2 shot in LR awarded medals
The parents of a slain soldier stood shoulder to shoulder, grasping hands, as they were presented a Purple Heart medal Wednesday on their son's behalf.
The parents of a slain soldier stood shoulder to shoulder, grasping hands, as they were presented a Purple Heart medal Wednesday on their son's behalf.
The director of the Jacksonville Museum of Military History opened a thick white binder and landed on a photograph of a U.S. Army soldier, dressed in a flight …
A contract signed Friday between the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs and a contractor clears the way for work to start on a $24 million veterans home i…
Nine days after nine black churchgoers were slain in South Carolina, the Arkansas chapter of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People asked a…
Arkansas health care providers who are owed tens of millions of dollars by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs say there has not been a marked improvement …
Security personnel at Little Rock Air Force Base shot a rifle-wielding man who tried to enter the main gate Monday morning, base officials said.
Arrest warrants were issued Monday for the two owners and one general manager of a Jacksonville funeral home that was shut down in January after an inspector r…
An Air Force veteran from Sherwood spends four hours per day, five days a week volunteering at Veterans Affairs hospitals.
A platoon comprising 30 to 40 Arkansas National Guard infantrymen crept out of the tree line surrounding a simulated village Friday morning as a mock enemy thr…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson approved Monday a plan proposed by the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs that its director said will make the department a more activ…
Stabbed LR man critically injured Little Rock police were investigating Monday night after a domestic disturbance left a man in critical condition.
Student soldiers, dressed in their U.S. Army fatigues, walked between buildings at the National Guard's Lavern E. Weber Professional Education Center last week…
The executive director of Little Rock's Metropolitan Housing Alliance was found guilty Thursday of failing to comply with the state Freedom of Information Act,…
The Arkansas National Guard announced Tuesday that it would shut down seven armories across the state -- one fewer than what was proposed to the governor last …
The defense and prosecution wrapped up their cases Monday in the criminal trial of Little Rock's Metropolitan Housing Alliance Executive Director Rodney Forte,…
3 rob man of Lexus at downtown hotel A man had his car stolen at gunpoint Sunday outside a hotel in downtown Little Rock, police reported.
Col. Charles "Chip" Brown Jr. stood, smiling, in front of several hundred people at Little Rock Air Force Base on Wednesday as he received his first salute as …
The Arkansas Army National Guard is proposing to shut down eight armories, most of them in the Delta, in a restructuring plan that will be handed to the govern…
The mother of a soldier killed in action sat in the front row Monday morning at the state Memorial Day ceremony, which drew hundreds to the Arkansas State Vete…
A thin crowd of festivalgoers weaved among food and merchandise vendors at Riverfest in Little Rock on Sunday afternoon, shortly before rain hit central Arkans…
Spotty showers and wind gusts caused structural damage, power failures and flooding in parts of the state Sunday evening, and meteorologists predicted more rou…
In one corner of a recreation room at the Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center in North Little Rock, a volunteer guided the hand of a disabled veteran chiseling …
Tirade said to be over 'Jesus' sign A Maumelle man was arrested after verbally abusing an individual holding a "Trust Jesus" sign and yelling obscenities at po…
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration arrested nine people Wednesday in central Arkansas as part of a regional investigation into prescription drug abuse th…
During a special ceremony Tuesday, 28 military recruits from across the state recited their oaths of enlistment, said goodbye to their families and boarded a b…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will investigate a solar-power system installed at the Little Rock VA hospital that has never been activated, according…
NLR man accused of raping a minor A North Little Rock man was arrested Sunday over accusations he raped a female relative, according to a police report.
Almost 44 years ago, 10 airmen assigned to the Little Rock Air Force Base were killed in the deadliest plane crash in the base's 60-year history.
The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it hired a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and state Department of Information Systems employee to …
Gunmen steal car at gas station in LR Little Rock police are investigating after a man was robbed of his car Saturday at a gas station.
Police seek robber of LR dress store
A heap of rusted junk, its individual items unrecognizable from decades of target practice, sat piled at the far east end of what will become a new, state-of-t…
The teenage son of a deceased Arkansas National Guardsman stared at his father's name inscribed on the Killed in Action monument at Camp Joseph T. Robinson on …
Five people were killed and three were injured in five separate cwrecks Saturday, all of which occurred in a seven-hour time frame, Arkansas State Police repor…
An Iraq War veteran clutched a piece of paper with both hands, about to read aloud the story of his wartime experience to two dozen strangers.
The winner of the crossword competition at the eighth annual Arkansas Puzzle Day festival Sunday was decided when Ellen Brantley made her last pencil strokes a…
LR woman charged in kid-neglect case
LITTLE ROCK -- Thousands of people streamed through the Central Arkansas Library System's Main Library in Little Rock on Saturday to attend some of the 78 pane…
A group of veterans stood in a circle inside the newly constructed Museum of Veterans and Military History in Vilonia earlier this week, telling war stories an…
Two soldiers competing in the international sniper championship at Fort Chaffee on Thursday barreled up the stairs of a three-story structure, rested a sniper …
The new director of the state Department of Veterans Affairs has dropped the idea of changing the department's name to differentiate it from the federal VA and…
The project to build a $24 million veterans home in North Little Rock has again been delayed after the federal government gave premature approval to start cons…
U.S. Sen. John Boozman questioned the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs secretary Tuesday about two VA-related issues in Arkansas: millions of dollars in rei…
Jacksonville man attacked, stabbed
A company of Arkansas National Guard soldiers will return to North Little Rock this week after a nine-month deployment in Kuwait, a Guard spokesman said.
Woman accused of knife assault
2 rob gas station in LR, police say
A section of solar panels that was installed at the Little Rock Veterans Affairs hospital over a year ago but has never been activated was taken down this week…
Veterans in Arkansas fared slightly better than veterans nationwide in getting timely health care in the months since passage of a multibillion-dollar measure …
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs owes Arkansas health care facilities approximately $24 million for care they've given to VA patients, according to the …