Arkansas News
PERRYVILLE, Ark. -- A county jail guard in central Arkansas was shot and killed by a man being booked into the jail, state police said Thursday.
by The Associated Press June 24, 2022WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton on Wednesday said they would oppose bipartisan anti-gun violence legislation in the Senate.
by Ryan Tarinelli June 24, 2022TEXARKANA, Ark. -- The victim in Monday's fatal shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard has been identified as Robert Miller, 37, of Texarkana.
by Staff Report June 23, 2022The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges, acco…
by Collin Binkley, AP Education Writer June 23, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Department of Human Services on Tuesday announced plans for a new program to help people who are caring for individuals with Alzhei…
by Ashley Savage June 23, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas School Safety Commission discussed a slew of recommendations Tuesday about what can be done to improve safety at Arkansas schools, …
by Stephen Simpson June 23, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Arkansas' law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel, finding the restriction i…
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press June 22, 2022Heat trapping carbon dioxide emissions from making cement, a less talked about but major source of carbon pollution, have doubled in the last 20 years, new glo…
by Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer June 22, 2022RazorBug makes first diploma delivery in Hope
June 22, 2022FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana instructor is one of four online students who will have her diploma hand-del…
June 20, 2022LITTLE ROCK -- The Arkansas Senate Ethics Committee is scheduled to convene on Wednesday and Thursday, after the Senate Rules Committee appointed a temporary r…
by Michael R. Wickline June 18, 2022A legislative panel Thursday endorsed rules designed to implement a new state law aimed at protecting historic monuments, taking a step closer to ending more t…
by Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette June 18, 2022Benistar Administrative Services has filed a protest over the state's Employees Benefits Division's award of a state contract to provide group Medicare Advanta…
by Michael R. Wickline June 18, 2022A federal judge has consolidated two lawsuits over the use of ivermectin to treat covid-19 at the Washington County jail.
by Ron Wood June 18, 2022A former professor at the University of Arkansas was sentenced Thursday to one year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to one count of lying to the FBI …
by Bill Bowden , Jaime Adame June 17, 2022