Greg Geary

The city of Searcy appears to be turning some of its public library property into an economic development hub after all.

For America's semiquincentennial, Searcy Beats & Eats is bringing in the drones, but the group is also not forgetting about the fireworks.

For the third time in the last four months, an incoming restaurant has asked Searcy officials for permission to seek a private club permit to serve alcohol.

The city of Searcy is providing the final $245,000 needed to complete the restoration of the historic American Legion Hut on the downtown square, and the project is expected to be finished by the end of the year.

Searcy is considering a property on East Race Avenue as the location for its new police station.

Harding University has received permission to use more than $45 million from capital improvement bonds for interior renovations on some of its buildings and expanding Harding Place Retirement Community by

UPDATE: Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert "Jeremy" Hammons told the

Cotton, which was the dominant crop in Arkansas before the Civil War, is hauled to market in Searcy in this photo from the White County Historical Society on the history of agriculture in the state. Wendell “Buddy” Phillips, a 1954 Searcy High School graduate who turned 91 today, spent his life in agriculture and says that Arkansas has “a little of everything,” which is why it was once known as The Wonder State.

According to Deputy U.S. Marshal Jeremy Hammons, a "Wanted" poster has been issued to help locate an'armed and dangerous' White County woman with 'violent tendencies.'

Becky Hughes “immediately felt at home” at Riverview Primary School when she worked with it as a state literacy coach. Come July 1, Hughes gets a chance to make herself