Arkansas police officer shot outside apartment complex

BRYANT, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas police officer was shot and wounded Monday night by a reportedly suicidal person who was then shot and killed by other officers, authorities said. Police responded to a call of a suicidal person at an apartment complex in Bryant,... Read More.

Hendren won’t seek 2nd term as Arkansas Senate president

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Republican president pro tem of Arkansas’ Senate said Friday he won’t seek another term leading that chamber next year. Sen. Jim Hendren said he won’t run for another two-year term as the chamber’s president when senators meet at the... Read More.
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Arkansas State Trooper arrested following resignation

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.

University of Arkansas tightens mumps vaccine requirements

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.
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New Jersey man sentenced to prison for Arkansas corruption

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.

Arkansas sheriff charged with assaulting 3 in his custody

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.
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Court says Arkansas must count eye law referendum signatures

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state must count thousands of signatures that were submitted in favor of holding a referendum on a new law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform. In a 4-3 ruling, justices said election... Read More.
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Arkansas judge denies students’ appeal to vaccination policy

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A judge has denied two University of Arkansas students’ request to block a public health decree that has barred them from attending classes during a mumps outbreak because they don’t have the proper vaccinations. The Arkansas Department of Health issued the... Read More.