Jails turn to private providers for inmate health care operations
Privatized health care service in county jails has become an enticing option to many sheriffs across the state, some of whom feel outmatched by the expensive a…
Privatized health care service in county jails has become an enticing option to many sheriffs across the state, some of whom feel outmatched by the expensive a…
Privatized health care service in county jails has become an enticing option to many sheriffs across the state, some of whom feel outmatched by the expensive a…
Little Rock mayoral hopeful Warwick Sabin was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Arkansas Ethics Commission on Friday after a complaint filed earlier this month …
Plans to construct a 65-mile hiking and biking trail between Little Rock and Hot Springs cleared a pivotal hurdle this week.
The sky became dimmer, temperatures dropped by 5 degrees, confused crickets chirped briefly and thousands of Arkansans stopped what they were doing and stared …
Jacksonville and Sherwood are now squared away for each of their respective city councils to approve a resolution calling a special election to allow alcohol s…
Kenda Dearing has ordered 1,000 pairs of NASA-approved, International Organization for Standardization-compliant eclipse glasses for every student and staff me…
The Lake Maumelle Watershed Zoning Code has come under the microscope in a property rights lawsuit that has led a Wye Mountain landowner to challenge the code'…
Designs for a 65-mile hiking and biking trail between Little Rock and Hot Springs moved another step forward Monday as the Garland County Quorum Court approved…
In September 1919, former slave and reverend Elias Camp Morris became a peacemaker.
In September 1919, former slave and reverend Elias Camp Morris became a peacemaker.
A Pulaski County circuit judge has issued a ruling stating that because minimum standards of safety and habitability are set by Little Rock city code, those st…
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Miller on Friday sentenced two public housing officials who pleaded guilty last fall to charges related to a 13-year scheme thr…
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Miller on Friday sentenced two public-housing officials who pleaded guilty last fall to charges related to a 13-year scheme thr…
There was standing room only on Thursday evening as the Pulaski County Quorum Court voted to reverse a decision made last month over a 65-mile hike and bike tr…
There was standing room only on Thursday evening as the Pulaski County Quorum Court voted to reverse a decision made last month over a 65-mile hike and bike tr…
The second of two finalists for the chancellor position at UAMS wrapped up his interview introductions in Arkansas this week, setting the stage for the selecti…
Pulaski County leaders are hoping the second time is the charm for a resolution that would be a first step toward a paved 65-mile hike and bike trail between L…
A multimillion-dollar rehabilitation plan that aims to address badly needed repairs in many of Little Rock's public housing buildings is officially underway, L…
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services is shopping for a new database provider to host and administer the state's virtual employment tool after nearly 6…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will release up to $1.9 million to two Arkansas drug court programs in Northwest Arkansas.
Dr. Danny Jacobs will have spent several days this week meeting, speaking and handshaking his way into the favor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Scie…
Pulaski County's spay-neuter fund, created last year to help stem the tide of stray animals entering shelters, has netted $28,500 so far this year.
At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, the North Little Rock Housing Authority opened its waiting list to housing-voucher applicants for the first time in nearly three years, a…
A proposal that would urge cities in Pulaski County to enact prohibitions against any concerts or performers with lyrics that would "promote or incite violence…
For the first time in nearly three years, the North Little Rock Housing Authority will open its waiting list for Section 8 vouchers to no more than 600 applica…
A wing of Benton County's juvenile detention facility that once held delinquent youths is undergoing a transformation.
A Memphis rapper whose Little Rock concert broke out in gunfire early Saturday now faces a federal gun charge in connection with the shooting of a woman at ano…
A wing of Benton County's juvenile detention facility that once held delinquent youths is undergoing a transformation.
The Pulaski County Quorum Court rejected a funding proposal that would have been the first step toward constructing a recreational trail between Little Rock an…
At least six counties across the state will be vying to participate in a pilot program to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses falling into the cr…
Pulaski County Quorum Court will take the first vote today towards a project that would construct a hike-and-bike trail connecting Little Rock and Hot Springs.
Representatives for Jermain Taylor informed the judge that Taylor was in Florida, with no money and no intention of making his afternoon hearing in Little Rock.
Pulaski County voters who experienced long lines during last year's general election can expect some relief during next year's midterm primary elections.
The Pulaski County sheriff's office and two of its former deputies have been named in a federal excessive-force lawsuit that says an inmate was permanently cri…
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza doled out decades of prison time to a man who pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to repeatedly stabbing an officer while …
A Little Rock man pleaded no contest Monday to a 2015 shooting on an elementary school campus that injured two people.
Little Rock's public housing authority reported nearly $50,000 in unmet rental payments and fees during the first quarter of 2017, the highest shortfall in rec…
A Little Rock developer hoping to build a high-density subdivision is asking a judge to reverse a city decision last month that nixed his construction plans.
Days after U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin warned the nation of the "critical condition" of the federal agency, VA leaders in the state outlined …
After years of fighting a longstanding liquor sales ban in Jacksonville and Sherwood, city officials in Pulaski County’s two neighboring cities are preparing f…
When Maumelle police officers arrived at a residence on an overdose call last weekend, they found a victim on the floor of his bathroom.
Residents of a Pulaski County neighborhood are at loggerheads over an events center proposed for the Wye Mountain area.
The Delta Regional Authority announced a new funding mechanism to help cultivate home-grown arts and culture projects in the Delta region.
Six new deputy positions were added to the Pulaski County sheriff’s office on Tuesday night.
Six new deputy positions were added to the Pulaski County sheriff's office on Tuesday night.
The Pulaski County sheriff’s office hopes to soon expand its patrol ranks for the first time in more than a decade.
The Pulaski County sheriff's office hopes to soon expand its patrol ranks for the first time in more than a decade.
PINE BLUFF -- Arkansas jobs that are attributable to foreign investments in the state have grown by 41.5 percent, a growth rate that now leads the country, sta…
Former Little Rock Assistant Chief of Police Eric Higgins announced his candidacy for Pulaski County sheriff on Thursday.