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Early Voter Turnout Low for Union County, Arkansas
Mon, 07 May 2012 13:55:47 -0700
Early voting is off to a slow start in South Arkansas.
Explosion at Chemical Plant in El Dorado, Arkansas
Tue, 15 May 2012 07:09:52 -0700
(El Dorado, AR)--Union County, Arkansas Sheriff's dputies confirm an explosion at El Dorado Chemical around 4:00 Tuesday morning.
No confidence vote from Pulaski teacher union
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:50:28 -0700
The union representing teachers in the Pulaski County School District has voted “no confidence” in Superintendent Jerry Guess and state Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell.
Union State Bank to Open Third Ark City Branch
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:13:50 -0700
Union State Bank Corporate President Eric Kurtz recently announced that the bank has acquired property in Arkansas City for the future development of a new drive-through facility, according to a press release issued Friday.
Two "Shame on..." protestors arrested on sex offender registry violations
Fri, 18 May 2012 19:10:00 -0700
Since February, workers hired by a union to picket First Baptist Church of Dandridge have held up a “Shame on Pastor Brown,” to protest non-union workers building a new addition at the church.
Johns Hopkins born
Fri, 18 May 2012 21:14:54 -0700
Date of Event: Saturday, May 19, 2012 Year: 1795 Teaser: American businessman, philanthropist, and abolitionist Johns Hopkins is born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Born a Quaker, Hopkins' family freed all their slaves, and Hopkins ardently supported abolition and the Union during the Civil War. After making millions of dollars in investments, Hopkins founded Johns Hopkins University and ...
Siege of Vicksburg begins
Fri, 18 May 2012 08:04:07 -0700
Date of Event: Friday, May 18, 2012 Year: 1863 Teaser: The Siege of Vicksburg begins as the Union Army of the Tennessee, commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant, surrounds Vicksburg, the last major Confederate outpost on the Mississippi River. After surrounding the fortress city Grant would try several direct assaults beginning on May 19; having been pushed back, the Union Army ensured that no ...
Minnesota enters the Union
Thu, 10 May 2012 22:44:44 -0700
Date of Event: Friday, May 11, 2012 Year: 1858 Teaser: Minnesota, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," enters the Union as the 32nd state.
THV Extra: Oil exploration in south Arkansas
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:40 -0700
Today's THV takes a closer look at the Brown Dense oil exploration going on in Southern Arkansas in a THV Extra Thursday on the "10:00 Difference."
Remains of Missing South Arkansas Man Found
Wed, 09 May 2012 13:47:20 -0700
The search for a Union County man comes to an end, five years after he was first reported missing.