The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management (ADEM) has activated the State Emergency Operations Center to coordinate a statewide response to the impending winter storm, urging residents to prepare for hazardous conditions, potential outages, and limited travel. The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management (ADEM) has activated the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) in anticipation of a […]
Follow this Winter Weather Checklist to prepare your home, family & more in case of a utility outage
What will you do if winter weather hits and the electricity or water is out? Here’s a checklist of important things to do when temperatures drop below freezing and stay. This guide covers safety and preparation for your home, family, pets, plants, vehicle, and utilities—especially in the event of power or water outages. Read the […]
Benton Animal Services Shares 8 Dos & Don’ts for Handling Stray Animals
The City of Benton Animal Services Department is reminding residents what to do — and what not to do — when encountering a stray animal in their neighborhood. The department has released a public guide aimed at helping reunite lost pets with their owners while ensuring safety for both the animals and the community. Read […]
Here’s what you need to do when it’s freezing – Protect your People, Pets, Pipes and Plants
When it’s freezing weather, it can be devastating to everything you love. But you can take precautions to avoid problems. Here are the tips, and yes the memes! See below for 4 precautions you should take to protect everything – your… 1. People, 2. Pets, 3. Pipes and 4. Plants: 1. PEOPLE Contact your family, […]
7 ways to carve out a stress-free holiday season
COLUMN BY ANNA COLBY Thanksgiving is the kick-off to the holiday season. As much as it is a time of kindness and giving (and pie), the season can also be a source of stress – especially as many people consider travel plans and family time. In the holiday havoc, it can be easy to neglect […]
Shelli’s Tips – Create a Facebook event that gets guests at your event!
This might become a new column for me. Just tips that help you do life. Hopefully you’ll learn something, but you might also teach me something extra after you read. The topic might be about Facebook things one day, Microsoft Word the next, then maybe driving, cooking, pets, government processes, grammar, or any number of […]
Protect your big assets during extreme winter weather; Skim through this list to be sure you can
Your vehicle, home, humans, and pets are depending on you to learn this information. The following are winter tips you didn’t know you needed – because you’re from the South. Here in Arkansas, we don’t typically have the extreme ice, snow and temperatures like up north. But it does occasionally happen, so here are some […]
Answered: The 5 biggest questions about the COVID-19 booster shot
With the rise of the omicron variant of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has placed more importance on booster shots. Cases are on the rise in many cities across the country and since Arkansas been seeing daily increases of thousands of new cases, it might be time to consider getting a […]
4 Ways You Can Avoid a [Blood] Sugar Rush During the Holidays
Most people throw healthy eating out of the window during the holidays, but for people with diabetes, that isn’t really the best option. The American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention both recommend eating well as a way to manage diabetes and note that monitoring blood sugar is one of the […]
Sheriff’s office seeks suspect in Bauxite area shooting
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is looking for information related to a shooting in the Bauxite area. On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at approximately 8:30 p.m. Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division responded to the 15000 block of Childress Road in Saline County for a shooting. One male subject was discovered […]