Arkansas County News

Sebastian County is the big winner in the stimulus-money sweepstakes for Arkansas highways, with Pulaski County a distant second, federal figures show.

Lu Hardin was named Tuesday as Palm Beach Atlantic University's seventh president.

An Arkansas county prosecutor is investigating state audit findings of possible illegal or improper practices at the University of Central Arkansas when it was under the leadership of new Palm Beach Atlantic University President Lu Hardin.

St. Francis County had an unemployment rate of 9.1 percent in May, up from 8.9 percent in April, and also up from the 8.3 percent recorded in May of last year.

Authorities say a 51-year-old man apparently drowned while fishing on Ferguson Reservoir in Arkansas County.

In a couple of years, Arkansans may be able to add something to the ducks and rice that come to mind when Stuttgart is mentioned.

Cabot's mayor announced his candidacy for the Arkansas Senate Monday. Eddie Joe Williams, a Republican, will seek the district 28 seat, which is held by term-limited Democrat Bobby Glover of Carlisle, according to a press release.

An Arkansas legislative committee has advanced a measure that calls for a study of isolated school districts with dwindling enrollment and the effect that consolidation with another district would have.

Homemade permanent trash receptacles sitting on the side of Arkansas roads are the target of an eradication campaign by state highway officials, who say the bins constitute a significant source of roadside litter.

Union County won't receive a state grant to improve outreach to those with AIDS and HIV in the south Arkansas county, despite the fact it has the highest per-capita rate of the illness and virus in Arkansas.

The battle to document and collect debris left by the January ice storm continues in rural Baxter County, according to Baxter County Judge Joe Bodenhamer.

South Flag Lake, Inc. v. Gordon, No. CA08-623, Ark. App. April 15, 2009. This appeal comes from the Arkansas County Circuit Court, Honorable David G. Henry presiding.

Overnight storms brought wind, hail and lots of rain to parts of Arkansas, and it's not over yet.

Storms that marched across Arkansas overnight left quite a bit of damage at Stuttgart.

Nearly one year ago, the town of Stuttgart was severely damaged by a tornado, now the town will once again be forced to clean up after storm damage.

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Benton County officials are considering regulations for the infrequent occasion when no one claims the body of a dead person.

Powerlines were knocked all over the roads Stuttgart continues rebuilding from the tornado that swept through more than 10 months ago.

Layoffs in the manufacturing sector in Marion County and a slow construction sector throughout the Twin Lakes Area are showing up markedly in state employment statistics.

The House and Senate on Monday passed each other's identical versions of legislation to set up Arkansas' lottery to fund college scholarships.