U.K. lawmakers have expressed frustration that funds from the sale of the Chelsea soccer club have not yet gone to support Ukrainian war victims as was promised nearly two years ago by the former … more

At the City Council meeting on Thursday, Jan. 25, Fire Chief Marc Lowery reported the department had replaced a 12-year-old truck they often had trouble with, and we’re re-organizing the duties of apparatus. more

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RUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech University has received authorization from the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer two new master's degrees. more

Artists are encouraged to submit their work for the 2024 Arkansas State Quail & Turkey Stamp Art Competition. Historic Cane Hill is pleased to host this competition in partnership with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation. more

Members of the boards of the Ozark Arts Council (OAC) and Camp Jack gathered together in the Lyric Theater's lobby on Monday, Jan. 29, to forge plans for a collaborative initiative. The joint effort — "M*A*S*H ‘Em Up For Veterans," seeks to raise over $40,000 through a multi-faceted fundraising campaign. The two groups’ efforts will culminate in a two-weekend performance of the one-act play, "M*A*S*H," at the historic Lyric Theater this November. A special performance of the show will be given after the Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11. more

FAYETTEVILLE — A life spent raising cattle and helping others in the industry through research and education has earned Mike Looper a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Animal Science. more

LITTLE ROCK — The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals announced Tuesday that it will not rehear the high-profile voting case, Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment. more

On Jan. 22, 2024, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) discovered two of its detainees were missing from the Dub Brassell Adult Detention Center. The Sheriff's Office concluded that the inmates had escaped within the previous 48 hours. The two escaped detainees were 22-year-old Noah Roush and 23-year-old Jatonia Bryant. Roush was being detained on probable cause for residential burglary and theft of property and is also a suspect in a homicide. Jatonia was being detained on probable cause for capital murder. more

UPS will cut 12,000 jobs and released a revenue outlook for this year that sent its shares down sharply. more

American consumers, fresh off strong holiday spending, are feeling more confident than they have in two years. more

AARP Foundation for Free Taxes will begin assisting with taxes on Thursday, Feb. 8 and Friday, Feb. 9. The group will be located at Camp Jack — 411 S. Pine St. in Harrison. Packages will be available for pick up at Camp Jack starting on Feb. 8. Hours for the assistance will be 9 a.m.—1 p.m. every Thursday and Friday until April 15. more

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri prosecutor now believes that inmate Marcellus Williams is innocent of the crime that landed him on death row and very nearly cost him his life, and he is seeking to overturn Williams' conviction. more

The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about child safety on their platforms. The hearing comes as lawmakers … more

A person with knowledge of the deal says Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein has reached an agreement to buy the Baltimore Orioles for $1.725 billion. The person spoke to The Associated … more

The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a skate cut to the neck during a game in England has led to plenty of talk about how to prevent laceration injuries on the ice. It has also … more

Starbucks reported record revenue in its fiscal first quarter. But its results but fell short of Wall Street’s expectations as customer spending slowed in some key markets. The Seattle coffee giant … more

U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they are closing in on a deal for a two-month cease-fire in Gaza and the release of over 100 hostages held by Hamas. But on Tuesday, … more

A Michigan school official told jurors that he had no grounds to search the backpack of a teenager before the boy killed four fellow students in 2021. Nick Ejak testified Tuesday that he was pulled … more

A majority of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States call their personal financial situation good. But, recent polling shows the outlook isn’t quite as sunny when it comes to … more