DEBRA HALE-SHELTON: The best kind of town
I worked in downtown Chicago for almost 15 years. For the first 13 years, I lived in high rises within walking distance of my job at The Associated Press burea…
I worked in downtown Chicago for almost 15 years. For the first 13 years, I lived in high rises within walking distance of my job at The Associated Press burea…
Meet Jerusalem Jackson Greer. She's a Southern Baptist preacher's daughter, a mother, crafter, cook, farmer, author and, now, staff officer for evangelism in t…
My dad died in September, less than two months before his 92nd birthday. He was a husband, a father, a veteran and a Christian. He was also a Democrat.
One Taser, two bras and a framed picture that never made the newspaper were a few of the items I had to pack or discard when move-out day arrived.
CONWAY — In the summer and fall, heirloom-variety sunflowers reach up to 6 feet tall in front of a small farm along Conway’s busy Tyler Street.
Nancy Fulton’s life is full of work, hobbies and family, from her husband and children to the dozens of young people who live on a rural Arkansas ranch.
Henderson State University has requested a $6 million advance in state funds as financial problems mount, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday that the state …
Days after scheduling and then canceling a board meeting aimed at seeking a credit line of up to an additional $2 million, Henderson State University announced…
A large, two-story house west of Mayflower is in danger of falling into the Arkansas River after recent flooding further eroded the riverbank.
A large, two-story house west of Mayflower is in danger of falling into the Arkansas River after recent flooding further eroded the riverbank.
The Arkansas Ethics Commission has issued a public letter of caution and fined the county judge of Faulkner County $100 for using a government-owned cellphone …
CONWAY -- The president of the University of Central Arkansas said Tuesday that a library sign quoting Lady Gaga's words about gay people crossed a line becaus…
CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas had a sign celebrating Gay Pride Month removed from outside the Torreyson Library.
More than 200 candles and a live band will mark a ceremony Saturday night to honor abused and neglected children in five Arkansas counties.
Temporary repairs to Faulkner County's 90-year-old Lollie Bottoms levee, which survived historic flooding of the Arkansas River, should begin in roughly three …
The Arkansas State Police said Monday that special agents were investigating the death of a Shirley man after Van Buren County sheriff's deputies reported an e…
The National Weather Service issued a flood warning Monday for Lake Conway as water from Palarm Creek overflowed into it, threatening low-lying areas along the…
CONWAY — Forecasters have issued a flood warning for Faulkner County residents near Lake Conway.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that he formally asked President Donald Trump for federal emergency assistance in Arkansas because of record-breaking floodi…
The rain-swollen Arkansas River should crest today at 1.5 feet lower than previously predicted on the state's western edge, according to the U.S. Army Corps of…
As the Arkansas River continues its rise, the back flow of water into the river's tributaries will cause flooding in some unexpected areas off the river, offic…
Arkansas Tech University sent public-records requests to three public universities to obtain the electronic communications of professors who signed a letter fa…
A judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss a corruption lawsuit against nursing-home owner Michael Morton and former lobbyist Gilbert Baker.
A Pine Bluff man accused of kidnapping and killing a Wooster woman is mentally fit to stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood recused Tuesday from an appeal involving a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against one of businessman Michael Morton's …
Supporters of an organization that operates a kindergarten and a women's center in the war-torn Syrian province of Idlib are asking Arkansans and President Don…
James Barnes, whose company has held a textbook contract with Henderson State University since 2010, has quietly resigned as a trustee there just over a year a…
Henderson State University is researching the issue of a scholarship honoring an alumnus who, some Jewish leaders say, was a Holocaust denier.
A World War II veteran who helped liberate a Nazi concentration camp joined Arkansas Tech University students at a rally Tuesday to protest a scholarship hono…
RUSSELLVILLE — Scores of students and others turned out Tuesday to protest an Arkansas Tech University scholarship honoring a former professor.
Henderson State University has switched its banking services to Arkadelphia-based Southern Bancorp Inc., where the school's president, Glen Jones Jr., is board…
A judge gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a $1.15 million settlement between the city of Conway and more than 100 current and former police officers and fir…
CONWAY — A judge gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a $1.15 million settlement between the city of Conway and more than 100 current and former police officer…
The Conway City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a proposed $1.15 million settlement between the city and more than 100 current and former police of…
The Anti-Defamation League's chief executive and other Jewish organizations, along with national and international scholars, criticized Arkansas Tech Universit…
Gilbert Baker and Michael Maggio were friends, political allies and, prosecutors contend, conspirators in a bribery scheme aimed at enriching themselves and a …
These are some of the people whose names have surfaced during the investigation of an alleged bribery scheme involving former Judge Michael Maggio:
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss a sexual-harassment lawsuit against Faulkner County and three of its officials.
A judge on Wednesday found the younger of two teenagers accused of murdering a Wooster woman mentally fit to stand trial.
Police have begun a criminal investigation after the city fired two employees of the Conway Municipal Airport over what the city described as dishonesty and ru…
Lawyers for a group of Conway police officers and firefighters whose lawsuit against the city has been pending since 2012 are to gather for another round of ne…
Kelley Erstine, a vice president and chief of staff at the University of Central Arkansas, plans to leave the school this summer.
Kelley Erstine, a vice president and chief of staff at the University of Central Arkansas, plans to leave the school this summer.
CONWAY — Kelley Erstine, a vice president and chief of staff at the University of Central Arkansas, plans to leave the school this summer.
A judge set new pretrial hearing dates Monday for two teenagers charged in the killing of a Wooster woman after she left a Conway shopping center.
From a jail in Arkansas’ River Valley, 25-year-old Mckelly Leon Harris waited. It was March of 1990. He was already a convicted felon, and at that point he was…
Members of the New Aryan Empire use various symbols, numbers and terms to distinguish themselves and to reflect the gang's white supremacy roots. Chief among t…
A prosecutor asked a federal court Thursday to reconsider a decision allowing Gilbert Baker to leave an in-patient substance-abuse treatment center for more th…
Former state Sen. Gilbert Baker has begun an inpatient treatment program as part of his conditional release while he awaits trial on bribery and other charges.
The New Aryan Empire, an Arkansas-based white supremacist group, has committed attempted murder, kidnapping and maiming in support of its organization and dru…