Arkansas News Headlines

A 14-year-old student died following an apparent suicide at a rural Arkansas high school, prompting a lockdown of the...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas lawmakers have formally adjourned this year's session after giving final approval to...

An Arkansas man was killed in a wreck along Interstate 430 in west Little Rock on Tuesday when his Suzuki went off the...

The U.S. arm of a Czech Republic gun manufacturer has chosen Little Rock for its North American headquarters and its first...

With legalized medical marijuana expected to be available soon, state officials plan to issue new registration cards to...

One of four inmates executed in April 2017 with Arkansas' three-drug combination may have remained conscious long enough...

A 92-page report compiling recommendations from Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.'s transition team, described as a...

A week away from the opening of the application window for two casino licenses in the state, a Las Vegas company announced...

A martial-arts instructor accused of trying to kill a man in a drunken brawl started the six-man scrum by slapping one of...

More students are staying in school and graduating across Arkansas higher-education institutions, according to a new report...

Hundreds of people are scrambling to find housing and moving money after the owner of a central Arkansas mobile home park...

Violent felons who are convicted of gun crimes in Jefferson County are subject to receive more time in prison under an...

U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., announced Tuesday that he will seek to become the top Republican on the U.S. House...

The U.S. House of Representatives' minority whip called on conservatives to fight for the Republican Party in a speech...

Seven more flu-related deaths were reported to the state in the past week, bringing the death toll from the current flu...

A Pine Bluff woman was found guilty of second-degree murder Tuesday night in Jefferson County for the 2018 shooting death...

As City Director of Ward 5, Lance Hines wants to represent the business community’s interests on the city board. Now in his...

The Arkansas House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill to fund the state's Medicaid program on Tuesday, completing...

Two bills sponsored by Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R-Elm Springs) to undo substantial portions of the minimum wage hikes approved...

Like many other decades-old cases, the 1973 killings of a Montana couple were finally solved using DNA and genealogy...

They escaped from the Nahziryah Monastic Community in Marion County. A pot of...

With his Walk Against Fear 50 years ago. For four days between Aug. 20 and 24, 1969,...

I believe there is no better smell in all the world than old books, a lifelong addiction that keeps The Observer rifling...

A tour of its facility in Woodruff County. From the outside, the $6 million BOLD Team...

A Q&A with the new executive director of Local First Arkansas. As a Clinton School...

Meet the best and brightest high school seniors in the state. The 2019 Arkansas Times...

They made the final round. These students made the final round of judging for the 2019 Arkansas...

Listed by their hometowns. Here are the students nominated to be Academic All-Stars. They are...

Two days after a federal judge halted Arkansas's first-in-the-nation work requirement for certain Medicaid beneficiaries,...

Hutchinson asked Trump administration officials to appeal a federal judge's order blocking the work rule ...

A similar plan targeted at Pulaski County stalled in committee. On Thursday, the Arkansas Senate...

The ruling is a blow to the Trump administration, which has approved work requirements in seven other states and is...

Darlene Lewis, 64, founded Lewis-Burnett Employment Finders out of her home in 1987, and in the years since, she’s placed...