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CONWAY — Two returning local state representatives will be part of the Republican leadership team in the House of Representatives over the next two years. Rep. Mark McConkey of Freedom and Rep. Karen Umberger of Conway were prevailed in November after losing their seats two years ago. Now, McConkey has been named vice chair of the powerful Public Works and Highways Committee, and Umberger will chair the House Finance Division II Committee, responsible for the budgets of Safety, Transportat...

In his 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: “In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine

COLUMBIA - Cing Cing Hlamyo fled Burma in 2009, and seven years later, she opened up Shwe International Market in Columbia with her husband. City of Refuge, a community non-profit that eases the transition to American life for refugees fleeing persecution in other countries, helped her gather the paperwork and complete her application for her business.  She hopes her business will continue to grow. "My husband and I work full time - more than full time," Hlamyo joked. As their business...

Washington County, reporting four new novel coronavirus-related (COVID-19) deaths, surpassed 200 virus-related fatalities on Friday — the second county in the region after Sullivan County eclipsed that mark earlier this

Three local counties boost rating to orange INDIANAPOLIS — A week after seeing COVID-19 ratings worsen to their worst point ever, Indiana showed marked improvement last week, with many counties getting better ratings than the week before. That included northeast Indiana, where Noble, DeKalb and LaGrange counties all improved from red to orange. Steuben County stayed in red, but just barely, as it showed improvement from a week ago, too, just not enough to change colors. Overall, Indiana sa...

In 1980, singer Neil Diamond recorded a song that celebrated American immigration, first in the early 1900s and then more recently.

special to the cj Jan 23, 2021 The Leadership Kentucky Class of 2020 graduated virtually on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Forty civic and community leaders from across the Commonwealth of Kentucky celebrated completion of the program via Zoom after seven months together. Among them were Michelle Allen of the Somerset-Pulaski Convention Visitors Bureau and Richard Taylor of The Center for Rural Development. Since 1985, Leadership Kentucky graduates have brought an enlightened and informed perspec...

COLUMBIA - Cing Cing Hlamyo fled Burma in 2009, and seven years later, she opened up Shwe International Market in Columbia with her husband. City of Refuge, a community non-profit that eases the transition to American life for refugees fleeing persecution in other countries, helped her gather the paperwork and complete her application for her business.  She hopes her business will continue to grow. "My husband and I work full time - more than full time," Hlamyo joked. As their business...

NEW YORK NBC News veteran Tom Brokaw said Friday that he is retiring from the network after 55 years.

JACKSON • The Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police announced it will begin posting report cards for state lawmakers on how supportive they are of law enforcement issues backed by