ESI Staff
Linda Ann Bibb May 4, 1947 – Jan. 4, 2021
Linda Ann Bibb of Holiday Island, Ark., was born May 4, 1947 to Leonard and Frieda (Masamella) Rhodes in Bakersfield, Calif., and passed away...
Burning turns trash into a hazard
Mark Dewitz, chef and vendor at the Saturday White Street Farmers’ Market, was given a metal barrel to burn trash when he bought his...
Politics trumped by perseverance
Last week’s Independent included an article about the retirement of Circuit Clerk Ramona Wilson after 22 years in office. For most of those years,...
HavingREELFun
Hello there, hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. These days have been brisk, to say the least, but it has not stopped the fish...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week Jan. 13 – 19
Uranus Direct – the week for history books
On January 14, Thursday, the day after the first new moon of the new year, Uranus, planet...
The Dirt on Nicky
Hello hügelcultur
Here’s what happened. I had begun reclaiming two beds overrun by spearmint by gouging out eight or more inches of soil and rocks...
Vaccines arrive as new cases soar
Arkansas started out the new year with a record-breaking 4,304 new cases of Covid-19, nearly double the recent daily average, and accompanied by record...
QC shuffles meeting schedule
State law requires quorum courts to meet at the start of the year to set meeting time and dates for the coming year. That...
Antibody treatment can reduce severity for some
Coming down with Covid-19 can be frightening, but there is monoclonal antibody treatment now available that, when administered within 10 days of becoming ill,...
TheCoffeeTable
Predictions and other guesses
It’s stupid to think opening a new calendar will magically create change in our world. Likewise, no one should expect that...