Bass Pro founder buys Dogpatch theme park
Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris has purchased the abandoned Dogpatch theme park in Newton County.
Bass Pro made the announcement on Tuesday.
"While specific plans for the property remain in the...
August 4, 2020
72 infections hit one Ozark care home
A nursing home in a small town in the Ozark Mountains has suddenly become a hot spot for the coronavirus.
The coronavirus has swept through the Newton County Nursing Home in Jasper, infecting 47 of t...
August 1, 2020
72 infections hit Newton County's 1 care home
A nursing home in a small town in the Ozark Mountains has suddenly become a hot spot for the coronavirus.
The coronavirus has swept through the Newton County Nursing Home in Jasper, infecting 47 of t...
August 1, 2020
Eureka Springs voters get say in entertainment district
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Voters will decide on Nov. 3 whether they want a permanent entertainment district.
But they may think they're seeing double when they look at the ballot.
There will be two question...
July 30, 2020
Key puts emphasis on ability to adapt; safety paramount, education chief says
Arkansas' schools must be nimble this fall, state Education Secretary Johnny Key said during a virtual "town-hall meeting" Tuesday night.
Key still wants schools to open in late August.
"We are expe...
July 29, 2020
Panel chair exits choice on Pope County casino
The chairman of the Arkansas Racing Commission on Monday recused from the process to determine which company will operate a casino in Pope County.
Chairman Alex Lieblong's recusal came a month after ...
July 28, 2020
Alpena mayor's troubles took root after tree disappeared
From beneath the brim of his cowboy hat, Theron McCammond can see the writing on the wall.
Or in this case, on the petitions being circulated around Alpena trying to oust him as mayor.
“Don’t forget...
July 26, 2020
Arkansas virus cases up 990; governor urges caution
Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged Arkansans to follow public-health guidelines this weekend as the state's count of coronavirus cases rose by 990 -- the third-highest one-day increase.
"Nine-hundred cases is...
July 25, 2020
Cases up 990; governor urges caution
Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged Arkansans to follow public-health guidelines this weekend as the state's count of coronavirus cases rose by 990 -- the third-highest one-day increase.
"Nine-hundred cases is...
July 25, 2020
State board lets 3 students leave Midland district
The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday granted three appeals for students who live in the Midland School District to attend school elsewhere.
The Midland School District is based in Pleasant Pla...
July 24, 2020
Booneville 3-year-old dies in hot car
BOONEVILLE -- The Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl and injury to her 15-month-old sister.
"Both are the apparent victims of heat while they were inside a car par...
July 22, 2020
Child found in hot car dies; sister in hospital
The Arkansas State Police is investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl and injury to her 15-month-old sister.
"Both are the apparent victims of heat while they were inside a car parked outside the...
July 22, 2020
Activities at airport in Mena detailed
An "extensive joint investigation" by the FBI, Arkansas State Police and IRS revealed that Barry Seal used the Mena airport for "smuggling activity" from late 1980 until March 1984, according to an in...
July 19, 2020
Arkansas State Fair canceled this year
The coronavirus pandemic has caused the Arkansas State Fair to be canceled for the first time since World War II, said Doug White, general manager of the fair.
"We have been closely monitoring covid-...
July 18, 2020
Arkansas history books carried Rebel slant
Throughout much of the 20th century, Arkansas schoolchildren were fed a steady diet of Confederate propaganda.
"Fine white men of the South" organized the Ku Klux Klan to prevent "ignorant Negroes" f...
July 12, 2020