At the last meeting of the year, Lee County Justices approved the county’s annual operating budget.This year’s total budget of $5,886.230 was approved by six of the county’s nine jus- tices. Justice ...

The Tri-County Fair has been nominated for the Festival/Event of the Year award from the Arkansas Delta Byways.The fair is held in Marvell each year for residents in Lee, Monroe and Phillips counties.

Basketball games between Palestine Wheatley and Hazen that were originally scheduled for this Friday, January 10th have been rescheduled to January 23rd.

The annual Ducks Unlimited Banquet in Forrest City was held on Saturday, Jan. 4, at the Civic Center. With more than 100 people in attendance, Ducks Unlimited auctioned, raffled and gave away many ...

Students from Lee Academy volunteered to help out on Monday at the Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church’s Soup Kitchen. Seventh grader Grayson Parks, 13, delivers two bags of food to a vehicle waiting ...

At 14-2 overall, the Forrest City Mustangs find themselves on the 2024-25 season basketball journey so far this season, mostly a nonconference trip, but a good trip, nonetheless. Last Thursday, the ...

The annual application period for Giving Tree Grants through the St. Francis County Community Foundation opens this week. Nonprofits in St. Francis County may visit arcf.org/givingtree beginning Jan.

Officers with the Forrest City Police Department will soon be equipped with newer technology that will benefit both the agency and the public. The department was recently awarded a $75,000 grant ...

Some Forrest City residents are currently experiencing power outages due to a down line. Entergy is aware of the issue and is currently onsite to resolve the outage. According to the Entergy outage ...

Having already played 15 games of the current 2024-25 basketball schedule, the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots, 7- 8 overall, have finished the ...

Having already played 15 games of the current 2024-25 basketball schedule, the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots, 7- 8 overall, have finished the first half of their current basketball season and are more ...