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Southern Arkansas
Area Info
South Arkansas is the greater area in Arkansas that encompasses the lower 15 counties of the state, with Union County being the most predominate. In the 1920s, nationwide attention focused on South Arkansas when the Smackover field was ranked first among the nation's oil fields. For five months in 1925, the 40-square-mile Smackover field was the focal point of one of the wildest mineral booms in North America. Today, south Arkansas's oil fields produce petroleum throughout a 10-county area.
Columbia and Union counties also stretch over one of the largest brine reserves in the world. Bromine is derived from brine, or saltwater, and local companies play an international role in the commercialization of bromine and its many applications.
Articles
News from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Couple arraigned in Arkansas murder, kidnapping
Feb 10, 2012 6:46 pm
An Oklahoma couple has been arraigned on federal murder and kidnapping charges for the death of a man who was strangled by a noose and whose body was dumped at Texarkana Speedway.
Man accused of running over pedestrian
Feb 10, 2012 5:47 pm
Little Rock police arrested a man Thursday and accused him of intentionally running over another man in November.
State Forestry chief resigns after audit
Feb 10, 2012 2:48 pm
Arkansas state Forester John Shannon has announced his resignation after a legislative audit questioned financial practices at the Arkansas Forestry Commission that led to the layoff of 34 employees.
KKK fliers distributed in Pangburn
Feb 10, 2012 2:09 pm
Officials in Pangburn are investigating who distributed fliers downtown promoting a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.
Parts of state seeing snow, more expected Monday
Feb 10, 2012 1:34 pm
Light snow was mixing with rain in northern parts of the state, but forecasters said no significant accumulation was expected.
Suit filed over Hot Springs theater
Feb 10, 2012 12:48 pm
A bank has filed a foreclosure suit against the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute, claiming the entity owes more than $300,000 on the historic Malco Theatre where a documentary festival is held ...
Laws fans tout drop in inmates
Feb 10, 2012 10:37 am
Even though some of its provisions have yet to be felt, prison and law enforcement officials say the sentencing overhaul law passed by the state Legislature last year is already having its intended ef...
Feb 10, 2012 10:35 am
Language in a property tax increase proposal going to North Little Rock voters Tuesday calls for reducing the amount of tax revenue the city could use for redevelopment districts, city officials deter...
In state, first lady talks food
Feb 10, 2012 10:34 am
First lady Michelle Obama announced Thursday the expansion across the Department of Defense of a pilot program started two years ago at Little Rock Air Force Base that privatized food service in an ef...
District pursues 8-a-day classes
Feb 10, 2012 10:32 am
The number of daily class periods in most Little Rock School District middle schools will double from four 90-minute periods to eight 44-minute periods if teachers and the School Board approve a plan ...
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