A key state committee that works on funding issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday approved $160 million to be placed into the state’s unemployment trust fund.
An unlikely coalition of anti-tax advocates, environmentalists and community groups has formed to campaign against an Arkansas highway sales tax measure backed by the state’s Republican governor and top lobbying groups.
The head of an Arkansas agency that has placed restrictions on the use of dicamba believes his farming operations were targeted by vandals because of his stance on the herbicide.
A march is taking place in Washington on Saturday to pray for the United States in what organizers call a year of crisis. The event is sparking a church in Sikeston to do the same.
A man was being held Friday in the Craighead County jail without bond on suspicion of rape, as he also faces a multitude of other charges in a separate case.
With less than 40 days until election night, the major political parties are stepping up voter outreach. Both Republicans and Democrats are now offering online resources to help voters cast their ballots.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public about serious side effects when overconsuming diphenhydramine because of the popularity of the “Benadryl Challenge” social media trend.
The event typically sees around 700 butterflies released in remembrance of lost loved ones. Families and friends usually gather the butterflies and release them all in one location, but this year, that won’t be the case.
Pfc. Felipe Vidrios, currently serving in the U.S. Army, was deployed for 13 months in Kuwait and his mother, Candy Vazquez, had no idea he was coming home.
Arkansas has reported 17 more deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus as the state saw one of its biggest one-day increases in new confirmed cases.
As of Thursday, Sept. 24, these districts are reporting at least 5 active cases, according to the Arkansas Dept. of Health, or have otherwise communicated COVID cases on their campuses
Protesters gathered in “Solidarity for Breonna” around noon in the parking lot across from 201 Poplar, first speaking to the media before moving to the street.
It was a Labor Day trip to the Crater of Diamonds State Park that a Central Arkansas man will never forget after he found a 9-carat diamond in the dirt.
A proposal for a half-cent sales tax dealing with roads that will be on the Nov. 2020 election ballot has nearly 70 percent support in a new poll, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday.
Last year, Wynne City Hall announced they would no longer fund the Wynne Friends of Animals Rescue. This left shelter leaders frustrated and scrambling to find money.
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett is making headlines as a potential nominee to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The arrest came after the department’s High Tech Crimes Unit received a tip that 2 video files depicting child exploitation were uploaded to the web from an account registered to the suspect.
A 23 year old Sikeston man, Jamal Brooks, has been sentenced to 15 years for interference with commerce by robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The three candidates who are vying to replace outgoing Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin cited their personal and business experience to voters, just six weeks before voters head to the polls.
For 18-year olds across the country, this November will be the first general election they can be a part of as registered voters. At Williams Baptist University, an event was held all day Tuesday to register new voters.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Dr. Jennifer Dillaha, State Epidemiologist, provided an update to the public on the state of Arkansas's response to COVID-19, including the latest cases and deaths.
A 13-year-old Utah boy with autism was shot by police after his mother asked for help getting him hospital mental-health treatment and officers agreed to talk with him, police footage released Monday showed.
