Arkansas
Arkansas travelers will pay less for gas this holiday season
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(The Heart Sq.) – The climate will not be the one factor cooling off in Arkansas this vacation season.
Fuel costs have cooled to $2.68 on common for a gallon of normal unleaded gasoline, in accordance with AAA. The worth dropped seven cents from final week’s whole and is even cheaper in comparison with final yr.
“Arkansas drivers filling up for vacation highway journeys will probably be met with costs a couple of quarter cheaper per gallon than that yr,” stated AAA spokesperson Nick Chabarria. “AAA recommends drivers assess the climate alongside their route earlier than heading out and that their automobile is well-maintained with a well-stocked emergency roadside equipment.”
The Nationwide Climate Service issued a hazardous climate outlook as temperatures are anticipated to plunge into single digits with wind chills as little as -9 levels.
Residents within the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers communities are paying the least for a gallon of gasoline at $2.59. Fuel costs are highest within the West Memphis space, the place a gallon of normal unleaded gasoline will price you $2.70, in accordance with AAA.
Arkansas has the third lowest gasoline value within the nation, behind Texas at $2.62 and Oklahoma at $2.67. California residents are nonetheless paying probably the most for gasoline at a median of $4.34 for a gallon of normal unleaded gasoline.
Fuel costs could not proceed to chill off as crude oil costs are rising, in accordance with AAA.
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Arkansas
Two people killed, several wounded in shooting in Arkansas
At least two people were killed and several wounded, including a police officer, in a shooting at a supermarket in Arkansas on Friday, local media reported.
The shooting occurred at the Mad Butcher store in Fordyce, Arkansas, the news outlet Arkansas Online reported, citing local law enforcement officials.
Dallas County Sheriff Mike Knoedel told a local CBS News Affiliate that the incident has been contained.
Fordyce is a small community of 3,200 people in central Arkansas.
Arkansas
Arkansas Storm Team Forecast: Today will be hotter than yesterday; tomorrow will be hotter than today, etc.
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Little Rock topped out at 92° on Thursday. Today, Friday, it will be a couple degrees hotter.
Rain chances are slim to none until the upper-level patter makes a shift. That will start Sunday evening but be more prominent next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Arkansas
Arkansas City hosts ribbon cutting for park renovations
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Arkansas City hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday at Lovie Watson Park.
The ribbon cutting was hosted by the Arkansas City Chamber of Commerce and marked the culmination of extensive efforts by Arkansas City’s Parks Department to renovate the park.
The renovations were made possible through a grant that was secured in Nov. 2023 from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Health Pathways program.
The grant funding helped install new equipment and establish a tobacco-free policy within the facility.
The Pathways initiative, known as Pathways to a Healthy Kansas, is the largest community grant initiative funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas. It combines community-wide, evidence-based solutions and practices to help Kansas communities improve active living, healthy eating, and tobacco prevention.
The initiative provides community coalitions the tools and resources to engage their communities and remove barriers to healthy living.
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