. 26, 2018. .