More than 565 of the state s brightest young men will attend Arkansas Boys State, an immersive leadership and civic engagement experience sponsored by the American Legion. This summer s 83rd annual session runs May 26 through May 31 at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.
Christi Evans Laird passed away peacefully in Georgetown, Texas, in late September 2023 surrounded by her loving family after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer.
RISON - Alain Reeves, a senior at Rison High School, is one of three Future Farmers of America (FFA) students in Arkansas to be selected to present their papers before the national World Food Prize Global Youth Institute meeting this October in Des Moines, Iowa.
SMACKOVER, Ark. (KTVE/KARD)–Parents are expressing concern about their children who are enrolled in the Smackover-Norphlet School District after a Facebook post caught many people's attention. The post showed a photo of what appeared to be a student's lunch plate that contained a small portion of chips, meat, corn and a milk carton. This sparked concern for parents in the county that feel children deserve to have more food options while they are at school. "We trust our kids to the school for 7 to 8 hours a day and then my children even have after school because they are in sports so it's a long time for them to be under the care of the school for them to be so hungry. I don't think they are deprived, I love our school district but I just feel like something needs to be done," said Amanda Jones, a parent to three children at Smackover High School. Parents and hungry students hope this issue can be fixed before the next school year. "I've seen