Little Rock News

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said today he believes the current members of the court are rethinking their 2010 ruling that the government cannot restrict independent political expenditures by corporations and unions.

Members of the Hickory Plains United Methodist Church in Prairie County gathered to pray Wednesday evening after their church building caught fire earlier in the day.

There's a new bar opening on President Clinton Avenue this Friday. It's right under Boscos, in the basement where the old Underground once was.

Some classic fairy tales are coming to the stage in Little Rock as part of the Arkansas Arts Center's 2012-13 Children's Theatre season.

The Little Rock Film Festival screens a documentary at the Little Rock Zoo this afternoon.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Life CHAMPS is a non-profit youth sports organization that uses the platform of sports to build champions for life.

Seventeen Arkansas counties are under burn bans as hot, dry weather continues to grip the state.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Little Rock is well on it's way to completing Fire Station 23, the newest addition to the The new station at the corner of Rahling and Taylor Loop is set to open in November but not without a few concerns from nearby residents.

Numerous temperature records fell across Arkansas on Tuesday as highs topped out in the upper 90s.

"Ultimately, our alliance will provide producers with seamless, single-contact access to everything and everyone our state has to offer," state Film Commissioner Christopher Crane said.

All true Little Rockians know the joys of the big ol' plate lunches, catfish, desserts and softball-sized yeast rolls dished up at Homer's at 2001 E. Roosevelt Road .

Authorities are searching for two murder suspects who escaped a southwest Arkansas jail by a using a hacksaw blade to saw through metal bars covering a window.

A Little Rock man is hospitalized with a gunshot wound after an early morning incident on the city's southwest side.

A man charged in a deadly 2010 road rage accident that killed four people in Vilonia has pleaded no contest in the case.

The 70-year-old Cunningham, who pleaded guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy, recently asked a judge to help him regain his rights to own weapons.

NLR Standoff Ends Peacefully North Little Rock Police and SWAT team end a standoff peacefully last night.

100 YEARS AGO May 29, 1912 At the beginning of the season it looked as if Little Rock was destined to become the "City of Sleeping Porches." Almost every day a building permit was issued for a sleeping porch, but of late the demand has suffered a decline.

An 79-year-old San Antonio man has been missing for more than a week after failing to arrive by train in Chicago as scheduled.

Weather Service says the 93 recorded in North Little Rock exceeded the record for the date of 90, but the 94 in Little Rock fell short by a couple of degrees.

Courtesy of tireless Times photographer Brian Chilson , here are some shots from this year's Riverfest.