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Swap Shop is broadcast Monday through Friday at 8:05 a.m. and live at 12:35 p.m. (with the exception of holidays) on 104.1 KENA. To list an item on swap shop, for buy, sale or trade – NO BUSINESSES, ...
By Rex Nelson Senior Editor, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jay Bunyard’s eyes light up when I ask him to talk about the history of KDQN-AM 1390 in De Queen. Bunyard now owns 17 radio stations across the ...
The thirty-two employees of Rich Mountain Electric Cooperatives are the backbone of the organization and while most of us only associate electricity with a switch, plug-in, or cord, it is their ...
Mena and Ink fire departments responded to a fire this morning at the former Bob Carver home that overlooks Mena on what is dubbed “Carver Hill.” Mena Fire Chief John Puckett said a call came in to ...
The Caddo Area Council Boy Scouts of America last week accepted an offer for the purchase of Camp Pioneer, located near Hatfield in Polk County. The purchasers are Mena residents Danny and Renae ...
John Maddox enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters, calling the Hogs, and doing his part in helping his community succeed. A native of Mena, Maddox graduated from Mena High School in 1987 ...
SUBMITTED - LITTLE ROCK — The Association of Arkansas Counties has become aware of a telephone scam in which someone who said he worked for a county clerk’s office contacted an accounting firm on ...
Halloween approaches, creeping up on us at the end of this week. The holiday has become a celebration. Its history has been told ad nauseum. Tales of ghosts, monsters and madmen abound. It’s a pretty ...
Over the course of her life as a nation, America has seen her share of disasters, from those of nature to those man-made. From tornados to floods to droughts to hurricanes to fires and beyond, our ...
A “Missing Man” table, also known as “Fallen Comrade” table is a memorial usually set up in dining areas for Memorial Day weekend. The purpose of these tables is to not only honor the thousands of ...
A report of theft was taken from Walmart. Bryce Fairless, 20, Hunter Hamm, 18, Connor Mink, 19, Tristan Shelton, 25, and Tanner Williams, 20, were charged with Loitering at Mena High School. A report ...
Debra Wood Buschman of Mena has announced her candidacy for Prosecuting Attorney for the 18 th West Judicial District, which consists of Montgomery and Polk Counties. Debra currently serves as Chief ...