Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA) has surpassed the national average on all benchmark measures in the 2008 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE).
Members of the Phillips County Library Board and Linda Bennett, library director, met with architects and engineers Wednesday at the old Save-A-Lot building to get the wheels rolling on phase one of the library relocation project.
One of two white supremacists charged with plotting to kill President-elect Barack Obama and dozens of other black people argued Thursday that a federal grand jury was racially stacked against him.
The Arkansas Supreme Court dismissed Joe Thelman’s appeal in the case of the Arkansas vs. Edward Joshaway declaring that the order of immunity granted to him in exchange for his testimony in the case is not an order that can be appealed.
“The whole United States is going to look like a spider web,” said Judy Stuckey of Judy’s Escorts of Beebe as she waited to escort the next 18-wheeler through traffic at the mat yard on Highway 49 near the railroad crossing.
Students from area high schools got to see the Arkansas Supreme Court in action Thursday morning in Phillips College’s Lily Peter Auditorium. The high court held oral argument session on an appeal of a case of local interest, Joe Thelman vs. the state of Arkansas.
As president-elect, Barack Obama faces a tricky task as he begins dealing ever more directly with the economic meltdown, grappling with the worst financial crisis in seven decades but not yet wielding the power to do much about it.
Crowds danced in the streets, wept, lifted their voices in prayer and brought traffic to a standstill. From the nation's capital to Atlanta to Los Angeles, Americans celebrated Barack Obama's victory and marveled that they lived to see the day that a black man was elected president.
Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow.
Democrats broadened their control of Congress in Tuesday's elections, though in the Senate they fell short of the 60 votes needed for a filibuster-proof majority that would have given them almost unbridled power over legislation.
After eight years of Republican rule, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to the task of building a Democratic administration to lead the country out of war and into the financial recovery that he promised.
His name etched in history as America's first black president-elect, Barack Obama turned Wednesday from victory's jubilation to the sobering challenge of leading a nation in crisis. The 44th president-in-waiting kept a low profile while Americans and the world took in the enormity of the election.
Helena-West Helena and Phillips County businesses and residents responded in droves Tuesday to collect old electronic equipment such as computers, VCRs, TVs, printers, monitors and typewriters for recycling.