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KaBoom! playground design contest nets clay psychedelic catch
An effort to gin up support for the proposed KaBOOM! playground at Martin Luther King, Jr. park yielded one child $100 and project organizers a psychedelic clay playground model. The project was intended to give a group of summer school children an opportunity to get...
Southern Bancorp offers 3-to-1 match on playground
Lois Erwin, the director of the Delta Bridge Project, said she’s hopeful that a Southern Bancorp offer to match donations will bump up community support for a KaBOOM! playground project that must find funding by this fall. The KaBOOM! project would, if it is funded,...
Southern Bancorp Adds Five New Directors
Shareholders of Southern Bancorp Inc. of Arkadelphia, the holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank and the nonprofit Southern Bancorp Community Partners, have elected five additional members to the board of directors. The new directors announced Wednesday are: •John...
Danny Robbins celebrates 30 years on the job
Danny Robbins, president of Southern Bancorp of Manila, has been on the job at the bank, serving the community, for three decades. Robbins hit the 30 year mark May 31. He said he enjoys coming to work as much today as he did in the early years. He feels fortunate to...
PRC school system saves $67,000 on energy bill
School Superintendent Alan Lumpkin in September implemented an energy savings contest between Pearl River Central’s five schools, and he told the Pearl River County school board on Monday that final tabulations show the contest saved the school $67,000 on the overall...
Accion hands out first loan
With the acceptance of a $4,000 check and a handshake between a local small business owner and loan officer Nathaniel Owen on March 20, Scottie Smith became the first loan recipient from Accion’s Phillips County office in Helena. Mindy Maupin of Southern Bancorp’s...
Leaders get peek at project's potential
A group of Blytheville community leaders traveled Thursday to Helena-West Helena to meet with representatives of Southern Bancorp's Delta Bridge Project and tour the project's progress in Phillips County. Also present were members of the board of the Carl B. and...
Super Chikan will be 'Live on the Levee'
Next Friday, June 8, is the date for the next Live on the Levee concert series in historic downtown Helena. The concert series is a partnership between King Biscuit Blues Festival, Sonny Boy Blues Society and the Delta Bridge Project. The concert features music by...
Downtown Apts. Finally Under Way
After two years and some inevitable development hurdles, Greenbrier Partners LLC’s mixed-use development at 436 S. Front St. is quickly taking shape. Construction began recently on the more-than-a-century-old warehouse at the corner of South Front Street and East...
Council OKs software for H-WHPD
Helena-West Helena Assistant Police Chief Ronald Scott reports that revisions need to be made to an ordinance establishing rank structure for the police and fire departments to determine the eligibility for testing for promotions of police and fire department...