University polishes its doctoral program
RUSSELLVILLE -- Arkansas Tech University will spend the new academic year on the final step of a major initiative: its first doctoral degree program.
RUSSELLVILLE -- Arkansas Tech University will spend the new academic year on the final step of a major initiative: its first doctoral degree program.
Davion Williams dreaded taking math classes in high school, but he talks excitedly about working out algebra equations on a white board on a recent summer afte…
Car accident ends with gunfire in LR Road rage turned a vehicle accident into a shooting Sunday night, according to Little Rock police.
State health leaders took the first step to reduce the amount of time it takes for families to find out if their children have disorders that require immediate…
The Arkansas Board of Health approved changes to the vaccination schedule for students Thursday to make it more closely mirror federal Centers for Disease Cont…
When Batesville School District Superintendent Randy Willison decided to step down, he and the School Board came up with a replacement solution: Find someone w…
Former Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice Conley F. Byrd Sr. accomplished a lot in his 89 years, but family members said it is the way he interacted with…
The Junior League of Little Rock is making a home for nonprofit organizations in downtown Little Rock.
Educators from 13 Arkansas schools are learning about how to integrate the arts into their everyday lessons.
Benton employees are getting a raise.
The Big Dam Bridge Foundation and the city of Little Rock are developing plans to put restrooms and a pavilion on the Little Rock side of the bridge.
A two-vehicle accident on Arkansas 72 in Gravette early Tuesday left one woman dead, according to a report released Friday by the Arkansas State Police.
Police arrest teensat NLR hotel party
A two-vehicle accident on Arkansas 72 in Gravette early Tuesday left one woman dead, according to a report released Friday by the Arkansas State Police.
A firm working on the facilities plan for the Little Rock School District is proposing a $24.6 million sports complex that would host athletic events for schoo…
Clerks in Saline and Craighead counties are working to verify signatures on petitions to put the issue of alcohol sales on county ballots in November.
Three people were killed in two separate accidents on Arkansas roadways Saturday, according to reports from Arkansas State Police.
In a workshop off Maumelle Boulevard in North Little Rock, Nathan Cathey and Lynn Fitzgerald spend their days meticulously chipping caulk off multicolored, sta…
HOPE -- A group working to conserve the early childhood home of former President Bill Clinton wants to make Hope a destination location.
A smaller percentage of the state budget is funded by the federal government in Arkansas than in its neighboring states, according to a report from the Tax Fou…
Drivers who hit the road to celebrate the Fourth of July are expected to face the highest gas prices in six years and almost 50 miles of lane closures on major…
Heavy rainfall early Sunday caused flash flooding that forced more than 30 families in eastern Arkansas to evacuate their homes.
Chandler Smith has done a lot for a person who just turned 17. He built his own computer. He taught himself Java computer programming. And this spring, he scor…
Medic tries to helpman, is attacked
Two people died in separate vehicle accidents on Arkansas roadways Wednesday.
An inmate who escaped from the grounds of the Arkansas Department of Correction's Pine Bluff complex remained at large Sunday night.
Locked doors stop bank robbery try Police say a diligent bank teller thwarted a would-be bank robber early Tuesday morning.
A man is accused of leaving his 3-year-old child in a car when he and two other men fled the scene of an attempted burglary Sunday, according to a news release…
Little Rock police have released the names of the men involved in a deadly Saturday night shooting on Geyer Springs Road.
Traffic stop leads to cocaine arrest Four men were arrested early Saturday morning after Little Rock police officers found guns and cocaine in their car during…
Arkansas Arts Center officials are looking for a way to finance the purchase of a generator -- a move that would help prevent its art from becoming damaged whe…
Rodney Wright won Tuesday's Republican runoff for Saline County sheriff, beating out opponent Simon Haynes.
Two former Saline County sheriff's office officials pleaded innocent Monday to charges that they abused public trust and stole thousands of dollars of the coun…
Southern Arkansas University trustees have assembled a committee that will search for a successor to President David Rankin, who will retire in June 2015 after…
Cities across Arkansas are celebrating a day that marks the end of slavery in the United States.
Former President Bill Clinton said when he was president, both parties worked together to find solutions to issues that mattered to Americans, but intense part…
Henderson State University and Southern Arkansas University trustees voted to increase tuition and mandatory fees at board meetings Thursday, citing many of th…
University of Central Arkansas officials released a proposal Tuesday that would increase tuition and mandatory fees for next school year by nearly 4 percent.
For the Frog Man, Riverfest is all about making people smile.
Archivists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock plan to digitize the papers of former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, making them more accessible to scholars.
Haskell Mayor Jeff Arey beat out Benton Alderman Kerry Murphy in Tuesday's primary election to become the Republican county judge candidate for Saline County.
Bauxite residents voted against raising their city's sales tax by half a percentage point in Tuesday's election.
Students at the University of Arkansas System's four-year colleges will likely see tuition and fees rise anywhere from 3.5 percent to 6 percent for next year.
NEWPORT -- Trustees for the Arkansas State University System approved increases in tuition for all four of the system's institutions Friday.
Arkansan educators are rethinking what it means to succeed.