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The Power to Care program eases high cost of summer electric bills for many Arkansans

October 27th, 2008

Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending (AAAPL) held a news conference July 16, 2008, to release a report evaluating payday lenders’ compliance with Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s March 2008 order to stop making loans. The report found that 101 of 156 lenders have complied with McDaniel’s order and stopped making loans while the remaining 55 remain open in defiance of the order.

Arkansas families casualties of souring economy

October 27th, 2008
By Rob Moritz // Arkansas News Bureau

Nick and Gina Redford of Mabelvale are caught in the middle. Her salary is too high to qualify for public assistance but does not cover the bills associated with his liver disease and the rising cost of gasoline and food.

CCSP committee reviews areas of progress since the inception of the plan

October 27th, 2008

The passage of a ½-cent sales tax last summer is the greatest accomplishment of the economic development subcommittee, said Bill Wright, an advisory member. Thanks to the overwhelming support of the county citizens, that money is now being used to bring new business and jobs into Clark County.

Confirmation of Miller as a U.S judge puts Phillips County on the map

October 27th, 2008

…Miller is a product of the Helena-West Helena School District. He graduated from the University of Central Arkansas is 992 and earned his law degree from Vanderbuilt University.

Participants learn the ropes of leadership as class begins

October 24th, 2008
Source: The Daily Siftings Herald

Participants kicked off Leadership Clark County at Camp Winnamocka Thursday. A total of 24 individuals from throughout the county were recently selected to participate in the course as the Inaugural Class.

This inaugural group started their day with LCC chairman Billy Tarpley providing some words of encouragement and State Rep. Johnnie Roebuck facilitating exercises on leadership styles.

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Archive: October 2008 | Section: Clark County, Southern Bancorp News

KIPP Charter School Awarded $2.6 Million for Delta Expansion

October 14th, 2008
Source: Arkansas Business

KIPP Delta College Preparatory School of Helena announced Tuesday that the Charter School Growth Fund has awarded the school a $2.6 grant, which will be used for expansion.

Officials from KIPP, which stands for Knowledge Is Power Program, say the award is the largest the school has received to date.

Delta Bridge Project announces $161,502 grant to enhance Teach for Arkansas program in Phillips County

September 15th, 2008

The Delta Bridge Project has awarded a $161,502, two-year grant to enhance the Teach for Arkansas program and address the shortage of highly qualified kindergarten through sixth grade teachers in Phillips County, Delta Bridge Project Steering Committee Chairman Elijah Mondy announced today.

Entergy’s Power to Care program helps less fortunate pay utility bill

September 12th, 2008
Source: The Helena Daily World

Hot summer in a struggling economy has left more elderly and disabled customers than normal unable to pay their energy bills, nearly depleting the funds available to low-income Arkansans through Entergy Arkansas’s Power to Care program.

Take Me to Ruleville (song)

September 11th, 2008
Ruleville Community Plan

The Community of Ruleville, Mississippi, commemorated the launch of the Ruleville community plan with a song written especially for the occasion, “Take Me to Ruleville.”

Delta Yams Experience growing pains already

September 11th, 2008
By Betty Adams // The Helena Daily World

Phillips County’s newest industry Delta Yams is already getting ready for an expansion and this comes after only a year of operation.

Over a million dollars has been made available through a grant of $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce-Economic Development Administration and another $300,000 from the state Department of Economic Development for the expansion of Delta Yams, located on Highway 49, just west of Barton.

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