Cotton Plant News

Small towns and communities across Arkansas have aging water and sewer systems in desperate need of repairs but no money to pay for them.

Alongside Willie Mae Ford Smith, Sister Rosetta Tharpe is widely acclaimed among the greatest Sanctified gospel singers of her generation; a flamboyant performer whose music often flirted with the blues and swing, she was also one of the most controversial talents of her day, shocking purists with her leap into the secular market -- by playing ...

Searching for decendants of A.S. Wommack--Liberty Hill, GA circa January 14, 1859.

In the book "Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter," the main character, Thomas Chaplin, is portrayed as having very low self-esteem. He turns from one destructive bad-habit to another.

The federal government is now helping Pine Bluff Police fight crime. Already the department has received more than $1.6 million in stimulus money and another million and a half could be on the way.

Arkansas police departments receive funding to hire 60 new officers; funding provided by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act.

Sixteen Arkansas police agencies are to get about $8.7 million in federal grant money, allowing some agencies to increase patrols.