State News

Construction cost in on Arkansas Arts Center; cap for renovation put at $78.3M The Arkansas Arts Center and a team of construction contractors have locked down a guaranteed maximum price of $78.3 million to remake the downtown Little Rock ... by Eric Besson - October 19, 2019

Filing alleges east Arkansas chief lacks diploma A court filing in Lee County alleges that the Marianna chief of police never graduated from high school, a requirement in Arkansas to be a member of law enforce... by Nyssa Kruse - October 19, 2019

Filing sees discipline gap linger in central Arkansas district, but black-pupil sanctions fewer Pulaski County Special School District data continues to show a discipline disparity between black and non-black students. by Cynthia Howell - October 19, 2019

Pulaski County gets mental health court A central Arkansas program is zeroing in on the needs of people with mental illness who have been charged with misdemeanor crimes. by Kat Stromquist - October 19, 2019

Doss proposed as new UAM chancellor For the third time in two months, the head of the University of Arkansas System has picked an internal candidate to replace a chancellor. by Emily Walkenhorst - October 19, 2019

State lawmakers stymie $1M for projects in watershed Gov. Asa Hutchinson's request to transfer $1 million from state surplus money to fund conservation projects and grants within the Buffalo River Watershed was he... by John Moritz - October 19, 2019

Planned tribute to King revised; northeast Arkansas city opts against street renaming A Jonesboro committee decided not to name any city roads after Martin Luther King Jr. and instead opted to place memorial highway markers along a street in the ... by Stephen Simpson - October 19, 2019

Two people found dead in North Little Rock North Little Rock homicide detectives were investigating Friday afternoon after the bodies of a man and woman were found inside a home, a police spokeswoman sai... by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 19, 2019

DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Of messes big, bad and bigger O Great and Wise Mahatma: I'm guessing the wise fools at the Department of Paving are giggling over the decision to meld six lanes of westbound traffic (three e... by Frank Fellone - October 19, 2019

Getting it straight Colonel T.H. Barton served in the Army in World War I. The war was incorrect in the Notable Arkansans column of Oct. 13. October 19, 2019

Pine Bluff police arrest two people in slaying Two people have been arrested in the death of a Pine Bluff man found Monday with an apparent gunshot wound, authorities said Friday. by ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - October 19, 2019

Car driven on southwest Arkansas field threatens children Texarkana police arrested a woman Friday who drove through a field on school property where more than 200 children were playing, a police spokesman said. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 19, 2019

South Rodney Parham Road lanes to close five nights Work on an $87.4 million project to widen a section of Interstate 630 in west Little Rock will require restricting traffic on South Rodney Parham Road running b... by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 19, 2019

Marshall Islands officials hail adoptions-case arrest Marshall Islands officials welcomed recent indictments of an attorney accused of paying pregnant women to travel to the United States and give up their babies. by Doug Thompson - October 19, 2019

Woman's death prompts homicide investigation in central Arkansas Hot Springs police are investigating a homicide after officers found a woman dead inside a home Friday, according to a news release. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 19, 2019