The Mayor of Mayflower, Randy Holland, deserves wide praise and deep gratitude for his grace under pressure during the oil spill and throughout the cleanup operations that have followed.

To the citizens of Mayflower, Ark.

The friends of Conway dog park committee are pleased to announce that the public is responding to the request to vote on PetSafe's 2013 Bark for Your Dog Park contest site.

Much has been said and written in recent weeks about passage of the "private option" healthcare plan by the Arkansas General Assembly, which aims to increase healthcare coverage for low income Arkansans.

I will always be grateful for the time I spent serving as the Chief Professional Officer of the Boys and Girls Club of Faulkner County, and I want to thank the parents of our club kids for allowing me to mentor your children over the last four years.

Please consider this an open letter to Senator Jason Rapert. Today, in 2013 in Arkansas, a woman is paid 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man. That is the case if the woman is white.

Legislators should step back from eminent domain bill First, let me say that my heart hurts for the families in Mayflower and all of the people working feverishly to get that community back to normal or at least a new normal for them.

Need to enact private option for Medicaid Recent news about gridlock in the state legislature regarding Medicaid Private Option is alarming on many fronts. People in our community should be concerned.

The recent pipeline rupture and oil spill in Mayflower has certainly highlighted the pipeline risks for area residents.

As one of more than 100,000 Arkansans who benefits from Medicare Advantage, I am writing to express my concern about recently proposed cuts to the program by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).