My column yesterday discussed the practice of legislators scheduling committee meetings in northwest Arkansas on the same weekends as Arkansas Razorback home football games.  It is a ongoing practice that occurred for three Fayetteville games in 2009 and is scheduled for at least two weekends this year. In short, the practice is to schedule meetings in [...]

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Revised numbers show Arkansas’ home sales grew 3.3% in June versus one year ago.

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LITTLE ROCK — A new poll shows U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, holding an 18-point lead over Republican challenger Beth Anne Rankin in the 4th District congressional race.

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LITTLE ROCK — A Little Rock police officer who was previously seen in a YouTube video using racial slurs has been fired.

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FORT SMITH — Police say a baptism party where some uninvited guests arrived turned into a brawl that resulted in gunfire.

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LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans should have little trouble deciding whether to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right, but officials say raising interest rates may be hard to swallow in a struggling

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Greenwood Police Chief Keith Jackson is admired by colleagues for bringing progress to his police department and graduating from the FBI National Academy, but Jackson wants to achieve more.

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Fort Smith firefighters quickly extinguished a fire that ignited at a duplex Sunday evening, likely from a child playing with a lighter, according to officials.

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A small army of volunteers is scheduled to gather in Mena later this week as the New York Says Thank You Foundation teams with the Polk County Long-Term Recovery Team for a weekend of rebuilding.

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Considering whether to set up an educational facilities trust authority to help Vian Public Schools issue $4.5 million in bonds for school construction tops the Sequoyah County Commission agenda today

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