The Dillards Inc. department store chain said Friday it was eliminating about 500 jobs from its workforce of 60,000 people.

A state senator who filed legislation to create a state-run lottery said Friday a separate agency or commission would likely be needed to run the games.

A Memphis man charged in a shooting that took place near Henderson State University likely targeted a student there over a debt to an ex-girlfriend, a police report claims.

Wal-Mart Stores says Mike Duke, vice chairman of its international division, will replace Lee Scott as president and chief executive when he retires from those positions in February.

An east Arkansas judge was issued a letter of reprimand today by the state's judicial disciplinary panel for not handling a lawsuit over a state senate seat in a timely manner.

Raising the speed limits on non-interstate highways in Arkansas would raise the number of driving fatalities and increase the costs to the state for putting up new signs, the head of the highway and transportation department told lawmakers Friday.

Arkansas' unemployment rate jumped half a percentage point in October, as seasonal jobs wilted away and the national economic slowdown began hitting state manufacturers.

Police say a man who pulled a gun on employees at a Goodwill store in Gulfport was shot and killed by an officer.

Eight people have now been charged in Lawrence County for the Nov. 8 slaying of 24 year-old Richard Barnes.

Two businessmen are petitioning to let Mississippi voters decide whether to increase the state tobacco tax and designate the revenue for Medicaid.