Privacy fence planned at McGehee recycling plant

A McGehee based company that recycles agricultural polypipe plans to construct a fence to “minimize visibility” at their plant. According to the McGehee Dermott Times-News, WB Agriplastics is located on the west side of U.S. 65 coming into McGehee from the north, just before the overpass. McGehee... Read More.

UAMS celebrates new power plant for campus

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today celebrated the completion of a new $50 million electrical power plant on the east side of its Little Rock campus. The plant is a key component of a $150 million energy project that... Read More.
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3 from Southeast Arkansas named to State Plant Board

Three men from Southeast Arkansas have been appointed to the Arkansas State Plant Board by Governor Asa Hutchinson. According to the McGehee-Dermott Times News, Mark Mills of McGehee, Richard Watts of Watson and Reynold Meyer of Eudora were appointed to fill vacancies on the board... Read More.
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Three hurt in explosion at Riceland plant in Stuttgart

STUTTGART, Ark. (AP) — Three Riceland Rice employees were injured, none seriously, in an explosion at a Riceland plant in Stuttgart, according to company spokesperson Kevin McGilton. The employees suffered minor injuries that were not life-threatening in the Thursday blast that damaged the building, McGilton... Read More.
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Samson Staton Electrocuted at Pine Bluff Cottonseed Oil Plant

A man died after being electrocuted at a cottonseed oil plant Monday in Pine Bluff, police reported. Police and medical personnel were called about 9:43 a.m. to Planters Cotton Oil Mill at 2901 Planters Drive. An employee said Samson Staton, 62, and another worker had... Read More.