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Located in Parthenon, an unincorporated area near Jasper, the center was founded in 2007 by Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche, a monk from the Nyingman school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Berry died in Little Rock Friday at the age of 80.

In 1964, heirs to the house deeded the property to the city of Little Rock. They specified that the house should be used for public benefit as part of the Arkansas Arts Center, now named the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Now the house is locked and deteriorating, and a lawsuit contends conditions of the deed have not been met.

The line belongs to you.

The 17-year-old suspect graduated from high school last night and later accidentally shot his friend while riding in the back seat of a car, he told police. The 18-year-old victim was set to graduate from White Hall High School tonight.

What's going on out there?

Celebrity gossip site Radar Online said this week that DeSantis has his eye on Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders.

The saga of the Walton Arts Center’s decision to nix drag performances during Northwest Arkansas Pride continues. Up to six board members — about one-third of the whole group — announced their resignation Friday afternoon.

A gaggle of local officials on Saturday at 1 p.m. will host a dedication ceremony for a new Little Rock park that will include a meditation garden, game areas, veggie garden and a pavilion.

William Olson is the new interim director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control division.

If you saw the Gravitron on the banks of the Arkansas River driving over the Main Street bridge into North Little Rock this week, it wasn't a mirage, it was just part of the setup for the third annual Pulaski County Fair, starting tonight at North Little Rock's Riverfront Park.

“We want to ensure that we’re keeping our promise,” Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said. “The promise was, as we took in these dollars, to ensure that it goes directly to tornado-related recovery efforts as well as to residents, at 100%.”

The victim, who has not been identified, was found at 11:08 p.m. suffering from at least one gunshot wound.

The public education advocacy group CAPES is giving it another go with their third submission to Attorney General Tim Griffin in an attempt to get a repeal of the Arkansas LEARNS universal voucher and school choice expansion package on the ballot. 

It looked like we were headed to a very contentious meeting over the new schedule for elementary school day, but last night Superintendent Jermall Wright and the Personnel Committee were able to agree on new language to change the school day.

In the new statement, the Walton Arts Center said it regrets that the decision has upset many in the community, and claimed that was not the organization’s intention. It said it welcomed feedback from the community, but subsequently turned off its social media comments on the statement announcement.

Less than a month after the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees narrowly refused to support a similar plan to buy Phoenix, the Idaho State Board of Education today unanimously approved a measure authorizing the Idaho university to create a nonprofit entity, NewU, for that purpose.

Will you be there?

It’s been two full decades since “DVH” became the unofficial acronym of Arkansas baseball.

Another flutter of hope in the quest for the elusive ivory bill.