LITTLE ROCK — Ken James, head of the Arkansas Department of Education the past five years, announced his resignation Friday, effective at the end of June.

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SPRINGDALE — The city received its first payment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday for expenses related to cleanup of January ice storm damage.

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Those with a medicine cabinet full of old prescription pills can safely dispose of them today with the help of law enforcement in Washington County.

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There are several ways to continue revitalization efforts in Pine Bluff, local economic development and business leaders were told recently.

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A 66-year-old man was shot Friday morning and a 59-year-old woman arrested after a disturbance on the west side of Pine Bluff.

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The body of a newborn girl found in a bathtub at Tamo Friday morning was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office at Little Rock to determine the “cause and manner of death,” according to Jefferson County Coroner Chad Kelley.

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Two potential opponents to U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincolns’ re-election bid in 2010 told Jefferson County Republicans Thursday evening that the state and nation must return to “conservative values.”

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73 Years Ago May 29, 1936 TAMPA, Fla. — Johan Johansen, Norwegian seaman who shipped as navigator for an ill-starred expedition to found a Utopian nudist colony in the Virgin Islands, was back in port today — still wearing trousers, even though his pockets were empty.

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By Micki Bare The hot, dry days of drought are gone. Looking back, it must have been quite a long drought, because I don’t recall many rained out games when my middle child played recreation baseball. My youngest is now working his way up the recreation league baseball ranks – when it isn’t pouring down rain, [...]

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LITTLE ROCK — Headlines that tease. Color photos that fuel fantasies. Innuendoes about possible happenings in the months ahead and relationships in a state of flux.

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