Mark Holland, 54, of Heber Springs, a nineteen year veteran Arkansas State Trooper, resigned today. He had been assigned to the Highway Patrol Division, Troop B, headquartered at Newport. Colonel Bill Bryant, Director of the Arkansas State Police, has accepted the resignation.Immediately after submitting... Read More.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Faculty and staff members will be subject to vaccination requirements after a mumps outbreak at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, the state health department said Monday.
The Arkansas Department of Health said 35 mumps cases linked to the campus have... Read More.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a New Jersey political consultant to prison for taking money from a Arkansas health care provider to pay for illegal lobbying.
U.S. District Judge Jan DuBois of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania sentenced Donald “D.A.”... Read More.
From soybeans to rice, corn to peanuts, 2019 has been a challenging year for many, if not most, Arkansas growers, experts say.Continuous intermittent rains postponed winter fieldwork or outright made it impossible. Widespread delayed planting gave way to temperamental weather patterns throughout the growing... Read More.
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas cotton growers may remember 2019 as one of their better years, despite a downward revision of expected yields, said Bill Robertson, extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.In October, the National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast... Read More.
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas sheriff pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of assaulting three people in his custody.
Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen was indicted on three counts of deprivation of rights under color of law. Boen pleaded not guilty before a... Read More.
By Aaron Cagle:Monday night's city council meeting started with the appeal of the planning commission’s denial of a request to establish a mental health clinic at 1700 Olive Street.Mr. Ronald Kirby came before the council speaking in favor of the appeal. After a round... Read More.
A correctional officer from the Arkansas Department of Corrections has been arrested after attempting to smuggle contraband into the Wrightsville unit Monday morning according to a post on Facebook made by the ADC.The former officer has been identified as 22 year-old Jordan C. Davis... Read More.
Soybean growers who faced weather-ravaged crops in the 2019 season will hear guidance for production and marketing decisions, during the 2020 Tri-State Soybean Forum, at Dumas Friday, Jan. 3.The free session will begin with registration at 8 a.m. at the Dumas Community Center, according... Read More.
The 77th Gillett Coon Supper and the Berry Pre-Coon Supper Reception will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, at Gillett.The 9th annual reception will be held at the Berry Farm Shop at 3:30 p.m. followed by the Gillett Coon Supper at the Gillett School Gymnasium... Read More.
The Pine Bluff City Council will consider a resolution sponsored by Alderman Steven Mays today at 5:30 p.m. which will attempt to declare Pine Bluff as a “Secure and and Friendly Environs (Safe) City”The resolution states “all residents of the community should be free... Read More.