Greg Geary

Attendees listen to Chris Wyman, executive director of Potluck Food Rescue For Arkansas, at First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday night. Area churches and Mission Machine are looking to establish at Potluck Food Rescue hub in Searcy.

Beebe officials approved the city’s first special improvement district Monday, but they really didn’t have much of a choice, according to Mayor Mike Robertson.

The White County Sheriff’s Office holds a ribbon cutting last Thursday for its new shooting range on Bailey Street in Higginson. Sheriff Phillip Miller said that the range will be used for more than firearms training.

The Arkansas Cowboys Association was seeking $10,000 from the Searcy Advertising and Tourism Promotion Commission for its finals rodeo event at the White County Fairgrounds on Oct. 9-10 but rode

An estimated attendance of 12,000 for Searcy Beats & Eats’ Fourth of July 250th birthday celebration was questioned by the Searcy Advertising and Tourism Promotion Commission on Tuesday morning. The

Marion, Ark., native Wyly Bigger, who now makes his home in the Memphis area, played last Thursday night in the Grove at ASU-Beebe to open the 2026-27 Performing Arts Series. Bigger told the Citizen he plays fast-paced rock and roll, Memphis blues and some New Orleans rhythm and blues. The drummer is Earl Lowe.

The vision for the future of Race Avenue will be shared at the Rialto Theater on Sept. 16.

A Bald Knob veteran who received a Purple Heart from Congressman French Hill last March for being injured in Iraq has another honor coming his way in November.

Searcy Police Chief Steve Hernandez likes the fact that the site for the city’s new police station is “ready to go today.”

The Flock Safety camera system is losing another Arkansas city from its network as Beebe officials have decided not to renew their contract with the beleaguered Georgia surveillance company.