Arkansas News

Leftover Salmon is pleased to announce their 2013 Fall Tour! The band will be traveling throughout the northeast starting this September with stops in Morgantown, Philadelphia, Providence, Boston, Portland, Burlington, Brooklyn and a special show presented by Relix at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY before heading over to The Fresh Grass ... (more)

Arkansas' attorney general filed a brief Tuesday backed by his counterparts in 35 other states asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of the antipsychotics drug Risperdal.

Tipping the scales at 317 lb and standing at a towering 6-7 is junior guard Brey Cook.

A Scott County chicken has tested positive for Avian Influenza, commonly known as bird flu, according to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.

A trial is being rescheduled for a man charged in the slayings of 2 young Arkansas girls and their stepfather.

Gov. Mike Beebe has sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a major disaster declaration for 12 Arkansas counties that were affected by severe storms, tornadoes and floods beginning in late May. Beebe's office said Tuesday that those 12 counties are Cleburne, Cross, Garland, Independence, Montgomery, Poinsett, Polk, Scott, Searcy, Stone, ... (more)

Improvements to U.S. Highway 67 will require lane closures this week in Jacksonville, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department officials.

OMICS Group is delighted to invite you to attend the 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing, which is to be held on October 15-17, 2013 at Las Vegas, USA.

Harry Hardy, tournament director for the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, stands on the 18th green Wednesday at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers.

Listen to Bill Clinton's speeches this spring and you would have heard him talk at a father-of-the-year event about the satisfactions of parenting - "the greatest thing that ever happened to me."

Gov. Mike Beebe summoned Department of Community Corrections Director David Eberhard to his office this morning after an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette story outlined the outrageous failure, with tragic results, to jail felon and parole absconder Darrell Dennis , who is being held in the May 10 kidnapping and murder of an 18-year-old Fayetteville man.

Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah sees a threatened future for the state's independent judicial system without a better informed legislature and public as to the role of the courts.

Lea said Monday that she's decided to run and will formally announce her candidacy on July 2 with events in Russellville, northwest Arkansas and Little Rock.

An official with the state Department of Correction said Monday that Arkansas plans to consider using different drugs in lethal injections after the state lost its account with a pharmaceutical company that supplied it with drugs earlier this year.

Coffman moves up from her current post of director of professional development. She has also served as literacy program manager for the agency and as instructional facilitator for at Pocahontas.

Hackers are increasingly targeting mobile devices, and communications companies say any smartphone or tablet can be compromised.

The Joint is Greater Little Rock's newest and coolest place to hang out, offering the best custom-roasted coffees in Arkansas, a variety of craft beers on tap, premium bottled beers, a choice selection of wines and champagne, plus a variety of food, snacks, and desserts.

Designed to promote a "whole river" approach to watershed conservation, recreation and economic development, the National Blueways program is turning out to be a source of considerable controversy on both sides of the Arkansas-Missouri border.

What great writer depicts madness, love, and fairies? If you answered Shakespeare, you're correct.

The Bryant Parks and Recreation Department has received a $1,000 mini-grant from the Blue & You Foundation toward the construction of one of two bridges at Bishop Park Community Gardens.