Bigelow News

A Morrilton lawyer has been appointed to the state Ethics Commission. State Senate President Pro Tem Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow, announced Monday his appointment of Paul F. Dumas to the state panel that monitors and investigates compliance with state ethics laws.

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State House of Representatives and Senate leaders named a dozen lawmakers Tuesday to an oversight panel charged with monitoring the state lottery, tapping a mix of longer-serving members and first-term legislators.

Two Perry County men died Sunday afternoon when State Police say their motorcycle slid into oncoming traffic along Highway 216, just south of Houston.

Senator Bob Johnson of Bigelow, President Pro Tempore of the Arkansas Senate, has announced three appointments to the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Commission.

Different groups offer solutions to protect Lake Maumelle. SPEAKING OUT: Kate Althoff leads a rally in front of the Pulaski County Administration building.

Sen. Ruth Whitaker, R-Cedarville, felt lightheaded and was taken to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Monday, said Senate President Pro Tempore Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow. Subscribers must LOG-IN ...

A Conway woman who for more than 20 years taught at Bigelow's Anne Watson Elementary School faces theft charges for allegedly stealing more than $12,000 from the school's parent-teacher organization between ...

There's been a lot of talk lately about what can be done to protect the Lake Maumelle watershed , a source of drinking water for about 95 percent of Pulaski County as well as other areas in the state.

Arkansas State Police say three people are dead in a single-vehicle crash in Perry County.

There's a blog where they call Sen. Bob Johnson of Bigelow "Death Star" for his failed efforts two sessions ago to bar the Little Rock area from protecting its drinking water supply on Lake Maumelle from ...

The prevailing issues at the legislative session are a cigarette tax for health programs, implementing the lottery for college scholarships and how in the world to work out this zany new business of annual ...

State Sen. Bob Johnson of little Bigelow in little Perry County, who is in the contracting business with his brothers, erupted last week in a wholly unexpected flurry of brutally candid pronouncements.

Mike Beebe and the leaders of the House and the Senate each said Tuesday that they favor increasing the statea s cigarette tax to raise money for, among other health programs, a a oetrauma systema to improve ...