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- Arkansas mill to pay $350k - discrimination probe
A rice mill in Stuttgart, Arkansas has agreed to pay 350-thousand dollars after the federal government found the company discriminated against hundreds of women and non-hispanic job applicants.
- New year, new hopes for peace in LR
The 39 white crosses represent 38 people killed in Little Rock in 2008 and Kamya Weathersby, a little girl killed in December 2007 while in bed, a spokesman for Stop the Violence said Saturday.
- Harvey Edwards announces intent to run for US Senate seat held by Lincoln
January 2 2009 Constitutionalist Harvey Edwards of Stuttgart is eyeing the US Senate seat held by Blanche Lincoln. "Getting ready means beginning today for the 2010 Race", says Edwards Edwards is a write in Candidaye who has tested the process most recently in a write in Race for State Representative Dist 14 Arkansas. " The media and especially the Arkansas Elections folks behaved as I expected and I know what to expect as I run against Lincoln" quoted Edwards when asked if he thought he would get a fair chance when running up against either of the two parties. .
- Farm: Arkansas wheat plantings plummet
Farmers in Arkansas have planted nearly two-thirds fewer acres of soft red winter wheat this fall, as high fertilizer costs and falling wheat prices have put a strain on growers.
- Post-tornado Stuttgart busy making...
Stephen Bell with the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce hunkers at an empty lot where the Pam Pam Supper Club stood until Maya s tornado, across the street from the now-rebuilt La Petite Cajun Bistro.
- Promising rice lines in the pipeline
The effects of late summer hurricanes played havoc with research trials throughout the lower Mid-South. Arkansas rice studies weren't spared.
- Semi-dwarf rice lines 'very close'
In a push to help alleviate continuing water problems in east-central Arkansas, rice breeder James Gibbons is looking at some extremely early rice lines.
- Arkansas Citizens want legislature to focus on Jobs and manufacturing
This coming year as our legislature meets, there will be new faces. All elected by the people to represent them. All with the needs of their constituents their primary responsibility. It is not special interests, or expense accounts or what revenue they can gather for either themselves or the States coffers. They have one purpose. The peoples right to life liberty and the pusuit of happiness. As with the rest of the country, we in arkansas are staring at and are fearing the loss of our jobs, our livelyhood, our being able to pay a mortgage. Stress comes heavily to a family that isn't sure that his plant or job will be there. Many take great concessions such as VOLUNTARY layoffs in the hopes their factory or plant can be there to recall them to work. As Stated before it is our legislatures job to put the people first.
- Ozark Profile : Brittenum's path to architecture professor starts with theater
ANTHONY REYES Northwest Arkansas Times Judy Brittenum is a landscape architecture professor at the University of Arkansas.
- 39th Brigade returns 200 more soldiers from Iraq
About 120 of the soldiers were members of the Brigade's Company A, 39th Brigade Support Battalion with units based in Stuttgart, Helena and Pine Bluff.
- Stuttgart man remembered at memorial
Lynette goes a little too far to keep Tom's flirty ex from rocking the Scavo marriage any further; Susan finally makes up her mind about Mike; Bree begins to see George in an unsettling new light.
- Traffic crash near Stuttgart kills 2, injures 3
Troopers say Maurice E. Spain, 82, and Deana K. Spain, 55, of Pine Bluff died in the crash Thursday afternoon on U.S. 79.
- Celebrate a Different Kind of Bird in Stuttgart
This week may be all about turkeys for some of us. For hunters worldwide, it's all about the ducks.
- Make Yours A Patriotic Christmas
By Chuck Baldwin 2008 Presidential Candidate November 18, 2008 A few years ago, I sadly discovered that it was next to impossible to find our nation's great historic documents together in one volume, so we decided to fix that problem. It took us a full year to research and compile over 50 of our country's greatest historical documents, but we did it!
- Number of women in legislature sets record
A record 32 women will be seated in the state Legislature when its regular session begins in January, including a Twin Lakes Area woman.
- Miss UCA Pageant to be held Nov. 14
Eleven young women will compete for the title of Miss University of Central Arkansas 2009 on Nov.
- Pair Arrested in Stuttgart Slaying
Stuttgart - Arkansas State Police say two men have been arrested after officers found a dead body near a burning car Thursday morning in Stuttgart.
- Discovery Channel To Feature Stuttgart Tornado
The National Weather Service says a tornado that struck Stuttgart in May will be featured next month on the Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers." The tornado, rated an EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, hit ...
- Arkansas rice: 'slow but sure' harvest
Inevitably, Arkansas' late-planted rice crop has led to a late harvest. But the effects of hurricanes and a cool September have also lengthened the harvest season.
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City DescriptionStuttgart is a city in and the county seat of the northern district of Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 79 about 45 miles (72 km) miles southeast of Little Rock. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 9,376.
The town proclaims itself the "Rice and Duck Capital of the World". It is headquarters to Riceland Foods, the world's biggest rice miller.
Stuttgart was founded by Mr. Louis Sterling Stigger, a native of Plattenhardt in Germany. He moved to the United States in 1852 and founded a settlement at Gum Pond after living in Ohio. In 1880, he opened a post office and had thus to name the village. In memory of his native home he called it Stuttgart after Stuttgart in Germany. In 1882, the railroad was opened. Stuttgart became a city in 1884, and in 1904, rice farming was first introduced in the Stuttgart area.
On May 10, 2008 at about 10:30 pm ET, a large EF3 tornado struck Stuttgart and destroyed several homes and buildings and injured 9 people. The tornado was featured on an episode of Storm Chasers on November 9, 2008.
Stuttgart is located at 34°29′49″N 91°33′3″W / 34.49694, -91.55083 (34.497043, ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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