Entries are being accepted for the annual Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year Contest, sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture and the Farm Credit Associations of Arkansas. Applicants may be any school, early childhood education facility, or alternative learning environment that had a school garden during the 2023-2024 school year or is planning to start a garden in the 2024-2025 school year. more

LITTLE ROCK — There’s good news for Arkansans looking forward to strawberry season: There’s no more waiting. This year’s strawberries arrived one to two weeks earlier this month, with the season expected to peak in late April or early May. more

LITTLE ROCK — A non-partisan audit of the details surrounding the purchase of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s custom lectern has claimed to find at least seven potential violations of state law. The audit, released to the public on Monday by Arkansas Legislative Audit (ALA), explores how taxpayer money was used for the purchase, how Freedom of Information Act requests were ignored, and how Sanders’s office changed their answers and shredded documents related to the purchase. ALA said in the report that they were unable to determine whether the lectern's cost was reasonable. more

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PITTSBURGH — U.S. Steel shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the company’s sale to Nippon Steel of Japan for $14.1 billion in cash, voicing unequivocal support for a combination that has drawn opposition from the Biden administration on economic and national security grounds. more

WYNNE — Authorities are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and at least nine others injured at a block party in Wynne. more

LITTLE ROCK — The US Department of Transportation’s National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is teaming up with Arkansas law enforcement to urge drivers to stay sober behind the wheel. This upcoming Saturday, April 20, marks the unofficial marijuana “holiday,” and there will likely be an increase in marijuana use. Marijuana laws are changing constantly across the country, but one thing remains: Impaired driving is illegal and deadly. NHTSA is reminding all drivers: If You Feel Different, You Drive Different. Drive High, Get a DWI. more

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that it is now accepting applications from agricultural producers for enrollment in a special Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) sign-up. more

Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 24, the 115th day of 2024. There are 251 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 24, 1995, the final bomb linked to … more

The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $3.19 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is two cents more compared to that day last week and flat compared to that day last year. more

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) reported 114 influenza-related deaths in the 2023-24 flu season, including 1 pediatric death. It also reports 3 out of 13 activity level for influenza-like-illness. more

The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $3.24 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is five cents more compared to that day last week and flat compared to that day last year. more

This week, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders started her first state of the state address by saying, “Last year, I made promises. This year, I’m reporting results.” more

MALVERN — As a result of an ASP Criminal Investigation Division probe, Hot Spring County Sheriff Derek Scott Finkbeiner was charged on Wednesday, April 10, with misdemeanor sexual solicitation and felony unauthorized use of the Arkansas Crime Information Center. He surrendered to the Hot Spring County Detention Center. more

The Marion County Sheriff's office has reported that at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, Marion County deputies were dispatched to the Welcome Ridge boat launch area in northern Marion County after area residents located the body of an unidentified white female, floating just offshore in Bull Shoals Lake. more

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