Arkansas News

The 11-year-old stood before the stage at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock May 18 and waited to hear her name, Hannah Cranford.

Three people died when a sport-utility vehicle veered off a two-lane road near Scott and collided with a tree.

Drought that began in 2011 is damaging and killing oak trees in western Arkansas, and the effects will likely linger despite vastly improved soil conditions, an official with the Sebastian County Cooperative Extension Service said.

Members of the Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce, Rogers Fire Chief Tom Jenkins, and Goodwill Industries of Arkansas President and CEO Brian Itzkowitz and staff celebrated the grand opening of a new 30,000 square foot facility at 4301 South Dixieland Road in Rogers, Arkansas, on Wednesday.

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The weather is heating up, but it's clear that the central Arkansas food scene is just as hot.

For a third time, the Arkansas Attorney General has rejected the popular name and ballot title proposed by medical marijuana advocates.

Though 45 states and the District of Columbia adopted the core, and several states are already implementing them, there are signs of back-pedaling in several states.

Some of you may be getting out of the city for Memorial Day weekend. That means filling up on gas.

A rendering by Rogers-based Core Architects shows what a new Arkansas Music Pavilion would look like in Rogers off Interstate 540 near the Pinnacle Hills Promenade.

An explosion has been reported on board a boat at Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control group is launching a new ad campaign aimed at Democratic Sen.

The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Thursday approved tuition and fee increases of 3.5% for the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

With good weather finally arriving in Arkansas also comes delicious fruits of the Earth.

The House and Senate Public Health committees met today to hear updates on the "private option" plan for expanding healthcare coverage.

A preliminary report on a northeast Oklahoma boat crash that killed two University of Arkansas students says excessive speed, driver inattention and alcohol use contributed to the accident.

Arkansas Medicaid officials say the state will submit its request to use federal money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents by August.

Arkansas Medicaid officials say the state will submit its request to use federal money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents by August.

One Republican governor has finally given up his opposition to expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, while another is steadfastly fighting his legislature, vetoing an expansion bill.

" Gordon Family Tree ," a movie written by native Arkansan Ryan Schwartzman and primarily filmed in Northwest Arkansas held its sold-out Northwest Arkansas premiere Wednesday at Razorback Theatre in Fayetteville.