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Susan L. Scott, 66, of Fort Smith was also charged with felony battery after she kicked and head-butted the arresting officer.

An as-yet unidentified man was the victim of an apparent shooting at 5714 Liberty Cove.

Halfway.

Early Tuesday morning, a Chevy Silverado rammed into the Pic-n-Go store on Markham St. until the door caved in.

When Hogan Windish stepped off the team bus yesterday afternoon at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri, he had three total home runs on the 2024 season. By the time he stepped back on the bus last night, he had more than doubled that number.

Temu, an online shopping platform with Chinese ownership, is the subject of the latest lawsuit from Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin.

Central Arkansas native Kel’el Ware is projected to hear his name called tonight in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft.

Bart Hester wants a judge to dismiss a defamation suit against him; plaintiff Chris Jones hones his case.

The bonuses are part of the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program, which was created the Arkansas LEARNS Act in 2023. The law also raised the minimum starting salary for all Arkansas teachers to $50,000 a year.

The quorum court can’t negotiate peace in Gaza, but activists say the resolution would send a symbolic gesture of solidarity and add Pulaski County to the growing number of U.S. communities that have formally called for a ceasefire.

Two old men, one curdled and one rancid, will face off in debate Thursday evening. I will be liveblogging the debate here at the Arkansas Blog!

To celebrate the Arkansas Times' golden anniversary, we’re looking back at the history of the publication and sharing some of our favorite moments of the past half-century, like this one from photographer Brian Chilson’s archive.

The victim was 70-year-old Deborah Lea Armond.

A man who owned a Hot Springs dispensary won’t be able to sell after state regulators declined to renew his license.

There’s no evolutionary reason a person’s happiness should be tied to how well a bunch of strangers play a game, ya know? Sports fandom is eternal suffering interrupted only by the occasional false sense of hope.

Earlier this month, a circuit court judge struck down the new rule because DFA did not follow proper procedure and relied on baseless claims about law-enforcement safety.

Howdy.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.4% in May, holding at the same rate as April, the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services announced today.

Taxpayer-funded discrimination, benefits going disproportionately to the rich, and a state budget busted to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Such is the scene in Arizona, which is just a bit ahead of Arkansas on the universal school voucher path.

Little Rock will conduct a national search for a new director of planning and development after current Director Jamie Collins’ resignation.