Southern Bancorp, Inc. Names New CEO: Darrin L. Williams

Jan 9, 2013 | Darrin Williams, News

Effective Feb. 1, 2013, Darrin L. Williams, a lawyer and current member of the Arkansas General Assembly, will be chief executive officer of Southern Bancorp, Inc., a family of a community development bank (the fifth largest in the United States) and a nonprofit...

KaBOOM! Community Volunteers Come Together

Dec 11, 2012 | News, Southern Bancorp Community Partners

Clarksdale has a new playground. Saturday, over 200 men, women and children worked through the occasional drizzle to move mulch, mix cement and build a playground from scratch at Martin Luther King Park. Two years after the initial announcement by the Delta Bridge...

Arkadelphia: Things Looking Up In Downtown Rebirth

Dec 10, 2012 | News, Southern Bancorp Community Partners

On March 1, 1997, a tornado ripped through Arkadelphia, killing six people, injuring more than 100 others and destroying the downtown. As Arkadelphia’s residents restored their lives, they vowed to rebuild. “Although the struggle to bring the downtown area back from...

Council hears update on Civil War projects

Nov 29, 2012 | News, Southern Bancorp Community Partners

Civil War Helena is up and moving as Cathy Cunningham confirmed Tuesday night at the city council session. Cunningham explained that there are currently two projects in the works including Battery C at the entrance of Yorkshire and Freedom Park, which is slated to be...

Museum advisor

Nov 29, 2012 | News

Tom Fugate, collections manager for the Capital City Museum in Frankfort Ky. recently made a trip to Helena to advise the Helena Museum Board on museum management techniques. Mudpuppy and Waterdog recommended Fugate to the Helena Civil War Project, part of the Delta...

Arkadelphia Promise's First Class Has 70 Percent Retention Rate

Nov 16, 2012 | News

The Arkadelphia Promise announced on Friday a college retention rate of 70 percent for its first class of Arkadelphia High School graduates, which exceeds both the state and national rates. The nonprofit organization said that 63 of 90 students from the original...

KaBOOM! volunteers needed

Nov 13, 2012 | News

Anyone eager to lend a hand and help build the KaBOOM! playground at Martin Luther King Park should sign up now. Lois Erwin, who is the senior community development officer of the Delta Bridge Project and who, with Mac Crank of Clarksdale Revitalization, Incorporated...

Reddies rout Tigers, 42-7, in Battle

Nov 12, 2012 | News

A Henderson State single-game record of 12,035 fans saw the high-octane offense that has been the 2012 Henderson State football team veer from their norm as a prolific passing attack to an offense that found a wealth of success on the ground to the tune of 305 yards...

Henderson State move to #6 in coaches poll

Nov 12, 2012 | News

With Henderson State’s 42-7 victory over Ouachita Baptist in the Southern Bancorp Battle of the Ravine this past Saturday, the Reddies moved up to No. 6 in the American Football Coaches Association poll released Monday afternoon. The Reddies completed the...

The Southern Bancorp Battle of the Ravine at Henderson State University

Nov 10, 2012 | News

The thrill of college football returns to South Arkansas with the oldest Division II football rivalry in the nation, the Southern Bancorp Battle of the Ravine. The contest is between Henderson State University (HSU) and Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) in...