Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said that shemarched into the office to talk to Speaker MikeJohnson (R-LA) on Tuesday and tried to reasonwith him about averting a government shutdown,but it became clear to her that he didn’t care.“I implored the Speaker that he should havebrought his members here so that if there were achance to solve this without shutting the governmentdown, …

At approximately 12:30PM today, the Darbonne Woods CharterSchool School Resource Officer (SRO) notified UPSO dispatch of areport he received of possible gunshots heard near the DWCS campus.Out of an abundance of caution, the SRO placed the campusinto a soft-lockdown. Additional UPSO deputies quickly respondedto the area. Deputies checked the campus and nearby areas forany criminal activity, utilizing patrol vehicles and …

Archery season for deer begins in less thana month. It seems fitting that we shine the spotlightonce again on Sterling Harrell, a man whopioneered bow hunting in our part of the country.Pine Bluff, AR native Ben Pearson, wasa pioneer and innovator when it came topromoting the sport of archery way backwhen. Pearson started the first companyin the U.S. to mass-produce …