Helena-West Helena’s new mayor is Joseph Whitfield, executive director of two nonprofit organizations in Phillips County. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the appointment of Whitfield, 33, on ...

On Thursday, Gov. Sarah Sanders sent word that she's appointed Joseph Whitfield to step into the vacancy left by Christopher ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee announced Thursday that a new Helena-West Helena mayor has been appointed after the previous mayor was removed from office in July. Joseph Whitfield will now take over the ...

Millions of dollars in state loans to fix Helena-West Helena's aging, leak-prone water system, which have been sitting in ...

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has appointed Joseph Whitfield as the new Mayor of Helena-West Helena following the arrest ...

Whitfield will replace former Mayor Christopher Franklin, who was removed from office by court order on July 7, 2025.

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. – The mayor of an east Arkansas city was arrested on Tuesday, authorities said. Helena-West Helena Mayor Christopher Franklin was arrested on Tuesday as part of an ...

A $2 million cryptocurrency mine in Helena-West Helena is one step closer to becoming a reality. Plans to renovate a former lumber yard into a privately owned crypto-mining operation were approved by ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee ...

After a dry two weeks, residents in Helena-West Helena once again have water coming out of their faucets. The National Guard stayed on site until the Arkansas Department of Health lifted a boil order ...

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. - The town of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas is experiencing some kind of "water issue," according to a post on their school district's Facebook page. Dr. Xavier M. Hodo, Sr., ...