Arkansas Blog

How are officials at Little Rock schools working to improve the mental health and safety of their students? They're building relationships.

A Huckabee family friend who accepted nearly $20,000 in overpayments for a state job in 2011 never paid the money back. Regardless, he's now working in state government again.

Active cases totaled 10,705, about 22% of which are pediatric cases. 

The overall goal of the study is to restore immune function after high levels of radiation exposure and encourage drug development that reduces these side effects.

A Shipley's doughnut by any other name is against the law, according to lawsuits filed against some Central Arkansas pastry purveyors.

At least four people have accused Crawford County Deputy Levi White of using excessive violence against them. One of those complaints is connected to White's time as a Franklin County deputy.

Darien Williams, 20, was arrested following gunfire and property damage (no injuries reported) Friday afternoon in the River Market. Two individuals were detained after police blocked traffic on President Clinton Ave. and swept a parking deck in connection with the incident. 

State Sen. Clarke Tucker (D-Little Rock) offered up Senate bill 230 in 2021 to repeal the unconstitutional limit on who can help voters on Election Day. 

The totals rise. Hospitalizations dip a bit.

Aaron Black is back on the state payroll. In 2011, a Joint Legislative Audit committee found that Black failed to report absences from his state job and was overpaid nearly $20,000.

Thell Riddle lost a job in law enforcement in 2008 after reportedly hitting his girlfriend, the Arkansas Advocate reports.

“We need to update the facilities to modern zoological design and to exhibits and attractions that people want,” Zoo Director Susan Altrui said. “It’s a zoo that I’m proud of, it’s a zoo that’s wonderful, but it is not a zoo that tourists come to.”

A section of Arkansas’s election law that limits who may provide assistance to voters, including those not proficient in English, violates the federal Voting Rights Act.

County, state and federal agencies are jumping in to investigate the savage beating of a South Carolina man at the hands of Arkansas law enforcement officers. The governor touts tougher penalties, tighter surveillance of convicts and more prison beds as ways to deter crime.

The August University of Medical Sciences report predicted a fall infection spike in the state with the return of school.

Join us Saturday, August 27 for the Arkansas Times & ACIA Medical Marijuana & CBD Wellness Expo, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale.

The Mulberry Police Department and the Crawford County Sheriff's Department have confirmed that Mulberry Police Officer Thell Riddle and Crawford County Sheriff's deputies Zack King and Levi White are the men captured on video brutally beating a suspect outside the Kountry Express Sunday morning.

Eager young teenagers walked up to Pinnacle View Middle School with their new shoes and cool outfits — probably expecting to impress their classmates — but instead they were met by the bird of prey. Sadie is part of the animal ambassador program at the zoo, which means she regularly makes visits to encourage education — she has an injured wing and wouldn’t survive in the wild.

Randall Worcester, 27, of Goose Creek, South Carolina was transported to an area hospital for examination and treatment, then later released and jailed at Van Buren, Arkansas State Police reported Sunday night.

An absolutely brutal arrest in Mulberry today left witnesses shaken. Cellphone video captured three officers beating a shoeless man, and punching his head into the cement. Witnesses tried to intervene.