Stories from Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Floodplain Management Specialist Diana Herrera spoke at Friday's Carroll County Quorum Court meeting, trying to educate the justices of the peace and the audience on FEMA's flood plain insurance program. Congress created the program in 1968 to offer flood insurance to homeowners, renters, and business owners, if their community agrees to participate, Herrera said. ...

PINE BLUFF -- All bulls sold in Arkansas for breeding must now be tested for trichomoniasis, says Dr. David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). Until this announcement on June 14 by Arkansas State Veterinarian Dr. ...

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Opera in the Ozarks officially kicks off its 61st season at Inspiration Point Friday, June 24, with its opening night performance of Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus. The operas are performed by dozens of talented young artists from across the nation who are attending Opera in the Ozarks' intensive six-week summer training program and month-long operatic music festival...

FAYETTEVILLE --Most any kid growing up anywhere would have loved being compared to Brett Favre. And most any kid growing up in Arkansas would love being compared to Rotnei Clarke. Being compared to a comparison of both, however is not so good comparatively...