Barry Hoffmann News Today

“It’s been a long time coming,” White County Judge Lisa Brown said at the groundbreaking for the White County Justice Center, the $12.7 million courts facility the county hopes to

The new circuit courts building to be built by the county on Benton Street will cost $12.7 million, which is less than was expected.

Another $80,000 grant from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will be sought for the fourth phase of the American Legion Hall renovation project.

The new county courts facility to be built on Benton Street will be called the White County Justice Center.

“It is turning into a library,” White County Regional Library System Director Darla Ino said last week during a walk-through of the construction work on the Janett and Larry Crain

Searcy officials are having an architect do a preliminary design for a new police department and discussed the possibility last week of placing it where the Searcy Sanitation Department is

The Bald Knob Volunteer Fire Department is hoping by the end of this week to be “completely moved in” to its new fire station “and running calls out of this

Searcy officials are considering putting another $500,000 into the Searcy public library renovation, expressing some disappointment that the project has not received more donations than it has.

Despite triple-digit temperatures Friday at noon, more than 100 community members turned out for the grand opening of the new tennis/pickleball courts at Berryhill Park.