Last Week's Most Read Stories

Concert tickets going quickly (06/24/09)
The excitement that is building for the second annual Rector Helping Hands Concert was highly evident as event committee chairman Gregg Sain gave an update Tuesday of last week to the Rector Lions Club...

Phillips charged with drug, theft offenses (06/24/09)
Former Marmaduke mayor Byron Phillips was arrested Tuesday, June 16, following an investigation of alleged crimes he reportedly committed while in office. Phillips, 42, was arrested on class B felony charges of two counts of delivery of a controlled substance, three counts of class D felony breaking or entering, one count class B felony theft of property and two counts of class A misdemeanor theft of property.. ...

Rector students to compete at engineering conference (03/11/09)
Natalie Sigsby, Nathan Haynes and Alex Roofe of Rector, all civil engineering majors at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, will be among ASU engineering students in the university's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) participating Thursday through Saturday, March 26-28, in the 2009 Deep South Conference, hosted by ASU...

Picnic returns to Marmaduke (06/24/09)
It's picnic time in Marmaduke, and residents are excited their community's big event is making a return this year for the first time since a violent tornado devastated the town in April 2006. The picnic will be held Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, at the city's park. ...

Rector native celebrates publishing of first book (06/24/09)
A native of the Rector area recently celebrated the publishing of her first book. Marie Chadwick Wayland, now of Mountain Home, collected several poems she has been writing for many years into the compilation "Come Walk With Me."...

Conflict forces cancellation for Russ Taff (06/24/09)
After multiple Grammy winner Russ Taff performed at last year's first Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation benefit concert, he immediately told organizers he wanted to return again this year. He had a great time, he said, and he wanted to continue to help the many temporarily disadvantaged students who benefit from the Foundation's work...

Talented artist earns HH award (06/24/09)
Joabou Mitchell is the 2009 recipient of the Rector High School Helping Hands Foundation scholarship. The scholarship provides $5,000 annually and is renewable for four years. Through her scholarship, her participation earlier this year in a Helping Hands Foundation art show and her knowledge of the foundation's purpose, Mitchell says she has a great appreciation for Helping Hands.. ...

Heat wave affects region (06/24/09)
Dangerously high temperatures over the last few days, combined with a high dewpoint, have produced a heat index which has soared well over 100 degrees and made life outdoors miserable -- if not almost impossible...

Rector receives $39,000 state grant for historic project (06/24/09)
A major step forward for the renovation of Rector's historic old jail and water office on Main Street has been accomplished with the recent announcement that the city has received a $39,076 grant from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program...