WATCH | Arkansas ghost town, Rush, keeps mining past alive
Outdoor writer and photographer Corbet Deary is featured regularly in The Sentinel-Record. Today, Deary takes readers on a journey to Rush, a historic ghost...
Jul 5, 2026Open source
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Marion, Arkansas. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Crittenden. Associated ZIP codes: 72364.
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Marion County man sentence to over 1k years for rape and sexual assault
A Marion County man was found guilty of rape and sexual assault charges with a 15-year-old teen Thursday and sentenced to more than 1,000 years in the Arkans...
May 8, 2026Open source
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Seeds sown in 2024 for Generating Arkansas Jobs Act, Entergy’s Google deal
Three months after talks began between Entergy and Google about a data center in West Memphis, the utility joined state officials and the Arkansas Electric C...
Sep 20, 2026Open source
Entergy deferring Google’s $2.1 billion in Cypress Solar payments, while customers cover construction cost
Google is expected to rack up more than $2.1 billion in total upfront and minimum demand payments to Entergy Arkansas under a 20-year special rate contract f...
Sep 15, 2026Open source
Google’s contribution was at issue in Arkansas regulators’ review of Entergy contract
How much money Google would pay toward the construction of a solar field and battery plant tied to the tech giant's West Memphis data center sparked concern...
Sep 4, 2026Open source
West Memphis school principals to start wearing body cams this school year
Class will be back in session for schools in West Memphis Arkansas on August 4 and for the first time, some school administrators will be wearing body cameras.
Jul 19, 2026Open source
Google to pay Entergy Arkansas $526 million for solar facility to feed West Memphis data center
Google will pay Entergy Arkansas $526 million to build Cypress Solar, about one-third of the $1.6 billion price tag of the solar and battery facility.
Sep 1, 2026Open source
Officials tout West Memphis ‘super project’ site for proposed Daimler Truck factory
Daimler Truck North America LLC plans to build a huge new factory in the United States this year and Arkansas experts say a West Memphis site designed for a...
Aug 15, 2026Open source
Arkansas board decertifies fourth West Memphis police officer over sexual harassment scandal
The state's police standards board on Tuesday decertified the fourth and final West Memphis police officer fired last year after investigators determined he...
Aug 12, 2026Open source
Arkansas State Police investigate two separate in-custody deaths in West Memphis, Fayetteville
Arkansas State Police is investigating two separate deaths of people in law enforcement custody, according to a Tuesday news release. One man died in West Me...
Jul 28, 2026Open source
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette says pursuit of data center contracts should go before commission
A public records case seeking contracts related to a data center near West Memphis belongs in front of the Public Service Commission, the parties in the case...
Jul 8, 2026Open source
Entergy seeks to intervene in FOIA lawsuit over data center in West Memphis
Utility giant Entergy Arkansas and a front company are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit seeking records of the utility's contracts with Google concerning a...
Jun 26, 2026Open source
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette files lawsuit seeking contract between Entergy, Google related to data centers
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and one of its reporters on Thursday sued the state Public Service Commission, seeking access to a contract between Entergy and...
Jun 19, 2026Open source
Google, Entergy keeping energy rate contract secret for $4 billion West Memphis project
A Google data center is coming to West Memphis at a projected cost of $4 billion. What the public knows about that project is relatively minuscule, thanks to...
May 4, 2026Open source
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Gameday: Newton Railers vs. Kapaun-Mt. Carmel Crusaders
Class 5A playoffs 7 p.m. Friday, Wichita Heights Stadium Newton Railers (1-7, 1-5 AV-CTL II) L Valley Center 36-34 L @ Arkansas City 48-25 W… Login to cont...
Oct 30, 2026Open source
Sources: Missouri RB Hardy to make season debut vs. Arkansas
Missouri All-America tailback Ahmad Hardy is set to make his season debut for the Tigers this weekend at Arkansas, sources told ESPN.
Oct 29, 2026Open source
Professors at University of Arkansas weigh AI’s promise, potential dangers during Fayetteville event
FAYETTEVILLE -- Artificial intelligence itself doesn't frighten University of Arkansas mathematics professor Edmund Harriss.
Oct 29, 2026Open source
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Marion is in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
Region: Arkansas
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Gameday: Newton Railers vs. Kapaun-Mt. Carmel Crusaders
Class 5A playoffs 7 p.m. Friday, Wichita Heights Stadium Newton Railers (1-7, 1-5 AV-CTL II) L Valley Center 36-34 L @ Arkansas City 48-25 W… Login to cont...
Oct 30, 2026Open source
Sources: Missouri RB Hardy to make season debut vs. Arkansas
Missouri All-America tailback Ahmad Hardy is set to make his season debut for the Tigers this weekend at Arkansas, sources told ESPN.
Oct 29, 2026Open source
Professors at University of Arkansas weigh AI’s promise, potential dangers during Fayetteville event
FAYETTEVILLE -- Artificial intelligence itself doesn't frighten University of Arkansas mathematics professor Edmund Harriss.
Oct 29, 2026Open source
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35.2077000, -90.1989080
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