Local churches take extra measures to protect congregation

Worship institutions provide security training opportunities

PHOTO | LABOR DAY FUN

Sept. 6, 2021 JONESBORO, Ark. – With COVID cases still high and the pandemic in full bloom, people flock to Craighead Forest Park for Labor Day fun on the lake. Joshua Pruett/Delta Digital News Service FUN AT THE LAKE

Trunk or Treat event provides safe Halloween participation

Volunteers wore costumes and danced to a music-filled atmosphere as carloads of revelers received candies.

Halloweeners’ costume hunt amid pandemic

Like most businesses, Spirit Halloween made adjustments in the way it does business to compensate for the pandemic.

Taking Census

DDNS reporters examine the efforts and effects of the 2020 Census

Keeping count of the young

Census Bureau is recruiting young applicants

Buying Local – Small business owners share their stories

Local business owners establish themselves in a big business world

Students participate in Congressional App Challenge

Challenge provides nationwide recognition and awards

Moms Demand Action rally in honor of high school teen killed

El Dorado High School student football player Octavius ‘Tay’ Critton found dead following a shooting

NEARK Confronts the Homeless Issue

Housing, shelters, food banks, assistance provided

Candidates Debate at APA SuperConvention

First debate of 2018 gubernatorial race

Westside: 20 years later

Students from the Spring 2018 Advanced Reporting and Reporting for Electronic Media courses investigated the 20th anniversary of the Westside Middle School shootings and the ramifications of Arkansas’ soon-to-be-implemented college campus concealed-carry law. Miranda Reynolds details remembrances from the Westside School Board, a student and a former A-State faculty member. Seth Cleveland examines how Westside survivors continue to help other

The Texts Can Wait

Resident recalls harrowing wreck