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Teen rodeo rider recovers from head injury

Matt Melton knew he was getting to come home from Arkansas Children’s Hospital Wednesday afternoon. He just didn’t know he’d be coming home to more than 50 family, friends, neighbors and classmates waiting in his driveway. Stepping out of the burgundy Ford pickup, wearing a denim shirt, Wrangler jeans, boots and a black cowboy hat, 15-year-old Melton walked toward the crowd of people who had traveled by car, truck and school bus for the welcome home surprise complete with banners, balloons and cake.
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Pine Bluff's historic bank gets facelift

Built in 1923, Paragould’s historic National Bank of Commerce sits quietly on the southwest corner at the intersection of Pruett and Emerson streets downtown. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, this classical revival building is undergoing a face lift as it is converted into law offices and loft apartments by Paragould attorney H.T. Moore.
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46 counties declared disaster areas

Gov. Mike Beebe has named 46 more Arkansas counties as disaster areas following severe storms caused tornadoes and flooding last month.
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Arkansas hands South Carolina 33-16 loss

Arkansas came into what coaches and players had called a crucial game and made some crucial plays to defeat South Carolina 33-16 in Fayetteville on Saturday.
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Dingell takes gavel as House debates health plan

Democrats gave the gavel Saturday to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country’s health care system.
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Few answers in base bloodshed

Neighbors, friends say suspect said goodbye days before attack

An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbors said Friday.
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Conway layoffs cut deep

Bus plant part of city since ’33

For weeks, rumors flew down the assembly line at one of the city’s oldest employers — a bus plant that’s been tightly woven into the fabric of Conway since 1933.
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Felsenthal watching water rise

Town already half underwater; Ouachita River to crest next week

Mike Nash has spent the past week watching the water rise.
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Hair on Pressly’s bed Vance’s, expert says

Other DNA called not as conclusive

A single tiny hair discovered on Little Rock TV news anchor Anne Pressly’s bed belongs to the man accused of killing her “within all scientific certainty,” a state DNA examiner testified Friday during the third day of testimony in Curtis Lavelle Vance’s capital-murder trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
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Bentonville hands Har-Ber 1st defeat, earns No. 1 seed

Bentonville’s defense recorded its fifth shutout of the season, and the Tigers earned the 7AWest’s No. 1 playoff seed with a 17-0 victory over previously undefeated Springdale Har-Ber.
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Jobless rate rises to 10.2%

Level highest since 1983; climb not expected to stop

The unemployment rate in the U.S. rose to 10.2 percent in October, the Labor Department said Friday.
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Droid sent out to battle iPhone

Verizon’s smart phone employs Google’s Android operating system

In one corner is Apple’s iPhone. Launched in 2007, it revolutionized the smartphone market with its sleek exterior and a collection of applications that seems to grow more extensive by the day.
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Burying treasure

Planting bulbs now will yield spring’s first breaths of color

Nothing is prettier than a field of daffodils blowing in the breeze, or a bed of bright red tulips, or the sweet smell of purple or pink hyacinths. Spring-blooming bulbs are one of the easiest ways to add color to the landscape with very little effort.
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ARKANSAS VS. SOUTH CAROLINA: Time for November drive

Hogs say game ‘biggest’ of year

Arkansas’ postseason fate might well be riding on the outcome of today’s game against South Carolina.
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NLR teacher named 2010 Teacher of the Year

Vandy Nash, a fourth-grade teacher at North Little Rock's Indian Hills Elementary School, is the 2010 Teacher of the Year, Gov. Mike Beebe announced Friday during a ceremony at the Governor's Mansion.
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