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Investigation starts in woman's death 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

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Police beat VA officer struck by fleeing vehicle by Clara Turnage - October 19, 2019

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Author talks science in relation to God Christians should be intellectually curious and unafraid to ask or answer questions about the harder issues of the Christian faith, an author and London native ... by Francisca Jones - October 19, 2019

UA system president recommends promoting UA-Monticello provost to chancellor University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt recommends promoting Peggy Doss to chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. by Emily Walkenhorst - October 18, 2019

Arkansas unemployment rate up in September Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point in September to 3.5%, from 3.4 percent in August, according to data released Friday by the stat... by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 18, 2019

Police: 2 arrested on capital murder charges in 69-year-old Pine Bluff man's death Two people have been arrested in the death of a Pine Bluff man found Monday with an apparent gunshot wound. by Nyssa Kruse - October 18, 2019

Whistleblower suit names Little Rock housing agency The head of the Little Rock housing authority board instructed the agency's interim director to fire a deputy director in December as punishment for reporting c... by Ginny Monk - October 18, 2019

Jury takes 25 minutes to convict killer of Little Rock mom, her kids; sentence is life Jurors who saw pictures of the ravaged throats of a Little Rock mother and her two children deliberated only 25 minutes Thursday to find the man prosecutors cal... by John Lynch - October 18, 2019

Little Rock restaurant's workers harassed, U.S. suit says A federal lawsuit filed this week by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeks compensatory and punitive damages against Pei Wei Asian Diner in Lit... by Linda Satter - October 18, 2019

Investigators: Central Arkansas doctor's wife inflated billing Investigators have charged a Conway optometrist's office manager with filing inflated Medicaid claims through a state system that allowed her to "input any numb... by Eric Besson - October 18, 2019

Phaseout OK'd for Arkansas dog races Southland Racing Corp. and the Arkansas Greyhound Kennel Association have reached a pact to gradually phase out live greyhound racing at the West Memphis track ... by Michael R. Wickline - October 18, 2019

Employee panels' size stirs debate for Little Rock School District The number of Little Rock School District teachers to be elected to a state-required personnel policy committee generated some debate at Thursday's meeting of t... by Cynthia Howell - October 18, 2019

Little Rock police officer on leave after disturbance at home A Little Rock police officer was placed on administrative leave after a domestic disturbance at his residence, a police spokesman said. by Clara Turnage - October 18, 2019