Searcy unemployment rate drops significantly

Warren Watkins – The Daily Citizen – 11/21/08
Searcy’s unemployment rate has dropped more than a full percentage point from last year, a change officials are linking to the development of the Fayetteville Shale Play.
According to figures published by Talk Business Quarterly magazine, 5.53 percent of Searcy workers were unemployed in May, June and July, down [...]

Harding Legend Preacher Roe Passes Away at 92

Roe was inducted into the Harding Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Left-hander Preacher Roe, a five-time All-Star who pitched for the Dodgers in three World Series, died Sunday. He was 92.
Roe played for the Cardinals and Pirates before being acquired by Brooklyn’s Branch Rickey in 1948. He went 22-3 in [...]