A citizen requesting a variance for a new porch ended up with a $32,000 fine during the Board of Adjustment's meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

Hispanic Heritage Festival Celebrates local culture.

The wheels on the bus go round and round with Doug Chastain in the driver's seat.

WEST SILOAM SPRINGS, Okla. -- Scott Wilkerson was sworn in as the new trustee for Ward 3 by West Siloam Springs Town Attorney Bryce Harp during the town meetin…

SILOAM SPRINGS -- The School Board on Monday approved a $49 million operating budget for the 2023 to 2024 school year. The board approved the budget as present…

The city board approved Resolution 54-23 regarding the second phase of the Mission Hills subdivision during the city board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

Josiah Wallace can't help but feel elated -- and just a little bit terrified -- for both his actors and his audience. After all, he's directing a play that was…

WATTS, Okla. -- Representatives from the Cherokee Nation and the state of Oklahoma gathered for the ribbon cutting of the Chewey waterline on Wednesday, Sept. …

Play went from bad to worse quickly Friday night for the Siloam Springs football team.

The Siloam Springs tennis teams competed in a tri-match against Harrison and Greenbrier on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Russellville.

The Siloam Springs boys cross country team finished second at the University of the Ozarks Eagles High School Invitational on Thursday in Clarksville.

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. -- Junior Elise Bosma handed in a second-half brace, including the game-winner with just 78 seconds left, and the No. 15 John Brown Univers…

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After a narrow first-set win, the John Brown University volleyball team cruised in the final two sets to record a sweep (26-24, 25-15, 25-13) of Central Christ…

Van Buren volleyball coach Brent Reeves said his team has been playing well lately, and that continued Thursday night.

The Siloam Springs golf teams' seasons came to an end Tuesday in the 5A-West Conference Tournament at Big Creek Golf & Country Club in Mountain Home.

The opening words of the Bible, those found in Genesis 1:1, proclaim a foundational truth upon which all of Christianity stands or falls: "In the beginning, Go…

"The Test for an Unfaithful Wife" -- This is the heading preceding Numbers 5:11-31 in the NIV. Verse 11 states, 'Then the Lord said to Moses', the rest of the …

For the last few years of his life, my dad suffered from dementia. I won't go into details about how hard that condition is on the immediate families of its vi…

After a couple of days of intense public opposition last week, Gov. Sarah Sanders backed off her push for sweeping changes to Arkansas' Freedom of Information …

Every family has one, a mom or dad's older sibling, a grumpy relative that shows up at all the major holiday dinners. He (usually a man) is indeed grumpy, set …

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You know, it occurs to me that a lot of conflict in life could be avoided if people who were engaging each other in some form or fashion would "get on the same…

Sunday, Sept. 17, was arguably America's most forgotten designated day. The mainstream media scarcely mentioned it. No parades or city council proclamations to…

"And Peter answered Him and said, 'Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.' So He said, 'Come.' And when Peter had come down out of the boa…

This is the final submission for my column, Reflections on Life. I've enjoyed your comments and challenges because they stretched me and made me dig into the B…

The first time I realized I could write coherently was in high school. I wasn't doing very well in English class because I wasn't interested. One day the teach…

"When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming to Him, He said to Philip, 'Where shall we buy bread that these may eat?' He said this to test him, for He H…

Several weeks ago, one of our Herald-Leader readers emailed me and informed me that I had made a mistake related to quantum mechanics, and he attempted to set …

"You search the Scriptures, because you think in them you have eternal life. These are they who bear witness of Me. Yet you are not willing to come to Me that …

"You sent to John, and he bore witness of the truth. I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. He was a burning and a …

Several years ago, a friend and I were talking about our nation's problems and how they could be solved. His position was that new laws were needed for every n…