The now-former sheriff of Hot Spring County pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of concealing information from the FBI in a drug investigation. more

CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders mobilized to state active duty 140 Arkansas National Guardsmen to staff 28 winter weather response teams to assist Arkansas State Police to transport stranded motorists to safe areas until road condition improve. more

SPRINGDALE — Key Tronic Corporation, a provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS), is expanding its clean-tech manufacturing operations in Arkansas, establishing its flagship manufacturing and research and development location in Springdale. The company anticipates investing more than $28 million in the new facility and expects to create over 400 new jobs in the next five years. more

LITTLE ROCK — Nearly $15 million in electric vehicle infrastructure projects across Arkansas have been halted after the Trump administration suspended a national program that funded the projects, the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) announced in a press release recently. more

Wall Street is flirting with a record again as U.S. stock indexes drift in mixed trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% at the open of Tuesday's trading and is sitting just above its all-time closing high … more

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program. The … more

As we approach its 100-year anniversary this July, the cultural salience of the “Scopes Trial” endures. The misdemeanor legal case that was purposely staged into a contentious drama became a blazing emblem for America’s power struggle between individual freedoms and majority opinion. more

LITTLE ROCK — Jim Guy Tucker, who became Arkansas' governor when Bill Clinton was elected president but was later forced from office after being convicted during the Whitewater investigation, has died. He was 81. more

The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $2.85 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 is one cent more per gallon compared to that day last year. more

LITTLE ROCK — Auditor of State Dennis Milligan’s celebrated the passing of a bill Thursday. Senate Bill 14, sponsored by Sen. Dave Wallace of Leachville and Rep. Jon Milligan of Lake City, will enable the auditor to return Arkansans’ unclaimed money without them having to file a claim or submit documentation. more

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The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) produces a Weekly Viral Respiratory Diseases Report for clinicians. The report provides information on Influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) activity in the state. more

The Natural State Council has proudly announced a new event in 2025. “Scouting Day at the Capitol,” to be held on Wednesday, March 12, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m., at the Arkansas State Capitol. more

LITTLE ROCK — In 2024, Arkansas State Police’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigated 169 instances of sextortion. That number has soared in recent years, and is up from only 16 cases investigated in 2020. more

HUNTSVILLE — 26 year-old Hunter Chenoweth, of De Queen changed his plea to guilty on Friday during the second day of his jury trial in the Madison County Courthouse. Chenoweth was sentenced to three consecutive sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole — the minimum possible sentences in the case, the maximum being death. The plea is final and he will have no opportunity to appeal. more

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The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $2.80 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is four cents more compared to that day last week and is four cents more per gallon compared to that day last year. more

LEHI — On Wednesday, Feb. 5, around 5:30 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a 2025 Audi SUV on Interstate 40 eastbound near the 273-mile marker in Crittenden County for a traffic violation. more