No. 10
Fans lining up to see new museum exhibit
The Bachman Wilson House, one of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian homes, has developed a cult following on its move to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art from where it was originally built along a New Jersey river.
[FULL STORY]No. 9
LR Episcopal student scores 36 on ACT
Shelby Powers earned a 36 composite score on the exam. She is one of only four Arkansas students who have earned perfect scores on the college readiness exam in 2014. Last year, 10 Arkansas students achieved it. Nationally, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of test-takers register the top score.
[FULL STORY]No. 8
Arkansas’ 4 in U.S. House all veterans
Earlier this month, members of Arkansas' U.S. House delegation met to discuss whether the United States should train and equip Syrians fighting against the Islamic State. Such discussions are fairly common, the members said last week. What makes it unusual is that the entire Arkansas House delegation has served in the military in a time when less than 20 percent of U.S. House members have served.
[FULL STORY]No. 7
Disabled take demands to Beebe
About 200 members of a national disabilities-rights organization flooded the state Capitol on Monday, armed with a list of demands and insisting on an audience with Gov. Mike Beebe.
[FULL STORY]No. 6
Cherokees to set 3rd casino at state border
A Cherokee Nation-owned casino-hotel will be part of a $170 million retail development soon to begin in Tahlequah, Okla.
[FULL STORY]No. 5
Murphy given spare robe at swearing-in ceremony
With a judicial robe at hand and a bit of humor, a judge on Tuesday gave the oath of office to Michael Murphy, the man appointed to succeed ousted Judge Michael Maggio.
[FULL STORY]No. 4
Beebe papers and furniture going to ASU
Gov. Mike Beebe announced Saturday that he plans to donate his gubernatorial papers to Arkansas State University, where they will be archived and held in the vacant historic V.C. Kays House on the Jonesboro campus.
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Jacksonville-area voters go 94.5% for new district
Nearly 95 percent of Jacksonville and north Pulaski County voters in Tuesday's election said they favored the formation of a new Jacksonville-area school district to be carved out of the existing Pulaski County Special School District.
[FULL STORY]No. 2
On lam since June, escapee back in prison
A convicted murderer who escaped from the Arkansas Department of Correction's Pine Bluff Unit in late June surrendered Thursday morning to an Arkansas State Police trooper west of Booneville.
[FULL STORY]No. 1
State picks $98.4 million bid to swap out Broadway Bridge
The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department accepted the lowest of four bids Friday to replace the Broadway Bridge in what will be the largest contract the agency has ever awarded.
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