Big Banjo Pizza named finalist for Food Hall of Fame

A Pine Bluff pizza parlor was one of 11 restaurants statewide named as finalists for the 2023 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame.Big Banjo Pizza was selected for the list by patrons who voted for the restaurant in October.Black Angus of Little Rock and Betty’s... Read More.
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Escaped Columbia County inmates apprehended

UPDATE: Columbia County Sheriff LeRoy Martin has issued a statement saying the four escaped inmates have all been captured and are in custody.ORIGINAL STORY: A search is underway after four inmates escaped the Columbia County Detention Facility according to Sheriff LeRoy Martin.The escaped inmates have been... Read More.

Boozman praises USDA catfish purchase

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval of Section 32 purchase of up to $42 million of catfish products for distribution to various food nutrition assistance... Read More.
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Supreme Court upholds Dennis ruling in prisoner case

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said Circuit judge Jodi Raines Dennis was correct when she denied a request from a prison inmate who alleged the trial court that sentenced him lacked jurisdiction in the case.Jamie Darnell Lee, 45, is serving a sentence of... Read More.
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Arkansas school mourns 5 killed in Wyoming interstate crash

SINCLAIR, Wyoming (AP) — Five young women killed in a head-on crash on a Wyoming highway were Arkansas high school students and graduates, school officials said Wednesday. The five were headed home from visiting Jackson Hole Bible College in northwestern Wyoming when they crashed Sunday... Read More.
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Alzheimers and Dementia Advocacy Day on the horizon

With promising new drugs to fight Alzheimers and Dementia on the horizon, this year's Advocacy Day in Little Rock takes on added significants.David Cook, the Senior Public Policy Manager for the state chapter joined Rick Walker on Sunrise Deltaplex to talk about the event.Past... Read More.
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State unemployment rate declined in December

LITTLE ROCK  —  According to Little Rock television station KATV,  The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services released labor force data showing that Arkansas' unemployment rate declined to 3.6 percent in the month of December.The U.S. Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics produced... Read More.

Jury finds Barnett guilty in Jan. 6 attack on capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arkansas man who propped his feet up on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the U.S. Capitol riot was convicted on Monday of joining a mob’s attack on the building two years ago.A jury deliberated for approximately... Read More.