HEBER SPRINGS -- Beginning in October, visitors to Sandy Beach will need to fork over a fee -- $5 per vehicle for a daily pass or $40 for an annual pass -- to …
A 6-mile stretch of Arkansas 203 in Calhoun County will close for about 14 hours Tuesday so that a pipe culvert can be replaced, according to the Arkansas Depa…
A series of construction and maintenance projects stretching from Malvern to Paragould will result in a number of lane closures and detours next week, transpor…
The redesignation of a 123-mile stretch of U.S. 67 to Interstate 57 could happen before the calendar year is over, according to the Arkansas Department of Tran…
The vendor that lost out on being awarded the contract to build a new casino in Pope County filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Arkansas Racing Commission, the…
SEARCY -- Advocates for greenways regularly say a user-friendly trail system not only offers people alternatives to driving but also has a positive impact on l…
An east-west bridge that crosses the St. Francis River in Coldwater and has been closed for nearly eight months has collapsed, the Arkansas Department of Trans…
Silas Compton was walking into a pharmacy in Fordyce on Friday morning when he saw something that caught his attention -- a man entering the Mad Butcher grocer…
An extension of Interstate 49 through Crawford and Sebastian counties is among three infrastructure projects in Arkansas that will receive a total of more than…
The ongoing widening project along U.S. 67/167 through Jacksonville requires a long-term closure of one exit ramp and the opening of a temporary ramp to take i…
Following a recommendation four months ago that it be held in default over years of delays, the contractor in charge of the widening of Interstate 30 in Saline…
Nearly $5 billion worth of roadway projects are included in the latest list of significant projects state highway officials plan to tackle over the next four y…
The Arkansas Highway Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a 3% cost-of-living increase in the salary of the director of the state Department of Transpo…
SHIRLEY — To make a low-water bridge stronger and safer for motorists and outdoor enthusiasts, a crew of fewer than 10 men had to redirect a river.
A three month-long traffic shift along Interstate 55 near Osceola is scheduled to begin Monday, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has announced.
A closure of the Interstate 30 westbound ramp to Interstate 630 will take place next weekend, the Arkansas Department of Transportation announced.
For the second time in three months, the Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River will be closed for two weeks for repairs to be made to the bridge's su…
Classic soul music and American military history are far-apart fields of interest, but Jeff Kollath, who has an impassioned love of both, has found a pathway f…
MARION -- As the preparation continues to move the Sultana Disaster Museum to a location that is 20 times larger than its current one, a new executive director…
ST. FRANCIS -- A 71-year-old bridge carrying a federal highway over the St. Francis River between Arkansas and Missouri will need to be replaced, causing motor…
As the preparation continues to move the Sultana Disaster Museum to a location that is 20 times larger than its current one, a new executive director has been …
To support recovery from recent storm damage in Baxter County, a scheduled lane closure along Norfork Dam has been postponed, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …
For roughly a century, there have been remnants of a statue honoring American military veterans on campus at Catholic High School for Boys -- just not a whole …
Beginning on June 2, alternating lane closures are scheduled for the Arkansas River Bridge between Dardanelle and Russellville, the Arkansas Department of Tran…
A panel of state lawmakers plans to question Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins next week about a Netflix series filmed in the county jail.
The Arkansas Razorbacks lick their wounds after the SEC Tournament and take out their frustrations out on their upcoming opponents.
Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman and Cory Beck become a formidable trio, worthy of following in the footsteps of the superstar trio who preceded them.
At his daughter's behest, Nolan Richardson takes over the Arkansas basketball program in the hopes of winning a national title. He discovers that following a c…
Four weeks after suspending Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri with pay and banning him from the Department of Corrections administrative building, the Board of…
A judge on Friday declined to throw out a lawsuit filed by two dozen Faulkner County residents against a cryptocurrency mining company, instead giving the resi…
Ruling in favor of the state Board of Corrections, a judge on Thursday extended her order blocking the enforcement of two state laws that the board contends vi…
A hearing in Pulaski County Circuit Court involving the Arkansas Board of Corrections was halted Thursday morning when the courthouse was evacuated because of …
A crypto-mining company is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of 23 Faulkner County residents alleging that its 20-acre mine near Greenbrier is so n…
A prison inmate died Monday night in a suspected suicide, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
LITTLE ROCK -- To reduce head-on collisions on major highways, Arkansas is spending $55 million to install technology designed to alert both the driver and fir…
To reduce head-on collisions on major highways, Arkansas is spending $55 million to install technology designed to alert both the driver and first responders w…
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in a court filing Friday that he's done all he legally can to comply with an order that he facilitate the Board of C…
The first hearing in a lawsuit challenging laws that the state Board of Corrections says infringe on its authority under the state Constitution was postponed T…
A series of witnesses will be called to testify today about what an attorney for the Arkansas Board of Corrections describes as the "misconduct" of the state's…
The state of Arkansas executes its most notorious killer, but how notorious is he really? Nightmares linger for those familiar with the case.
The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted to suspend the secretary of the Department of Corrections with pay on Thursday, then filed a lawsuit against him and Go…
Attorney General Tim Griffin accused the state Board of Corrections of violating state law twice at a meeting last week in which it went into executive session…
Attorney General Tim Griffin accused the state Board of Corrections of violating state law twice at a meeting last week in which it went into executive session…
Although the state Department of Corrections is moving forward with plans to add 492 beds to three prisons, renovations are needed at two of those facilities b…
Ronald Gene Simmons stands trial twice, gets convicted twice. He beckons the state to execute him as quickly as possible.
Highway agencies in Arkansas and Tennessee applied last week for funding made available through the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law to replace the Interstat…
A spokeswoman for Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that the state corrections secretary would move forward with a plan to add hundreds more beds to stat…
In spite of a law that went into effect in 2021 to crack down on driving slowly in the passing lane - one that has generated thousands of citations and warning…
A dozen people told a joint legislative committee Monday that the Arkansas Department of Corrections lacks the resources and resolve to address inmate health a…
Ronald Gene Simmons retires after a decorated military career. He and his family abandon New Mexico before authorities can move in to arrest him for sex crimes.
