Nettleton School Board discuss educational rice program, effective AI usage
Photos and Story from DDNS Reporter Jerry Don Burton March 18, 2026 Bar graph depicts U.S. rice production (red) and harvested area (green) from the years 1985 to 2024. Rice production increased by nearly 1 million acres between 2023 and 2024. Courtesy of the United...
Pollution Control and Ecology Commission adopts new business plan for Used Tire Program
Story by DDNS Reporter Jerry Don Burton March 1, 2026 Loads of tires sit on trailers at the Davis Rubber Company facility in east Little Rock in December 2022. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (PC&EC) adopted a new business plan for the...
Quorum court adopts transfer ordinance, hears hot check report, responds to poverty concerns
Story by DDNS Reporter Jerry Don Burton February 23, 2026 Craighead County Judge Marvin Day (center) explains one of the large ticket items on the annual transfer ordinance to District 4 Justice of the Peace Linda Allison (second from left). The item concerned a $2.5...
Copenhaver addresses City Stars concerns
Story by DDNS Reporter Jerry Don Burton February 4, 2026 Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver. Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver addressed previous concerns and responded to new complaints about the City Stars booster club during the City Council meeting. Public and...