Calico Rock, Arkansas—The Calico Rock Community Foundation is pleased to announce the sale of the Printing Press Café to Tyler and Stacey Waldroup, owners of Babycakes Bakery. The Waldroups will move Babycakes to the historic Calico Rock Progress building on Main Street and operate the Printing Press Café and Babycakes Bakery together on Main Street. …

Janine “Grace-Emma” Johnson is an artist of many talents. She attended some Bob Ross Painting Classes at the Mountain View Meeting Place where she gained the skill of using oils which she applied to acrylics, too. This newfound love of expressing her art on canvas led her to a prolific time of producing beautiful works…

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union”.  What do these words mean to you?  Do you know where this phrase comes from?  Do you know what it is the Preamble to?  Is it important to our lives? These words are the opening words of the Preamble to…

Arkeil Daniel Thomas, an inmate at the North Central Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction at Calico Rock, has been charged with a felony count of escape, after leaving a mowing detail in late July. According to the probable cause affidavit filed Thursday, 29-year-old Thomas was assigned to a mowing detail at the east…

The Arkansas State Police has been in close contact in recent days with the Federal Bureau of Investigation attemping to identify the source of an alleged threat of gun violence at an undisclosed Arkansas school reportedly planned for later this week.    At this time no corroborating evidence or useful details have been uncovered in…

 ​ The Calico Rock Lady Pirates are your 2018-19 Conference and District Tournament Runners-up after defeating the Norfork Lady Panthers 19-0 in a run-rule 3 inning game.  The Lady Longhorns were crowned the Conference and District Champions with a 10-0 District finals score over the Lady Pirates. After a one day rain delay, the Lady…

Calico Rock couldn’t be more proud of their hometown girl Savannah Skidmore! Thursday was an exciting night as everyone tuned in to their TV to watch the Miss USA Pageant. Skidmore was selected into the top 15 after preliminary events. The judges then eliminated five contestants after the swimsuit competition and the remaining 10 continued…

Norfork High School Quiz Bowl students are the 1A State Quiz Bowl CHAMPIONS, beating out Izard County Consolidated  at the State Conference Finals for the win. The Arkansas Governor’s Quiz Bowl Association awarded each first place team $3,000 in scholarship funds and each second place team $1,500. Each MVP also received a scholarship.