Article and photos by Ethan Nahté Laurel Taylor is a crossover country pop artist, who performed onstage Friday evening for the Lum & Abner Music & Arts Festival. She did not stick to country music… or even to music as she played the soundtrack to her life in a way. “I grew up listening to
Article and photos by Ethan Nahté If you live in Polk County, especially in and around Mena, odds are you have attended a funeral or visited a gravesite at Pinecrest Cemetery. It is alternately known to some as either Pinecrest Gardens or Pinecrest Memorial Park, which is the name on the sign at the cemetery
By Ethan Nahté Armed Forces Day occurred last Saturday. Memorial Day Weekend, as well as the day itself is happening May 29. Active military, as well as veterans and those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms are on the minds of many if not most of the United States population. Many in this
By Ethan Nahté Be on the lookout in your mailbox for a grocery bag to help Stamp Out Hunger. The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will be doing their 31st Annual Letter Carrier’s Food Drive. They need your help to fill a bag and help feed families. Carriers will be picking up bag-healthy, non-perishable
By Ethan Nahté The Mena Police Department released a statement involving a police car and a motorcycle. On Friday, May 5, "At about 11:56 p.m., officers with the Mena Police Department were involved in a pursuit of a motorcycle. The pursuit ended when a police car crashed with the motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle