Des Arc News Today

A woman was killed in a single-car accident Monday evening in Prairie County, according to an Arkansas State Police report.

100 years ago

100 years ago

It was a different type of signing ceremony at Searcy High School, but one the school felt worthy of being honored.

\

I was at my grandparents home in Des Arc on June 11, 1972, when the much-anticipated debate between U.S. Sen. John L. McClellan and U.S. Rep. David Pryor took place. I was just 12, but I had an interest in Arkansas politics.

As towns across rural Arkansas continue to bleed population, the most obvious victims often are the churches. I recently saw an online plea for funds to help keep up a Presbyterian church building at Helena, a once-beautiful city on the banks of the Mississippi River that has been losing residents for decades.

It doesnt matter if one is a Democrat, Republican or independent. If you love Arkansas history and politics as much as I do, the speed with which Arkansas moved from one of the most Democratic states in the country to one of the most Republican states is absolutely breathtaking. It mainly happened during three election cycles: 2010, 2012 and 2014.

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Two and a half years after retiring as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), Craig Boisvert, D.O.,

I was a teenager in the 1970s and just beginning my love affair with rural Arkansas. During visits to my grandparents home in Des Arc, I enjoyed going on long drives by myself through the Grand Prairie and Delta.