North Little Rock News Archives

The American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas continues to care for twenty five residents from the Silver City Court Housing Project, 700 West 18th Street, North Little Rock evacuated from waist high water filling their apartments during last nighta s rain.

While residents in some Western and Plains states were digging out Friday after an early blast of snow, heavy rain and strong winds that toppled trees, power lines and church steeples lashed parts of the South, leaving three people dead.

Crews are cleaning up after a storm destroyed the Fire Academy in East Camden. Ouachita and Calhoun Counties had several reports of damage and flooding.

Three girls from Bentonvillea s state championship team and the Tigersa top doubles team will be in North Little Rock today for the Arkansas High School Overall Tennis Tournament at Burns Park.

Free flu shots are being offered in mass flu clinics all around the state. One of the events takes place at Dickey Stephens Park in North Little Rock on Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Options include drive-thru clinics and limited walk-in services, depending on where the clinic is located.

The Arkansas Department of Health confirms that a bat found in North Little Rock tested positive for the rabies virus.

Thanksgiving is a time for food and festivity, but it takes a lot of time and money to create the just-right meal.

CityFest has drawn in over 8-million people nationwide since 1999 and now it's here in Arkansas.

Police say a woman running across Interstate 40 was hit and killed. The accident happened Saturday morning near the Prothro Junction exit in North Little Rock.

This Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25, Central Arkansas will experience CityFest at the North Shore Riverwalk .

More information about CityFest No doubt you've seen the signs all over Central Arkansas advertising CityFest, well get ready this free event kicks off Saturday on the North Shore Riverwalk in North Little Rock.

Lawmakers on Thursday called for expanding the amount of lottery-funded scholarships that will be available to students already in college after Arkansas' higher education chief said the law right now caps it at $2.6 million.

The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce honored one of Arkansas' fallen soldiers today with the dedication of a bicycle trail that runs next to Military Drive near the main gate of Camp Robinson.

There are tickets - regularly priced ones at that - still available. And in an effort to stop the scalping that took place when Cyrus was here two years ago, all tickets for this show are "paperless" and must be bought with a credit card online or by phone.

Concert fans, get ready! Verizon Arena announces today pop music icons Elton John and Billy Joel in concert together November 28.

Named the Best Rap Group out of their hometown, has helped them gain a respect beyond reach.

Three men are safe and back home tonight in Sherwood and North Little Rock after a harrowing evening out on the Arkansas River.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK a ' State officials said today that two temporary seismic stations would be set up in Central Arkansas to monitor Cleburne, Faulkner and Van Buren counties, where four small earthquakes occurred over two days.

Citing security concerns, authorities kept an Arkansas man charged with attempted capital murder in his medical jail cell for a Thursday morning magistrate hearing.

The North Little Rock man, accused of raping and leaving an 8-year-old Texas girl for dead 19 years ago, faced a judge Wednesday morning near Houston.

A North Little Rock man is in jail after an alleged robbery attempt didn't go as planned.

A North Little Rock man accused of abducting and almost killing an eight year old girl 19 years ago is heading back to Texas to face a judge.

Police say a would-be robber is in jail after losing his wallet during the attempted robbery then phoning the victim and asking for it to be returned.

Police and FBI agents said Tuesday the recently tested evidence lead them to arrest 40-year-old Dennis Bradford in connection with the 1990 assault in Dickinson.

Last night Little Rock City Directors voted to make cuts and transfers within their budget.

Rates for customers of Central Arkansas Water will go up about 5 percent under the utility's proposed 2010 budget.

Heavy rain continues to fall in the Little Rock area, and that means travel problems for some neighborhoods.

There are new details in the deadly shootout between authorities and Todd Bostian.

Parker Saturn in North Little Rock is the only Saturn dealership left in the entire state of Arkansas.

The UAMS College of Pharmacy's chapter of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists presents the "Interstate Challenge" at Love's in North Little Rock on Saturday, October 10th from 10am-2pm! This is the first year of the event that offers free health screenings to truck drivers from across the state to check blood ...

North Little Rock has tightened its spending. Financial Director Bob Sisson says the city sales tax revenue is down nearly $2 million from the planned budget.

Charley and Meredith are live this morning at the Krispy Kreme raising money for a special cause... in a unique way.

The state Youth Services Division says the case of a youth in state custody reported as a runaway appears to have been handled properly.

Kramer turns his apartment into a talk-show set; Jerry's girlfriend won't let him play with her toys; George's clash with pigeons leads to problems with a squirrel; a new employee's silent movement rattles Elaine.

Arkansas members of the Sister Cities International organization have gathered in Hot Springs to discuss ways to help the program flourish.

Crystal Hill is one of those spots my wife and I checked in to on our cross country tour of America which I've written extensively about for Associated Content.