Greg Geary

The Pangburn School District had 16 reports of bullying for the 2025-26 school year and found 11 of them to be “true.”

Bald Knob officials are planning to add a wheelchair ramp at their downtown courtyard after a Searcy resident who attended Homefest asked the City Council to make it easier for those who use wheelchairs to get around downtown during events.

White County justices of the peace are considering providing the county’s employees with a midyear bonus boost.

After nine years of serving children and families as a facility dog for the Safety Center of White County, Jake, an English labrador, has retired.

On Tuesday night, the Searcy City Council voted unanimously to approve the naming committee's pick as the name for the new community center. The South Main Street projects district also will be known as Searcy Landing, which includes The RAMP for the community center building, Veterans Park for the east ballfields and Pioneer Park for the west ballfields also being built as part of the $93 million #MySearcy plan. The soccer complex and the Searcy Swim Center will remain unchanged.

The city of Searcy has a little more than $4,000 in the account to build a veterans memorial near the Searcy Swim Center after Mayor Mat Faulkner unveiled the design

Around 125 backpacks were needed as of Monday night for Rose Bud's back-to-school effort next month.

A group of Searcy area players use the new Yancey Park lighted basketball courts Sunday afternoon. The courts, which opened last Friday, are open daily from sunrise to 10 a.m.

Searcy Water Utilities has raised its water and sewer rates after a study of the state of its rates required by Arkansas law was completed, according to General Manager Scotty

Architect OK'd to continue designing new Searcy police station, but East Precinct now being eyed as potential site