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Visit Hot Springs says the Springfield, Missouri, Central High School Kiltie Drum and Bugle Corps has been approved by the school to march in the First Ever 20th Annual Worlds Shortest St. Patricks Day Parade on March 17 on Bridge Street.

The bravery shown by two Hot Springs police officers during a mass shooting that followed a local high school graduation and the kidnapping of a local teenager, two incidents that drew national attention to Hot Springs, were among the top newsmakers of 2022.

As the 20th Annual Worlds Shortest St. Patricks Day Parade in Hot Springs draws closer, entry slots are filling up fast -- with only 12 remaining as of Wednesday morning.

Tuesday was Director Elaine Jones Day, to honor her 24 years on the Hot Springs Board of Directors.

A look at some of the notable Arkansans who died this year.

Country singer and native Arkansan Justin Moore will be the celebrity grand marshal of the First Ever 20th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, March 17, 2023, along 98-foot Bridge Street in downtown Hot Springs.

Down where the waters run hot and the ponies fast, local officials have revealed that covid-19, as an economy buster at least, is behind us.

Revenue from tourism in Garland County increased 2.4% from pre-pandemic levels, according to an annual report released Tuesday by Visit Hot Springs.

The Majestic Park baseball complex was named Arkansas’ Outdoor Facility of the Year by the Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association on Thursday. The award was presented Thursday to Derek Phillips, general manager of the baseball complex, at the ARPA’s fall meeting in Little Rock, Visit Hot Springs said in a news release.

The Majestic Park baseball complex was named Arkansas Outdoor Facility of the Year by the Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association on Thursday.