Filing rips operator of lockup for youths
As its contract ended this summer, the company that operated Arkansas' juvenile lockup in Dermott provided residents tattered clothing, little protective equip…
As its contract ended this summer, the company that operated Arkansas' juvenile lockup in Dermott provided residents tattered clothing, little protective equip…
A sitting state legislator has been hired as director of Arkansas' largest youth lockup, a move a local watchdog group's leader called "blatantly wrong."
The number of evictions filed in Arkansas courts jumped by more than 100 in June, warning of a likely spike at this month's end when a provision setting federa…
As a private group assumes management today of all four of the state's youth lockups, Arkansas begins a second phase of an overhaul of its long-troubled juveni…
During Gov. Asa Hutchinson's near-daily briefings on the covid-19 epidemic in Arkansas, he and state health officials have reported case numbers in the Hispani…
Kelsey Bell is alive; she's happy a lot of the time.
A quarter of Arkansas children live in poverty, part of a significant drop in the state's economic well-being measure in a national report released Monday. …
Fingers clumsy from sleep, Delana Aguirre accidentally answered the 2 a.m. call. She softly said hello to avoid waking the two children next to her.
A third lawsuit accuses the firm that manages most of Arkansas’ youth lockups of harming a child at its Lewisville facility in 2019, through disciplinary actio…
A third lawsuit accuses the firm that manages most of Arkansas' youth lockups of harming a child at its Lewisville facility in 2019, through disciplinary actio…
Thousands of state employees, many of whom had been working from home, returned Monday to state office buildings amid a spike in Arkansas of covid-19 infection…
The last time Martha Binion spoke to her brother, Jim Wilson, in early May, he said he was feeling a little tired because of long work hours in the Cummins Uni…
A registered nurse. A lifer at Cummins Unit prison.
The Arkansas River in Sebastian County has been at a minor flood stage for a couple of weeks; it hits that stage at 22 measured feet of depth when fields and b…
The fifth-consecutive night of protesting at the state Capitol was a short one Thursday, as organizers asked the protesters to go home two hours before the 8 p…
The fifth-consecutive night of protesting at the state Capitol was a short one Thursday, as organizers asked the protesters to go home two hours before the 8 p…
William Robert Moody, a 30-year-old father of three, was waiting at an on-base Afghanistan bus stop in 2011 when he was hit by a mortar, which killed him and t…
William Robert Moody, a 30-year-old father of three, was waiting at an on-base Afghanistan bus stop in 2011 when he was hit by a mortar, which killed him and t…
When the Arkansas River flooded last spring, farmers already were wading through economic insecurity caused in part by a federal trade war with China.
Turmoil at Little Rock nonprofit Lucie’s Place has resulted in the cessation of most of its services, including the closure of a residence for LGBTQ young peop…
State health officials don't think Arkansas hospitals will see severe shortages of staffers, ventilators or medical supplies during the covid-19 pandemic.
A teenager at a state youth lockup in Alexander told investigators last month that staff members were picking on him and, as the situation escalated, they shov…
A teenager at a state youth lockup in Alexander told investigators last month that staff members were picking on him and, as the situation escalated, they shov…
Still recovering from covid-19 and barely able to crawl out of bed, 45-year-old Tracee Marsh was served a civil eviction lawsuit April 23 for nonpayment of ren…
A Marine veteran who survived two tours in Vietnam. A Big Band singer from the 1940s.
The three additional covid-19 deaths announced Sunday were all associated with congregate settings -- one was a nursing home resident in Jefferson County, and …
Perched atop her parents' parked car, 6-year-old Jett Pennington used a spatula and a spoon to drum on an upside-down pot Friday outside the Arkansas Governor'…
The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a ban Tuesday on evictions for nonpayment of rent at certain federally backed properties until July 25, in response to the c…
A man staying at a Little Rock homeless shelter tested positive for the coronavirus last week, the first case at a Central Arkansas shelter and the second in t…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — It took just a few hours for Shelley York to be placed in intensive care and intubated after he started having serious trouble breathing — …
It took just a few hours for Shelley York to be placed in intensive care and intubated after he started having serious trouble breathing -- his first symptom o…
The blue tape lines separating shoppers by 6 feet at the grocery store checkout aren't helpful to a blind person.
Although Arkansas officials predicted that few renters would be evicted during the coronavirus crisis, an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette analysis has found at least…
A Nevada company is poised to take over management of all state youth lockups until 2023, after lawmakers Wednesday approved a contract worth more than $70 mil…
A Nevada-based firm will take over management of all of the state’s youth lockups on July 1 with a contract of over $70 million that ends in 2023, state offici…
At least two Arkansans who died of covid-19 contracted the virus inside hospitals from caregivers while receiving treatment for other ailments, family members …
Women who give birth at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences can now each have one visitor stay on the postpartum unit for two days, provided the vi…
A new report from a Little Rock-based group of advocates and policy experts says that while Arkansas' covid-19 responses have been mostly positive, there's mor…
Melinda Azlin wants her teenage son home with her to weather the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the country; he's in a youth lockup in Alexander, and he's scare…
The Little Rock Compassion Center has permission from the city to begin renovations on its new building, which the shelter's director hopes will house an influ…
Caitlin Kenney had a plan for the day she delivers her first baby. She had a backup plan, too.
The number of coronavirus cases in Arkansas continued to grow Saturday, reaching 118, as Gov. Asa Hutchinson warned that the spread of the virus likely will no…
The Division of Youth Services is in talks with a Nevada-based company to take over management of four of its youth lockups after the corporation running the f…
The number of positive covid-19 cases in Arkansas rose to 118 Saturday, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson said during a news conference that he expects the spread of the…
Outside visits to nursing homes have all but ceased, one of several measures long-term care facilities are taking to protect vulnerable residents from exposure…
Outside visits to nursing homes have all but ceased, one of several measures long-term care facilities are taking to protect vulnerable residents from exposure…
All courtrooms around the state today begin limiting in-person proceedings to critical matters such as certain criminal hearings, requests for restraining orde…
Some Central Arkansas service providers are adjusting schedules, scaling back on and closing certain programs in attempts to stem the spread of covid-19 among …
About 24% of Arkansas households draw enough income to place them above the federal poverty level yet not enough to make ends meet or to save for the future, a…
Charles Portis, an Arkansas native best known for his 1968 novel True Grit, died on Monday at a Little Rock hospice facility. He was 86.