Foes pressing their bet on Pope County casino
A Pope County anti-casino group is moving full steam ahead on a petition drive to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the state's general election bal…
A Pope County anti-casino group is moving full steam ahead on a petition drive to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the state's general election bal…
Actions by the state Legislature and the Arkansas Racing Commission to add rules and requirements to the casino amendment were in line with the Arkansas Consti…
Actions by the state Legislature and the Arkansas Racing Commission to add rules and requirements to the casino amendment were in line with the state Constitut…
In the nearly two years since the covid-19 pandemic hit Arkansas, Jocelyn Dennis, a nurse practitioner at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, often fi…
County Judge Ben Cross announced recently that a portion of Arkansas 7 in Pope County will be designated as the "Sheriff Jay B. Winters Memorial Highway."
The number of new covid-19 cases as well as hospitalizations in Arkansas continued to slow Friday, when another 739 cases were added — 118 fewer than what was …
State officials reported Friday that 739 cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, down 154 from Thursday's new-case total and down 118 from the previous Friday. It wa…
Arkansas' covid-19 cases passed the 500,000 mark Thursday, only two months after they reached 400,000 on Aug. 6.
The total number of covid-19 cases in Arkansas since March 2020 passed the 500,000 mark on Thursday, only nine weeks after the number reached 400,000.
The Arkansas House and Senate passed redistricting bills that would divide the state's most populous county between three congressional districts on Wednesday,…
Identical bills aimed at exempting employees from federal or employer covid-19 vaccination mandates cleared the Arkansas Senate and House of Representatives on…
Lawmakers in both chambers of the Legislature on Tuesday advanced proposals to redraw the district lines for the state's four U.S. representatives that would s…
A bill that would exempt employees from federal or employer covid-19 vaccination mandates and authorize unemployment benefits for those fired for refusing to g…
A Senate bill to exempt employees from federal covid-19 mandates quickly passed a House committee Tuesday morning while another failed for a tenet that would h…
For the third year in a row, three Conway High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted Arkansas' success in furthering computer science education as he unveiled an initiative to take the program nationwide at a luncheon…
House and Senate committees Wednesday advanced a number of bills dealing with employer-mandated vaccinations, amid disagreement over whether the Arkansas Legis…
Arkansas lawmakers remained deadlocked over how to redraw the state's four congressional districts at the end of the first day they reconvened for that purpose.
Since the covid-19 pandemic hit Arkansas in March 2020, hospitals have at times been overwhelmed with unprecedented patient loads, causing the facilities to ca…
Arkansas saw 396 new covid-19 cases reported Monday to health officials, the lowest daily increase since early July when daily case counts dropped to the mid-2…
The number of new covid-19 cases dipped from 739 on Sunday to 396 on Monday, the lowest point seen since early July when daily case counts dropped to the mid 2…
The number of Arkansans 12 years and older fully immunized against covid-19 passed the 50% mark Monday, increasing to a total of 1,281,255, according to state …
The number of Arkansans 12 years and older fully immunized against covid-19 passed the 50% mark Monday, increasing to a total of 1,281,255 — or 50.1% of that a…
Conway Airport director Jack Bell said last week that foundation work has begun on the new T-hangar project at the airport.
First-time undergraduate enrollment at the University of Central Arkansas has surpassed fall 2020 and 2019 numbers, reaching 1,854 students this fall, UCA spok…
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Friday afternoon appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court a Pulaski County circuit judge's ruling that temporarily b…
The number of covid-19 patients on ventilators in Arkansas jumped to a new high for the second day in a row Tuesday even as the total number of virus patients …
Covid-19 hospitalizations remained the same on Monday, but the number of patients admitted to intensive care units and those placed on ventilators climbed high…
The number of Arkansas covid-19 patients placed on ventilators rose Monday to a record 361, while the number of available ventilators in the state's inventory …
As the number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas' intensive care units set a new record when it rose by 17 to 558 Monday, two new weapons have been added to the …
Covid-19 deaths, hospitalizations and ventilator use in the state climbed higher Monday, even as case numbers fell, according to data from the Arkansas Health …
A Mississippi casino operator awarded a state license said Friday in an Arkansas Supreme Court filing that a county judge should be barred from participating i…
The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell for the second day in a row on Wednesday as the state's number of new cases indicated a contin…
A Pope County Quorum Court resolution scolding the county judge for his part in the contentious casino issue there was overwhelmingly adopted in a special meet…
While the number of new covid-19 cases announced Monday was lower than a week ago, patients on ventilators in Arkansas reached a record high of 323 -- 20 more …
The number of patients on ventilators reached a new all-time high of 323 — 20 more than the previous day — according to the Arkansas Department of Health.
Some members of the Pope County Quorum Court say they want the public to know that the county judge does not represent them when it comes to the casino controv…
The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas rose to a new high Friday for the fourth time in five days as the state's count of cases grew by 3,…
The number of coronavirus patients in hospitals, on ventilators and in intensive care in Arkansas all rose to new highs Wednesday as the state's count of cases…
After filing their final appeal-related briefs earlier this week to the Arkansas Supreme Court, those vying to break ground on a Pope County casino said they'r…
Only eight intensive care unit beds were available in the state Monday and the hospitalization of covid-19 patients jumped by 103 to 1,376, the largest daily i…
Only eight intensive care unit beds were available in the state Monday when the state's hospitalizations increased by 103 to 1,376, the largest daily increase …
When the covid-19 vaccine became available, Jennifer Coose, a 40-year-old mother of one from Bauxite, held off, fearful that the shot would trigger a dangerous…
An 11-year-old girl from West Memphis died this week of complications from covid-19 and other ailments, her family said Thursday.
Arkansas posted on Wednesday its second-highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day since January as its number of active cases topped 20,000 for t…
The number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas who were hospitalized and on ventilators continued rising Tuesday to levels not seen since January as the state cou…
The impact of the coronavirus surge continued Monday as the state reported that 81 more Arkansas patients had been hospitalized with the virus -- the highest s…
The impact of the coronavirus surge continued Monday as 81 more Arkansas patients were hospitalized with the virus — the highest single-day increase since the …
CONWAY -- As Courtney Pledger begins her fifth fiscal year at the helm of the state's education network Arkansas PBS, the scene in the rearview mirror is surre…
Irma Gail Hatcher, a master quilter whose creations garnered national and international accolades, died Sunday at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. She was 82.