LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The National Weather Service says Arkansas will get a break from the summer heat this week.Rain and thunderstorms are predicted for most of the state. Forecasters say northwest Arkansas should see rain beginning Monday morning, with the front moving to the central and southe...

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — A service will be held Wednesday for a Texas police officer who died after being hit by a truck during a disturbance at a park.Texarkana police say a suspect was being held Sunday over the death of Officer William Sprague.Sprague was hurt early Friday responding to a ca...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The conservative Club for Growth tags Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor as President Barack Obama’s “closest ally” in the state. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun-control advocacy group says Pryor “let us down.”Pryor’s re-election race...

RUSSELLVILLE (AP) — More than $820 million was spent by tourists who traveled to play on Arkansas lakes in 2010, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers State Level Report.With 27 Corps lakes in Arkansas, more than 12.8 million boaters, fishermen and skiers enjoy access to 56 marinas, 27...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.Holly Paz, who...

GREENBRIER (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports three small earthquakes have been recorded between Greenbrier and Clinton in central Arkansas in recent days.The USGS says a 2.5 magnitude quake recorded Friday came after quakes of magnitude 2.0 and 2.8 were recorded on Thursday. No injurie...

The Magnolia Police Department reports the following activity:•Mark Hampton, 29, of Magnolia, was arrested Friday for driving on a suspended driver’s license.•Angela Stevens, 42, of Magnolia, was arrested Friday for fleeing by vehicle and driving left-of-center.•A 17-year-old ju...

The average retail price for a gallon of gasoline in Arkansas decreased 0.7 cents in the past week to $3.33 per gallon. The national average was unchanged in the past week, remaining at $3.64 per gallon.Prices in Arkansas are 3.6 cents lower than one month ago and 12.3 cents higher than a year ago....

The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission issued 20 drilling permits, 23 well completions, and three well recompletions during the last reporting period. Area activity included the following:Drilling permits Columbia: Betsy Production Co. Inc. of Magnolia for Whitehead No. 1 to TVD: 4,650 ft. in Pettet Fo...

Records for the week of June 7-14 included the issuance of 10 marriage licenses by the Columbia County Clerk’s Office, and four divorce filings in Columbia County Chancery Court.Marriage LicensesJoe Bruce Hoyle of Taylor and Nanette Nima Reeves of Magnolia, June 7.Reginald D. Jones of McNeil a...

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MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala and northern Honduras.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season’s second tropical depressio...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.The justices voted 7-2 to throw out Arizona’s voter-approved requirement that prospect...

To submit your church or group event to our community events calendar, bring your information by the Banner-News office at 130 S. Washington Ave.; mail it to P.O. Box 100, Magnolia, AR 71754-0100; email it to news@bannernews.net; fax it to (870) 234-2551; or call (870) 234-5130.MONDAY - June 17The C...

Andishaeh Patrick Dadgar of Magnolia was among a total of 4,973 students named to the spring semester honor roll at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla. Dadgar was also among the 1,771 students named to the president’s honor roll for all "A"s.Dadgar is a 2012 graduate of Magnolia Hig...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The country’s newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for the glamour and excitement that goes with her new role — and she can’t wait.Moments after she was crowned at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday, Connecticut ac...

The Magnolia Junior High School Future Business Leaders of America students attended and competed at the spring conference held in Arkadelphia in May.Honors received included second place Web Page Creation; fourth place State Web Page Creation — Kieran Davis, Gabrielle Loe and Brianna Sanders;...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Firefighters could again get some help from rain Monday as they work to put out hot spots from the most destructive wildfire ever in Colorado.A steady rain moved through densely wooded Black Forest Sunday as crews worked to prevent flare-ups that could burn homes...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove they were victims of intentional housing discrimination to win lawsuits under federal law.With highly anticipated decisions on affirmative action and voting rights immin...

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The racial dimension of Trayvon Martin’s shooting was a prominent focus of questioning as jury selection in George Zimmerman’s trial entered its second week.A defense attorney on Monday questioned a potential juror extensively about her racial views on the case...

Several area students have been named to the Dean's List and President's Honor Roll for the spring semester at South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado.To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 for the semester and be full-time.Local students...

To submit your church or group event to our community events calendar, bring your information by the Banner-News office at 130 S. Washington Ave.; mail it to P.O. Box 100, Magnolia, AR 71754-0100; email it to news@bannernews.net; fax it to (870) 234-2551; or call (870) 234-5130.MONDAY - June 17Magno...

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she’d been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.Her cystic fibrosis was threatening her life, and her case spurred a debate on how to allocate don...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress.Ignoring a White House veto...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the country in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a U...