... the Red Cross, she joined the Red Cross board in 1993 and served until 1996. In 1997, she was made a permanent member of the board. She was survived by her husband, a son, three grandchildren and one great grandchild.

The Faulkner County Leadership Institute will present awards to Bill Hegeman and Cornell Maltbia at its annual banquet at 6 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Centennial Events Center. Tickets are $25 and are available through the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce.

Conway and Vilonia split even in two Central Arkansas Softball League games played on the high school campus Saturday. Conway won the first contest, 5-4, and Vilonia took the second, 9-6.

Sandra Prater, a former State Representative, announced Wednesday her intention to seek the District 29 Senate seat as a Democrat. District 29, consisting of parts of Faulkner, Pulaski and White counties, is currently represented by Sen. John Paul Capps, who cannot run for re-election due to term limits.

WASHINGTON The Obama administration will pursue talks with Iran on nuclear and other issues regardless of who emerges as president in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.

After a summer full of controversy on the University of Central Arkansas campus, former president Lu Hardin resigned from his position in an Aug. 28 Board of Trustees meeting.

David McCollum, sports writer for the Log Cabin Democrat, has been named Sportswriter of the Year in Arkansas for 2008 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

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Beginning this summer on the University of Central Arkansas campus, children of UCA trustees will no longer attend classes at a discounted rate.

Colorful ceremonies and auspicious circumstances marked the dedication by the only women member of the United States Senate, Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, of McAlister Hall, the new women's building of the Arkansas State Teachers College.