Around Arkansas

New Mississippi River bridge to pay tribute to MLK, B.B. King, Elvis

In remembrance of three cultural icons associated with the area—civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., blues artist B.B. King, and rock ‘n’ roll ...

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Well testing documents for Franklin County prison contradict prison contractor

Records reveal that test wells at the Franklin County prison site produced significantly less water than the average household need, let alone a 3,000-bed ...

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Arkansas National Guard requests immigration enforcement authority

According to data, the Arkansas National Guard has requested permission from the federal government to make immigration arrests. The Arkansas National Guard requested for ...

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Arkansas implements news laws to enhance work zone safety

As three new rules aimed at enhancing safety in highway work zones take effect Tuesday, drivers in Arkansas will notice revised information in the ...

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Arkansas massage parlor owner arrested in human trafficking probe

As part of a months-long investigation into human trafficking, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin revealed Thursday that a man who was suspected of operating ...

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Man pleads not guilty in Devil’s Den State Park double homicide

A guy from Washington County has entered a not guilty plea to capital murder charges after being charged with the July killings of two ...

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Clarendon High coach held on $3M bond in rape case involving minor

Authorities claim that a football coach at Clarendon High School sexually molested a youngster, leading to his arrest and rape charges. During a traffic ...

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Arkansas governor touts workforce development, business-friendly environment

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders informed members of the Little Rock Rotary Club on Tuesday that Arkansas’s net general revenue in the first month of ...

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Griffin, state AGs: Congress should act to invalidate abortion shield laws

Advertisers of mail-order pharmaceutical abortions received cease-and-desist letters. On Tuesday, Tim Griffin, the attorney general for Arkansas, requested that Congress outlaw “abortion shield laws” ...

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State police release photo of person of interest in double homicide

To go along with a previously published composite sketch of a guy they are looking to identify for interrogation in relation to the double ...

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