Arkansas News

I got an interesting message from the Democratic Party of Arkansas as they met this weekend in Hot Springs.

The Arkansas Education Board has opened for public comment a proposed rule on allowing extracurricular teaching of religion in preschools.

An Arkansas man is facing charges in Mississippi after police say he shot a casino slot machine after complaining that it took his money.

The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation recently made a grant of $30,000 to the Arkansas United Community Coalition to strengthen grassroots programs that help immigrants to integrate into the community and state economy.

PBS will debut a new Bill Clinton documentary in its "American Experience" series next Monday .

A month after endorsing Newt Gingrich to become the GOP presidential candidate, Chuck Norris revealed Sunday that a 2008 campaign statement by Rick Santorum was among the reasons the action film hero chose not to support the former Pennsylvania senator for the 2012 nomination.

Chief Master Sgt. Jesse "Buddy" Burns first talked of ending a distinguished military career after 20 years, but his wife and his commander insisted he still had much to contribute to his beloved Arkansas National Guard.

Randy Ort, with the Arkansas Highway Department says there is a bright side to the winter storm headed across the state.

When they convened their first fiscal session two years ago, legislative leaders were determined to work quickly and stay focused on Arkansas' budget.

Officials say a paperwork error is to blame for a state mental hospital not being notified for months that a man charged with capital murder needed a mental evaluation.

Fire officials say a maintenance man cleaning out the Willow Creek Apartments unit found vials marked "E. coli" in a Styrofoam box in a refrigerator on Friday.

Gov. Mike Beebe said Arkansas was competing for a new Caterpillar hydraulic excavator manufacturing operation that could employ up to 1,400 workers.

Stark Ligon, executive director and chief disciplinary counsel for the Office of Professional Conduct for the Supreme Court of Arkansas, shows Saturday one of many files he and his office has been tasked with attempting to return to the more than 2,000 former clients of Fayetteville attorney Gregory Jones after Jones left town last summer.

Chilling temperatures didn't stop more than 400 people from jumping into Beaver Lake.

The Arkansas Lottery Commission tonight at 7:45 p.m. named William Bishop Woosley as the new Director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

The trucks are parked for now, just sitting and waiting to hit the roads in preparation for the coming storm.

Meteorologist Karen Hatfield with the National Weather Service in Tulsa said Saturday that the storm is expected to make driving conditions dangerous with 2 to 4 inches of snow across northern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas.

Conway Police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for exposing himself to a 13-year-old boy earlier this week at Walmart.

Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum waves after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference held at the Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, Friday, February 10, 2012.

From Katy Perry songs to the provocative magazine covers of teenage stars and the topics discussed regularly in teen articles, sex is definitely a big part of the teenage environment.