Content Tagged 'Arkansas'

Two Democrats running for congressional office in Arkansas say they supported gay marriage long before President Barack Obama endorsed the idea last week.

ConAgra Foods Inc. is laying off as many as 250 people at its Batesville frozen food plant.

The Benton County Sheriff's Office says a man accused of shooting a Rogers police officer has been found dead.

Both Memphis Light Gas and Water and Entergy Corp. are warning utility customers not to fall for a scam where people claim President Barack Obama is providing credits or payments toward bills.

Arkansas authorities say a woman who was allegedly held against her will and tortured before escaping went with her alleged assailant willingly and was not forcibly abducted, as she initially reported.

Pine Bluff police say an internal investigation is under way to determine why evidence gathered more than a month ago in a missing persons case was sent to the crime lab just this week.

Whirlpool Corp. has formalized its closing plan for its refrigerator factory in Fort Smith.

A man accused in the rape and death of a young Forrest City woman 11 years ago is scheduled to make a court appearance.

When a black bear climbed a tree in a central Arkansas city and refused to come down, authorities turned to unconventional rescue tools: bouncy houses. Watch Video

A federal judge has sentenced a man involved in a massive drug ring in eastern Arkansas to 40 years in prison.

Gov. Mike Beebe celebrated the return of Yarnell's ice cream Thursday morning and got to take the ceremonial first bite of the Arkansas treat.

Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor says his internship program isn't going wild.

An employee of the Social Security Administration in West Memphis has pleaded guilty to selling confidential information she obtained at work.

Authorities have identified the two elderly men found dead in a Marion home, but investigators are still awaiting a cause of death.

Mitsubishi Power Systems America has given official notice that a $100 million wind turbine plant in Fort Smith won't open any time soon.

Police and volunteers are searching for a 3-year-old boy who went missing from a northeastern Arkansas Boy Scout camp over the weekend.

Montana native and Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino is in "stable" condition after a motorcycle crash.

The Arkansas Republican Party says presidential candidate Rick Santorum will remain on the party's primary ballot in May even though he has quit the campaign.

The Natural State wants natural medicine. Arkansans for Compassionate Care wants to legalize medical marijuana. Watch Video

Police in central Arkansas say it was not an accident when a 9-year-old girl shot and killed her younger brother while their parents were out signing paperwork at a nearby leasing office.

The family of a 4-year-old boy who had been missing since he traveled with his aunt to a cleanup day at an Arkansas Boy Scout camp says search crews have found his body.

Authorities in three states are investigating a traveling Baptist minister they say is suspected of making secret videos of women in bathrooms.

Arkansas earned a D-plus on a national integrity study aimed at keeping government honest.

How honest are the people running your state? A new report shows Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee still have work to do when it comes to getting rid of corruption. Watch Video

Police in Marion, Arkansas are investigating whether foul play was involved in the deaths of two elderly men found Monday.

It's okay for teachers to have a sexual relationship with students as long as the student is 18 or older, so says the Arkansas Supreme Court. Watch Video

The Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down the state's law banning sexual contact between teachers and students, finding that people 18 or older have a constitutional right to engage in a consensual sexual relationship.

Jury selection is under way in the trial of a man accused of beating an elderly woman to death with a brass cross inside a northeast Arkansas church.

A Marion mother remained free on just $5,000 Friday night, after charges against her related to the August 2011 death of her husband were upgraded from manslaughter to murder. Watch Video

Authorities say a mother and four children have been found dead at a duplex in central Arkansas.

A 22-year-old Searcy man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man who was killed while working as a janitor.

Arkansas Tech University has offered four times the scholarships to quadruplets from Russellville.

A man who was convinced his grandfather was molesting young family members is to serve life in prison for killing the man and mutilating his corpse.

The Arkansas Department of Education has applied for a waiver from provisions in the No Child Left Behind law.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday after investigators searching for a missing Van Buren teenager found a body stuffed inside a barrel.

A group of California investors has bought a former Tyson Foods Inc. poultry plant in Pine Bluff and plans to open the facility later this year.

Prosecutors have filed a capital murder charge against an inmate accused of stabbing a guard to death in an east Arkansas prison.

A northwest Arkansas teenager thought it would be funny to text a random phone number saying she hid a body, but the joke backfired.

Bad Boy Mowers says it will expand its operations in Batesville, investing $7.4 million and adding 150 jobs.

Authorities in Sebastian County say a body found in a barrel is that of a missing 16-year-old girl who vanished in Van Buren.

Officials with the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission say they've received multiple complaints about long waiting times after the airport upgraded its passenger security checkpoint.

An Arkansas woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after she was convicted of chaining her stepchildren to a tire in their bedroom and a dog cage and tree in the front yard.

Arkansas State Police say three people were killed in a single-car crash in Jonesboro.

A printing company says it will close its plant in Jonesboro, leaving 600 people out of work.

Arkansas legislators have elected the first black speaker of the House.

The mayor of Trumann says the town's police chief has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation.

Officials of a northeast Arkansas city are asking residents to approve a sales tax proposal next month that would help cover about $3 million in unpaid payroll taxes and penalties owed to the Internal Revenue Service.

The state says Arkansas' unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.6 percent in January.

A former member of the Blytheville City Council has been arrested twice for criminal trespassing at apartments owned by the Blytheville Housing Authority.

Arkansas State Police has announced a new campaign to reduce drinking and driving by teenage motorists.