🐾 Meet Sable! 🐾
The Forrest City Area Humane Society is now accepting adoption applications for this sweet girl.
A home visit is required to adopt Sable.
Appointments are required to meet her, so please reach out to schedule a visit.
Adoption Fee: $100
The adoption fee includes:
* Spay/Neuter
* Heartworm test (if of age)
* 5-way vaccine
* Rabies vaccine (if of age)
* Bordetella vaccine
* Basic deworming
* Microchip
Contact for Adoption:
Ruth Ann Vowan
ravfcahs@gmail.com
Sable is ready to find his forever home
The Forrest City Area Humane Society is now accepting adoption applications for this sweet girl.
A home visit is required to adopt Sable.
Appointments are required to meet her, so please reach out to schedule a visit.
Adoption Fee: $100
The adoption fee includes:
* Spay/Neuter
* Heartworm test (if of age)
* 5-way vaccine
* Rabies vaccine (if of age)
* Bordetella vaccine
* Basic deworming
* Microchip
Contact for Adoption:
Ruth Ann Vowan
ravfcahs@gmail.com
Sable is ready to find his forever home
USDA Food Distribution February 19, 2026
The City of Forrest City is helping spread the word about a Drive-Through Food Donation Event Honoring Mother Ernestine Weaver’s 88th birthday. All non-perishable food donations will support the St. Francis County Food Pantry and help serve families right here in our community
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The City of Forrest City is helping spread the word about a Drive-Through Food Donation Event Honoring Mother Ernestine Weaver’s 88th birthday. All non-perishable food donations will support the St. Francis County Food Pantry and help serve families right here in our community.
Council meetings are now held on the second Tuesday of every month at 5:30 PM.
225 North Washington St.
225 North Washington St.
On this day in history
May 7, 1878 — Joseph Winters patented the fire escape ladder, a life-saving invention that changed firefighting forever.
Winters created a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder for the city of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, helping firefighters rescue people from burning buildings more safely and efficiently.
In 2005, a historic marker was placed at Junior Hose and Truck Company #2 in Chambersburg honoring Joseph Winters for:
• His patents for the fire escape ladder
• His invention of the hose conductor
• His courageous work on the Underground Railroad
The marker lists his life span as 1816–1916, marking a century of impact, innovation, and service.
May 7, 1878 — Joseph Winters patented the fire escape ladder, a life-saving invention that changed firefighting forever.
Winters created a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder for the city of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, helping firefighters rescue people from burning buildings more safely and efficiently.
In 2005, a historic marker was placed at Junior Hose and Truck Company #2 in Chambersburg honoring Joseph Winters for:
• His patents for the fire escape ladder
• His invention of the hose conductor
• His courageous work on the Underground Railroad
The marker lists his life span as 1816–1916, marking a century of impact, innovation, and service.
We’re asking all residents to please place your trash cans at the curb so they can be emptied.
We will be running routes again starting tomorrow through Saturday. Please continue to be patient with us as we work to service everyone. Thank you for your cooperation!
We will be running routes again starting tomorrow through Saturday. Please continue to be patient with us as we work to service everyone. Thank you for your cooperation!
The City of Forrest City is helping spread the word about a Drive-Through Food Donation Event Honoring Mother Ernestine Weaver’s 88th birthday. All non-perishable food donations will support the St. Francis County Food Pantry and help serve families right here in our community.
Trash Pickup Update
Residents are asked to please bring your trash to the curb as soon as possible. Our crews are working hard to complete the majority of routes today, and having trash out will help us move efficiently.
Thank you for your cooperation and patience!
Residents are asked to please bring your trash to the curb as soon as possible. Our crews are working hard to complete the majority of routes today, and having trash out will help us move efficiently.
Thank you for your cooperation and patience!
🐾 Meet Mariah! 🐾
The Forrest City Area Humane Society is now accepting adoption applications for this sweet girl.
A home visit is required to adopt Mariah.
Appointments are required to meet her, so please reach out to schedule a visit.
Adoption Fee: $100
The adoption fee includes:
* Spay/Neuter
* Heartworm test (if of age)
* 5-way vaccine
* Rabies vaccine (if of age)
* Bordetella vaccine
* Basic deworming
* Microchip
Contact for Adoption:
Ruth Ann Vowan
ravfcahs@gmail.com
Mariah is ready to find his forever home
St. Francis County Clerk Brandi McCoy would like to remind county residents that today (Monday) is the last day to register to vote in the March 3rd Primary Election.
To register, stop by the County Clerk’s Office at the Courthouse in Forrest City. The office is open until 4:30 this afternoon.
Call 870-261-1725 for more information.
To register, stop by the County Clerk’s Office at the Courthouse in Forrest City. The office is open until 4:30 this afternoon.
Call 870-261-1725 for more information.
The City of Forrest City will begin trash pickup on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, weather and road conditions permitting. We will start with the Monday route (see map below).
We ask residents to please keep vehicles off the roads to allow garbage trucks to move safely and efficiently through neighborhoods.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we resume trash collection. Some areas are still in poor condition, and safety remains our top priority. Rising temperatures this week should help improve conditions.
Thank you for your cooperation!
We ask residents to please keep vehicles off the roads to allow garbage trucks to move safely and efficiently through neighborhoods.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we resume trash collection. Some areas are still in poor condition, and safety remains our top priority. Rising temperatures this week should help improve conditions.
Thank you for your cooperation!
The snow this week was absolutely beautiful. The view at the Multipurpose Center, with the lake completely covered in ice, was just stunning.
Citizens of Forrest City are advised to use extreme caution while driving. Standing water on roadways may freeze and create hazardous icy conditions, including black ice. Please reduce speed, remain alert, and travel only when necessary. Your cooperation is appreciated as we work to keep the community safe.
We are asking residents of Forrest City, to stay off the streets if possible. Streets will freeze overnight, and everything that thaws today will refreeze and remain frozen until Monday, when temperatures are expected to rise above 40 degrees.
Thank you for your patience as we work with limited resources to plow, sand, salt, and apply beet juice to clean and clear the streets.
Garbage bins/dumpsters are available at the old Rideout Building on Broadway, Civic Center back parking lot, and in the Grant Street parking lot. Dumpsters are for garbage ONLY. Please bag garbage if possible.
Forrest City Mayor Larry Bryant said city streets are still too slick for safe residential garbage pickup, and the landfill is also closed.
If you need somewhere to take your trash, you may drop it off at the City Shop, 377 Farr St., from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Please use caution when traveling.
If you need somewhere to take your trash, you may drop it off at the City Shop, 377 Farr St., from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Please use caution when traveling.
Debt Collector Scam Warning
Consumers receiving calls and texts from debt collectors face increasing difficulty determining whether the contact is legitimate or a scam. (InvestigateTV)
Debt relief attorneys say that the rise of robocalls and artificial intelligence calls make it confusing for people to know if they actually owe money.
They advise consumers to avoid giving out personal information and instead ask questions to verify the caller’s legitimacy.
Verify by asking for their full name, their contact phone number and the name of their company.
You should also ask if they have a file number identifying the original creditor, as in many cases, they’re collecting “on behalf of” another company.
Once you get the information, you should hang up and research the information provided before calling back.
It’s also suggested that you request verifiable information “in writing” through the mail to confirm whether the debt is legitimate
Consumers receiving calls and texts from debt collectors face increasing difficulty determining whether the contact is legitimate or a scam. (InvestigateTV)
Debt relief attorneys say that the rise of robocalls and artificial intelligence calls make it confusing for people to know if they actually owe money.
They advise consumers to avoid giving out personal information and instead ask questions to verify the caller’s legitimacy.
Verify by asking for their full name, their contact phone number and the name of their company.
You should also ask if they have a file number identifying the original creditor, as in many cases, they’re collecting “on behalf of” another company.
Once you get the information, you should hang up and research the information provided before calling back.
It’s also suggested that you request verifiable information “in writing” through the mail to confirm whether the debt is legitimate
All area public and private schools will be closed again today (Wednesday) due to hazardous road conditions in the eastern Arkansas region.
Other closings include:
--St. Francis County Courthouse
--St. Francis County Health Department in Forrest City
--Lee County Health Department in Marianna
--UA-EACC in Forrest City (Remote learning and registration will continue)
--PCC-UA in Helena-West Helena
--St. Francis County Food Pantry will be closed thru Feb. 2
--St. Francis Area Developmental Center Day Programs in Forrest City, Wynne, West Memphis and Bryant will be closed.
--All state offices-closed
--First Baptist Church in FC (Rosser St.) will not have service tonight
--City Hall in Forrest City will open at 10 a.m.
--Calvary Christian Daycare will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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*Note: Forrest City Mayor Larry Bryant said Tuesday (1/27) that city streets were still too slick to safely pick-up residential garbage, adding that the Landfill is also closed.
**Note: St. Francis County Judge Craig Jones has also indicated that garbage service has been suspended temporarily due to hazardous road conditions out in the county.
Other closings include:
--St. Francis County Courthouse
--St. Francis County Health Department in Forrest City
--Lee County Health Department in Marianna
--UA-EACC in Forrest City (Remote learning and registration will continue)
--PCC-UA in Helena-West Helena
--St. Francis County Food Pantry will be closed thru Feb. 2
--St. Francis Area Developmental Center Day Programs in Forrest City, Wynne, West Memphis and Bryant will be closed.
--All state offices-closed
--First Baptist Church in FC (Rosser St.) will not have service tonight
--City Hall in Forrest City will open at 10 a.m.
--Calvary Christian Daycare will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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*Note: Forrest City Mayor Larry Bryant said Tuesday (1/27) that city streets were still too slick to safely pick-up residential garbage, adding that the Landfill is also closed.
**Note: St. Francis County Judge Craig Jones has also indicated that garbage service has been suspended temporarily due to hazardous road conditions out in the county.
The Forrest City Public Library is offering free tax preparation and filling services for area households with an Adjusted Gross Income of $69,000 or less.
Tax-related documents can be dropped off at the library, Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Documents you’ll need to provide include a state-issued picture ID and Social Security cards for yourself and your spouse (if applicable), also all W-2’s & 1099’s, plus information on all other sources of income. A copy of your previous year tax return will also be helpful.
Your completed return will be ready within three days.
Call the library at 870-633-5646 for more information.
Tax-related documents can be dropped off at the library, Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Documents you’ll need to provide include a state-issued picture ID and Social Security cards for yourself and your spouse (if applicable), also all W-2’s & 1099’s, plus information on all other sources of income. A copy of your previous year tax return will also be helpful.
Your completed return will be ready within three days.
Call the library at 870-633-5646 for more information.