6+ hour, 56+ min ago   (488+ words) Bass anglers finally have a user-based program to improve bass genetics in Arkansas. For this purpose, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission recently introduced its new Legacy Lunker program. It is modeled on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's successful…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (13+ words) New Board of Corrections appointments spark criticism over backgrounds, experience'The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (151+ words) Little Rock police on Friday identified a man shot to death early Tuesday in the parking lot of a southwest Little Rock apartment complex. Officers responding to a report of a shooting around 3:24 a.m. Tuesday at 27 Falcon Court found 18-year-old Brandon…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (48+ words) Students at Jones Elementary School in Springdale were treated to gifts of toys and food during the annual Jones Christmas Project at the school. Students at Jones Elementary School in Springdale were treated to gifts of toys and food during…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (341+ words) Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements. The Transportation Department said Monday…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (408+ words) STUTTGART -- Hayes Kibe, a 15-year-old from Batesville, closed the 90th Wings Over the Prairie Festival Saturday by becoming the youngest winner of the World's Championship Duck Calling Contest. Trey Crawford, the previous youngest winner, won the contest in 1976 at age 16. Kibe…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (100+ words) The last month of the year is upon us. Some parts of the state have had a hard freeze, while a good portion have only had a light freeze, so many plants are not yet fully dormant. The mild weather…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (32+ words) Arkansas hasn't done an on-site cultural survey of the land where a proposed new prison in Franklin County would be located, to ensure there aren't Native American artifacts or grave sites....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (18+ words) One of Northwest Arkansas' literally long running charity events runs today at the University of Arkansas' Agri Park....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (729+ words) The nation in brief Wounded Knee honorees to keep medals WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 19 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their…...