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The position of Poinsett County Sheriff/Collector may be two separate positions under a proposal headed to the state legislature next year. At its meeting Monday evening, the Poinsett County Quorum Court approved a resolution expressing support for legislation to separate both offices. According to the resolution, nearly a third of the state’s 75 counties have consolidated offices for Sheriff and Collector with officials saying it will be more effective and efficient to separate the offices.

A $17.35 million funding infusion will help central Arkansas expand and grow its transportation options. A Metroplan spokesperson said Monday that the agency is funding projects in nine cities and two counties through block grants for project design or construction. Funding improvements will ease traffic flow and add to the growing central Arkansas trail system to access and link cities throughout the region.

A Poinsett County Sheriff’s Lieutenant was awarded for his courageous acts of service in the line of duty. A ceremony at the Poinsett County Quorum Court meeting on Monday, Oct. 14, honored Lt. Jay-Ryan Woods with the Invictus Award.

A new women’s facility was dedicated on Thursday, Oct. 10 at John 3:16 Ministries in Charlotte. John 3:16 Ministries has been helping both men and women who have been struggling with addiction for years, and a couple of weeks ago they opened their new women’s facility. It has 40 beds.

For the first time, Arkansas election officials have added artificial intelligence to their list of concerns while preparing for a general election.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections on Friday voted to initiate a contract with a California-based construction management company to oversee the development of a new prison of up to 3,000 beds.

State Senators and Representatives of the Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC) and Joint Budget Committee came together for the first day of budget hearings which was held on Tuesday.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) reminds candidates for political office and their supporters that it is unlawful to place campaign signs on highway right of ways in Arkansas.

After a week, the days were washing together for Kristi Pukansky. Even before Hurricane Helene started pouring rain onto Watauga County, N.C., the county’s emergency management planner was helping respond to flash floods just three days prior to Helene’s arrival. “We had actually an EF 1 tornado touch down in the Blowing Rock area on Wednesday night (Sept. 25), so we really have been reeling from weather from that point forward,” she said. “We’re going nonstop — working, sleeping, working, sleeping.