Region 8 pharmacy will be amongst the first to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Governor Asa Hutchinson said pharmacies will play a key role in how those vaccines are administered across the state.

  US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans, according to a person familiar with the decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
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  Biden unveils top picks with deep Obama administration ties

Appearing at the afternoon event are Biden’s choice for director of White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser and U.N. ambassador; and Denis McDonough, Obama’s White House chief of staff, now nominated as veterans affairs secret

TOP STORIES

  OPAR cancelling basketball season

Missouri’s first elk hunting season resumes Saturday with firearms portion

Missouri bills seek to protect drivers from criminal penalties if they hit protesters

  Man arrested in aggravated assault case

White County man killed in crash

A White County man died Friday after a two-vehicle crash on I-30 in the Little Rock area, according to a preliminary fatality report from the Arkansas State Police.
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  Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Biden victory

Even though most of the signatories are far-right conservatives who come from deep red districts, the filing meant that roughly one-quarter of the U.S. House believes the Supreme Court should set aside election results.

Region 8 COVID-19 death toll

Daily Report: Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19

  Anderson leaves for Utah State, Arkansas State searching for new coach

  Person of interest sought in Jonesboro fatal shooting

Jonesboro police arrest suspect in stabbing

  West Memphis Police Department hosts fourth annual “Shop with a Cop”

Arkansas reports new record in COVID-19 deaths

  Deputies use bait packages to catch porch pirates in Texas

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  Congress averts shutdown, buys time for more COVID-19 talks

McConnell’s staff conveyed to top negotiators Thursday that the GOP leader sees no path to an agreement on a key aspect of the lawmakers’ existing proposal — a slimmed-down version of the liability shield he is seeking for companies and organizations facing potential COVID-19 lawsuits — in exchange

SPORTS

  Omier drops another double double, A-State men beat Central Baptist

  14 different Red Wolves score, A-State women beat Williams Baptist

Arkansas hosts #1 Alabama Saturday

Missouri’s first elk hunting season resumes Saturday with firearms portion

Missouri’s first elk hunting season resumes Saturday with the first firearms portion of the hunting season.

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  Inmates escape northwest Tennessee prison

  Shelby County Schools delays return to in-person learning amid COVID-19 surge

  Paragould Walmart reopens after ‘additional cleaning’

  Students make blankets for St. Bernards NICU babies

  Blytheville community hosts blood drives for sickle cell awareness

Over 20 people in the Blytheville community are living with Sickle cell disease, and the need for blood is at higher importance especially during the pandemic.
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  Viral spread: Americans paying the price for Thanksgiving

The virus could still be incubating in someone who was exposed while traveling home the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

  Ark. governor: “We are teammates” in COVID-19 battle; talks about Jonesboro hospitals in primetime address

Two injured in Highway 18 crash

  SCOTUS sides with pharmacists on prescription benefits

113 Ark. schools in communities with high COVID-19 spread

BUSINESS

Daily Report: Arkansas Dept. of Health monitoring COVID-19

  Paragould Walmart reopens after ‘additional cleaning’

  Settlement reached with child injured in school bus case

  Furniture manufacturers can’t meet the demand

EDUCATION

  Shelby County Schools delays return to in-person learning amid COVID-19 surge

  Students make blankets for St. Bernards NICU babies

  Nettleton students speak with NASA Astronauts aboard Space Station

  NE Arkansas school districts reporting COVID-19 cases

ENTERTAINMENT

Newport native makes it to “The Voice” finals

Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2020

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes flight in virus times

Taylor Swift ‘folklore’ concert film coming to Disney+

POLITICS

  Biden’s Pentagon nominee puts some Democrats in a bind

US govt, states sue Facebook for ‘predatory’ conduct