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The Bar-Kays funk up Forrest City on Saturday

Their momentum was halted by tragedy when four members of the band along with Otis Redding died in a plane crash. However, instead of throwing in the towel, the two surviving members — bassist James Alexander and trumpeter Ben Cauley — doubled down.
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UPDATE: RESCHEDULED Country legend Tanya Tucker appears in Forrest City on Saturday

Tanya Tucker didn’t put out any original music for nearly 20 years, but when her comeback album “While I’m Livin’” was released in 2019, it sounded like she’d just taken the weekend off. She plays at East Arkansas Community College at the rescheduled date of Saturday, March 25.
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'Party Down': A nod to Little Beaver (and a playlist)

Forrest City native Willie George Hale became an important and widely respected R&B guitarist, both in studio sessions and as a solo artist, and his tunes later became sampling fodder for the likes of Jay-Z and Erykah Badu.

Add Forrest City to governments going solar

Forrest City readying to go solar.
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Forrest City man killed in standoff with State Police

A 64-year-old Forrest City man was fatally shot by State Police after a nearly day-long standoff that began with an attempt to make an arrest.

Still more bad signs for a promised Chinese investment in Arkansas

A Chinese company that once planned a $410 million textile plant in Forrest City seems beset by financial problems.
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Major wreck blocks Interstate 40 near Forrest City

The Arkansas Department of Transportation says Interstate 40 traffic will be delayed until 3 p.m. on account of a major accident near Forrest City. It involves trucks and cars and at least one fatality.

Confederate monuments: So far they seem safe in Arkansas

With Confederate memorials under attack, the public temperature about those in Arkansas seems cool. At least for now, but at least one civil campaign is underway against a statute in Bentonville.
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Union to picket City Hall in Forrest City

A new union local representing Forrest City city workers plans an informational picket today over the City Council's failure to adopt a grievance procedure.

In Forrest City, Delta Q is doing it right

I hesitate to declare something “the best in the state,” as I know that’s a highly subjective proclamation, but Delta Q definitely needs to be in that discussion. And if a finer barbecue establishment does exist in Arkansas, I’ve yet to find it. To any barbecue devotee, plan to make the trip to Forrest City to see for yourself what Delta Q has to offer.
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Willie 'Beaver' Hale, 'Groove-On' (1980)

Willie Hale grew up in Forrest City, Arkansas, where they called him "Little Beaver." I read it was because of his teeth. If people know him at all, they know him for the music he made in Miami, where he was a session guitarist for people like Betty Wright, Blowfly and Swamp Dogg. He also made a handful of solo records, mostly under the name Little Beaver, that were sporadically great.

State Board of Education denies appeals on school transfers

The state Board of Education has begun hearing 13 appeals of school transfer denials under the new school choice law.
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