Jamol Jones, who Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently appointed to be chairman of the Arkansas Post-Prison Transfer Board, resigned Friday, according to a writ…
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals will not rehear a case that contests the Arkansas House District map approved in 2021, according to an order filed Tuesday.
Although precipitation fell over Helena-West Helena nearly every day last week, some residents in the east Arkansas city have been without access to running wa…
The Arkansas Game and Fish/State Police subcommittee examined the state's concealed carry rules concerning firearms on Wednesday, and heard suggestions from th…
Maumelle's City Council voted Monday to allow their mayor to pursue a $31,443.93 settlement with Team Summit over the latter's use of city property along the A…
Cabot and Jonesboro officials are investing millions of dollars to open sprawling indoor sports complexes in their cities, an effort they say will draw athlete…
As Arkansas shakes off the most recent round of winter weather while preparing for another Arctic air mass expected to arrive overnight Thursday, food banks an…
When the Craighead Electric Cooperative bought land next to their office along a major thoroughfare in Jonesboro, they didn't know it was the site of a pet cem…
The Arkansas attorney general's office recommended to lawmakers on Wednesday that the state move from two concealed carry licensing processes to one.
Eight former patients of a rehabilitation center in Saline County filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, claiming staff at the facility sexually abused and assaulted them…
A 2021 law allowing mayors and county judges to appoint an administrator to act in place of a board of commissioners overseeing an improvement district was nev…
Portions of Central Arkansas saw as much as an inch and a half of snowfall on Friday, prompting a winter weather advisory and creating slick road conditions fo…
A flawed billing system, the pandemic and even forgetfulness allowed an event company to hold functions at Maumelle's Park on the River for years after their c…
Shelters and other groups seeking to aid those experiencing homelessness in Central Arkansas say they're seeing many people coming to them for help who have ne…
An experience helping reunite her babysitter, a Mexican immigrant, with the woman's son at Los Angeles International Airport became the inspiration for a film …
Three fatal crashes were reported by the Arkansas State Police during the holiday weekend.
A Malvern librarian is $5,000 richer after receiving an award that honored her efforts to expand her library's services across Hot Spring County.
On Jan. 1, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will reinstate rules that, among other things, require volunteers to provide at least 5% o…
Arkansas Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness intends to finish out his term despite Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' call for him to resign immediately, ac…
The chairman of the Arkansas Board of Corrections has asked Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to activate 138 National Guardsmen to bolster state prison system staff…
Leigh Espey will be the Saline County Library's next director, the county announced Thursday morning.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a motion on Wednesday asking a Pulaski County circuit judge to reverse an order he issued the previous day that sai…
A Pulaski County circuit judge said in an order on Tuesday that he will dismiss without prejudice a lawsuit filed by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin agai…
Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a motion on Monday seeking reconsideration of a Pulaski County circuit judge's temporary restraining order that blocked Gov.…
The “worst maritime disaster in U.S. history” happened only about 5 miles from Marion, when the boilers of a Mississippi River steamboat exploded in the early …
The North Little Rock City Council voted Monday to increase the salaries of elected officials and a large swathe of city employees.
A person who was fatally shot by officers outside a Little Rock hotel just off of Interstate 30 on Monday reached toward his waistband for a handgun, police sa…
The Saline County Library board interviewed candidates Monday for the job of leading the library system, a role that became open after the former director, Pat…
Hot Springs National Park is the fifth-safest national park in the United States, according to a recent report.
The national College Board that is producing an AP African American studies course released its revised framework for the class Wednesday morning, following mo…
A new report on civic engagement in Arkansas, the first of its kind, paints a "mixed picture" of the Natural State, one of its primary authors said Monday. How…
A new $1.8 million technology hub is planned for late summer at the site of a historic railroad depot in North Little Rock, and Shorter College President Jerom…
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Leon Johnson has denied a request to suppress evidence in the trial of a 63-year-old Little Rock man accused of murdering his wife…
Residents in one southwest Little Rock neighborhood are calling for the city to do more to reduce the number of dogs running loose through their area.
A Sherwood resident attending Norwich University in Vermont earlier this month knitted a pair of mittens and a hat for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
While the holiday season is known for sumptuous feasts and time spent with family and friends, there's something else that happens when the end-of-year holiday…
A Sherwood resident attending Norwich University in Vermont earlier this month knitted a pair of mittens and a hat for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
For roughly four decades, Tipton & Hurst has delivered and set up one of the capital city's most iconic holiday sights.
Former Saline County Library director Patty Hector filed Tuesday to run for justice of the peace in District 13.
Arkansas has seen only limited problems in the month and a half since pandemic-era funding ended for child care programs across the United States, despite earl…
The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday voted to approve for public comment rules that establish a process for the distribution of state funds to the priva…
Arkansas tourism returned strong after being hit hard by the pandemic, with the Natural State playing host to roughly a third more tourists in 2022 than in 201…
A fire on Tuesday morning destroyed the Wooster home of former state Rep. David Meeks.
More than one-fifth of Arkansans don't have access to broadband, making the Natural State the third worst in the nation for internet access, according to a rep…
The Arkansas State Fair closed its 83rd run strong on Sunday, with more people in attendance than any previous year in the event's history, according to fair o…
Mobile health units are combating influenza and covid-19 by administering vaccines at sites throughout Northwest Arkansas and Helena-West Helena, making it eas…
A 64-year-old motorcyclist died after he was struck by a car in Hot Springs on Saturday afternoon, troopers said.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders provided details Tuesday about some of the "specific features" of the $19,000 lectern purchased by her office earlier this year tha…
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders provided details Tuesday about some of the “specific features” of the $19,000 lectern purchased by her office earlier this year tha…
LITTLE ROCK -- Roughly 1,500 law enforcement personnel, social workers, elected officials and community members gathered in Little Rock on Monday for the first…
