Arkansas News

The top Republican in the Arkansas House called on the governor Tuesday to begin the process to remove state Treasurer Martha Shoffner over federal charges she accepted cash from an investment broker .

Dark clouds gather above a destroyed home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday. More storms are forecast to hit parts of the central USA later Tuesday and into Wednesday.

Last night on THV 11 News, Arkansas Business editor Gwen Moritz told our news partner that "confidential human source 1" in the criminal complaint against Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner could really only be one person, broker Steele Stephens of St.

Arkansas State Police say 19-year-old Austin Deere of Prairie Grove died at about 7:30 p.m. Monday while driving on U.S. 412 in Springdale.

A flash flood watch has been issued for portions of southeast Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas from 7-8 p.m. Monday evening through Tuesday.

Most Arkansas wouldn't know 81-year-old John Williams if they saw him strolling Fayetteville's Dickson Street.

Following the actions taken by Teva and Hospira in blocking the use of the anaesthetic propofol in capital punishment in March, Hikma Pharmaceuticals has issued a statement objecting to the use of its injectable drug phenobarbital being used by the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Some Republicans are so excited at the thought of multiple controversies dogging the White House over the next few months that they are already foaming at the mouth.

The following northeast Oklahoma counties are included in the watch. They are Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court Monday alleges that Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner accepted a $6,000 payment from a bond broker working with the FBI, which recorded the transaction and arrested her at her Newport home on Saturday.

The National Weather Service in North Little Rock says severe weather is possible in north and western parts of the state.

The Arkansas Storm Team is on standby for possible severe weather in parts of Arkansas this afternoon and into Tuesday.

Bentonville-based Walmart is making a push to sell more U.S.-made goods and part of that effort includes promoting products made in Arkansas.

I'll have more on my impressions on this year's festival tomorrow. In the meantime, here are this year's prize winners.

Not much new to report this morning. If all goes well, I'm going to catch at least three movies today at the Little Rock Film Festival .

At the last minute, the 2013 session of the Arkansas Legislature created the Health Insurance Marketplace, a private insurance option for expanding government-subsidized health care coverage to more than 250,000 additional Arkansas residents.

Nimrod Dam was a subject of amazement for Arkansans when it was completed 71 years ago, forming Lake Nimrod in western Perry and eastern Yell counties.

At $600 million, Saturday's drawing was the largest Powerball jackpot ever and the second largest lottery total in US history.

Workers at the Shoe Carnival, at 12801 Chenal Parkway, were getting ready to open this morning when a six foot, medium built man with tattoos walked into the store and robbed it.

The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department says the body of a young woman has been found in the Black River but her name is not yet known.