Arkansas Children’s Hospital gets $50-million gift

LITTLE ROCK Arkansas -- Children's Hospital has announced a landmark $50 million gift from B. Thomas Golisano, a lifelong philanthropist, entrepereneur and child health advocate. The investment is the largest philanthropic gift in Arkansas Children's history, and it will support key strategic priorities for the... Read More.

Game and Fish Commission wants used Christmas trees

Many Arkansans will soon begin disposing of their Christmas trees, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) is asking that instead of throwing them away, they be donated for future use in fish habitats. The AGFC annually takes donated trees and submerges them in... Read More.
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State receives federal money to improve rural health

Arkansas received $209 million dollars to strengthen rural health in 2026, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced. The money, distributed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, comes as part of President Donald Trump's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). The program is set to see... Read More.

Survey measures social determinants of health

LITTLE ROCK — A coalition of researchers, led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, conducted a survey that examined how Arkansas health care facilities screen for and respond to social determinants of health. Social determinants... Read More.
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Arrest made in Christmas Day homicide

Waldo, Ark. — An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a Camden man that occurred at a Waldo gas station on Friday December 26. The Camden man, Corey Carson Jr., 21, was taken to the Magnolia Regional Center by way of a personal... Read More.

Kenneth Smith

Booking #: 123150 Age: 40 Gender: Male Race: Caucasian Address: PINE BLUFF, AR Booking Date: 12-29-2025 - 4:05 pm Charges: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD MEMBER TERRORISTIC ACT - CONVEYANCE
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Officials Investigating Inmate Death at Cummins Unit

State officials are investigating the death of a male inmate at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Division of Correction, authorities confirmed. The inmate was pronounced dead Sunday, Dec. 28, at the facility located in Gould. Specific details surrounding the circumstances of the death have... Read More.
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Dominique Verser

Booking #: 102802 Age: 40 Gender: Male Race: African American Address: PINE BLUFF, AR Booking Date: 12-24-2025 - 12:37 am Charges: NON SUPPORT GREATER THAN $25,000