DeWitt’s Dax Courtney Calls the Hogs

DeWitt Three-Star tight end Dax Courtney officially called the Hogs on Twitter Saturday morning after silently committing to first-year head coach Sam Pittman on August 4. As a sophomore Courtney recorded 36 catches for 631 yards and seven touchdowns.

Student dead in shooting at Southern Arkansas University

MAGNOLIA, Ark. (AP) — A Southern Arkansas University student was killed another wounded in an early Tuesday shooting in a campus parking lot, the school said. “The incident is under investigation, but we know one student was killed and another injured” in the shooting at... Read More.
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Arkansas reports 572 new coronavirus cases, nine more deaths

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has 572 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine additional deaths due the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, state health officials reported Sunday. The Arkansas Department of Health said there are now 49,383 confirmed cases of the virus in... Read More.
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$20M in paid COVID-19 leave for Arkansas teachers proposed

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and education officials on Friday proposed setting aside $20 million for teachers who have to miss work because of the coronavirus as the state reported one of its biggest increases in confirmed virus cases since... Read More.

Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge’s ruling that has blocked four Arkansas abortion restrictions from taking effect, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively... Read More.
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Arkansas State adds UCA to 2020 schedule

The Arkansas State Athletics Department announced Friday it has added a Sept. 19 home game against Southland Conference member Central Arkansas to its 2020 football schedule. While the contest being played is still subject to change, A-State is now slated to face UCA for the... Read More.
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VIDEO: Blake Anderson at Arkansas State media day

Arkansas State football players have reported for fall camp and head coach Blake Anderson spoke with the media at the kickoff for fall camp. This were different this year with no in-person media day, but the Arkansas State sports information department made the best of... Read More.

Late summer means trouble bruins

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’s bear population has made the news on more than one occasion in the last few weeks. Arkansas Game and Fish Biologists have had to relocate some black bears from a few towns in The Natural State recently, with one even taking... Read More.