🌱 How Gillett’s Coon Supper helped shape a top Arkansas political reporter

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• How Gillett’s Coon Supper helped shape a top Arkansas political reporter

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 51 and low of 40 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 54, low: 52.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 64 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Veteran Associated Press political reporter takes helm of Arkansas Advocate (arkansasadvocate.com) — A well-known political reporter’s career story highlights how the Gillett Coon Supper in Gillett has long drawn major state candidates and shaped his early exposure to Arkansas politics. The piece mainly profiles Andrew DeMillo, the new editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Advocate, and explains how his background in statehouse reporting and analytical coverage will guide the nonprofit newsroom’s future work.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Farm Equipment Estate Auction
  809 Gander Street Rd , DeWitt
  3:00 pm
• TEEN TECH TUESDAY
  Mc Gehee Branch Public Library , 211 N 4th St , McGehee
  4:00 pm
• Scott Charter School vs Dermott Rams
  Scott Charter School , 15306 Alexander Rd , Scott
  4:30 pm
• Hot Springs vs Watson Chapel
  Watson Chapel High School , 4000 S Camden Rd , Pine Bluff
  5:30 pm
• Moody Singers Christmas Concert
  Moody Elementary White Hall, AR 71602
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Girl's Basketball at Lakeside High School (Hot Springs)
  Lakeside High School White Hall, AR 71602
  6:00 pm
• Varsity Boy's Basketball at Lakeside High School (Hot Springs)
  Lakeside High School White Hall, AR 71602
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Jefferson County Young Professional's Network
  PINE BLUFF REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE , 510 MAIN STREET , PINE BLUFF
  12:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Varsity Girl's Basketball at McGehee High School
  McGehee High School White Hall, AR 71602
  5:00 pm
• Sr. Basketball/ Jr. Boys Vs Drew Central
  Monticello School District Monticello, AR 71655
  5:30 pm
• Varsity Boy's Basketball at McGehee High School
  McGehee High School White Hall, AR 71602
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Depot Discovery Day
  Delta Cultural Center Depot , 95 Missouri St , Helena
  1:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Premier Transportation posted a job opening for Regional Class A CDL Drivers in Gillett. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Stuttgart

• Grand Prairie Quilt Society celebrates holidays with annual Christmas party (stuttgartdailyleader.com)
• EAB Sports Network Local Broadcast Schedule: Week of December 15, 2025 (stuttgartdailyleader.com)

Pine Bluff

• CEP Small Acreage Producer Conference hosted by UAPB Small Farm Program (pbcommercial.com)
• Arkansas Game and Fish Commission crew bands, tracks migrating ducks (pbcommercial.com)
• Rison Man Held on Cash $5,000 Bond After Meth Possession Arrest (deltaplexnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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