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Four individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2022 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.

Each individual and writing team will receive a $35,000 prize and their script will be read Nov. 9 at the Academy Museum 

The 2022 high school cross country season kicks off with races throughout the state this week, including the annual Shiloh Saints Invitational that takes place Saturday in Springdale, followed by the Elkins Invitational and the Fort Smith Invitational the following weekend.

The VHSL will award $28,500 to 19 outstanding students who have excelled in athletics and academic activities during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Even with Springdale Har-Ber's James Eslick within striking distance of the lead for most of Thursday's race, Hudson Betts was determined to carry out his running strategy to the very end.

The victory in the battle for Peninsula-area supremacy moved the Rams (7-0) into the state semifinals for the first time since 2017.

Last bell Demolition began last week on the former Perry Primary School, located on Clark Street adjacent to the Alton H. Wentworth Administrative Complex. The local contractor, Sam Boyer, has a 90-day window to complete the project, but school district Facilities Director Dan Anderson said, “I expect he’ll be done well before that…Probably in the next two to three weeks.” The school, which housed grades K-2, welcomed its first class of students in 1975-76 with Richard Bel...