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In addition to new stores, DG has added fresh produce and expanded product offerings to existing stores.  

EARLE, Ark. (WREG) — A small Arkansas town is preparing for some major changes as it gets ready to open its first grocery store in years. Just off the main highway into Earle, Arkansas, construction is ushering in progress. The new Dollar General Market is weeks away from opening. Earle Mayor Jaylen Smith said the store […]

Mayor Jaylen Smith of Earle, Arkansas is the youngest serving mayor in the country. He sits down with Nichole to talk about his goals for the future of the town.

Each year, the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, a division of the Arkansas Department of Education, selects individuals from all four congressional districts to participate with thousands from across the country in the"Bloody Sunday" Reenactment and Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee.

Last Sunday, Arkansas state Rep. Vivian Flowers of Pine Bluff was in Montgomery, Ala., where she met Selma officials and others and attended the 58th annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday.

Jaylen Smith became the youngest Black mayor in American history after being elected in Earle, Ark.

Jaylen Smith made history as the youngest Black mayor in the U.S. this January, at the age of 18. Smith, now 19, is the current mayor of Earle, a small town in Arkansas.

The city of Pine Bluffs first production of Pine Bluff Live on Sunday Number Five focused on youths and featured the youngest Black mayor in the nation.