As the classic ad jingle states, “Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don’t.” These days, Arkansas is feeling like a nut. Specifically, a peanut. Also known as the goober, the groundnut and the United Kingdom, the monkey nut,…
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St. Bernards Unveils Revamped, Expanded Services
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSt. Bernards Medical Center has revamped and expanded infusion services in Randolph County through a partnership with St. Bernards Five Rivers. The services, now provided at St. Bernards Infusion Center – Five Rivers, occupy a renovated clinical space within St.…
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Arkansas First-Class Hotels: Embassy Suites, Jonesboro
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffTraveling for business has been a part of the human condition from, well, almost from the very start. It’s believed the Lascaux caves in France, which date to 1500 B.C., were “developed” to accommodate members of other tribes. And some…
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Arkansas Pie Festival Returns to Cherokee Village
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaIf you’re a fan of pie – and really, who isn’t – then lattice tell you about the place to be on Saturday, April 29, as the Arkansas Pie Festival returns to Cherokee Village. More than 100 bakers are expected…
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Student in Pocahontas Wins $5,000 From Sun-Maid for Her School
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEarlier in 2022, the well-known raisin brand, Sun-Maid, established a Board of Imagination after picking six kids from across the country to sit on the real-life board. One of those board members is Madelynn M., an M.D. Williams Intermediate School…
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Seven Arkansas Organizations Honored with Governor’s Quality Awards
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffIn a recent ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion for the Arkansas Governor’s Quality Awards for the 27th Annual Quality Award Ceremony, Gov. Asa Hutchinson honored seven Arkansas businesses and organizations. An institute of higher education, an architecture and engineering firm…
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American Made General Store to Open Conway Location
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAmerican Made General Store, the store packed full of products made only in America, has announced that it will be opening a storefront in Conway. The Central Arkansas location will be located at 429 U.S. 64 East, and will contain products…
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Peco Foods Adding Operations to Pocahontas Plant as Part of Company Realignment
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleAlabama-based Peco Foods will be adding operations to its Pocahontas plant as part of a company-wide realignment. This realignment is aimed at realigning the family-owned poultry company with “changing customer needs and economic conditions,” according to a Peco Foods release.…
Later today, the individual charged with killing former state senator Linda Collins-Smith is scheduled to be arraigned in a Northeast Arkansas courtroom. According to reports, local prosecutors are planning to pursue the death penalty in the case. Rebecca O’Donnell is…
An arraignment date has been set for the individual accused of killing former state Sen. Linda Collins. Rebecca O’Donnell has been charged in Collins-Smith’s death and will be facing counts of capital murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with…