Arkansas News

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel today announced that debt collector NCO Financial Systems, Inc., has agreed to provide restitution to consumers and change its debt-collection practices as part of a settlement with Arkansas and 18 other states.

The Stonewall Democrats of Arkansas are leading an upcoming debate on the legal arguments surrounding same-sex marriage.

With spring right around the corner - never mind what Punxsutawney Phil says - it's natural for Arkansans to start worrying about tornado season.

On a national level pizza restaurants expect to sell around four million pizzas and the American Restaurant Association estimates 125 billion wings will be consumed over this Super bowl weekend.

On one of our few sunny days that Arkansas has experienced lately, a drive down Highway 70 proved to be very relaxing.

John Lyon of Stephens Media samples legislative opinion to Rep. Justin Harris' call that legislators block the proposed rule to bar use of state money to teach religion in daycares, such as his in West Fork and Sen.

Arkansas State Police officials have identified a man they say fatally shot himself as troopers tried to stop his vehicle on Interstate 40 in eastern Arkansas.

In Pine Bluff, one can visit the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame, and while one will find exhibits about such white performers as Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, and Billy Bob Thornton, one will also find several exhibits about black performers who hail from or are closely associated with Arkansas.

The Democrat-Gazette's annual article on legislative expense reimbursements is a good takeoff for what could be good news on the ethics front - a campaign for an initiated act to stiffen Arkansas ethics laws.

Police say strong winds ripped the roofing off some homes and littered the streets in Waldron with debris and power lines late Friday.

When Jeffery H. Moran goes to work each day, he swipes his security badge, passes into an airtight chamber, opens a bomb-proof door and enters a lab full of deadly toxins.

Twenty-six Democratic legislators stood at a podium in the Old Supreme Courtroom and held a press conference to talk about their party's agenda for the upcoming fiscal session.

Get in a conversation about which wild game is best on the table, and you'll hear some varied and strong opinions.

The proposal released by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz on Friday would make the 188th Fighter Wing an MQ-1/9 Remote Split Operations Squadron that would be made up of unmanned aerial vehicles commonly referred to as drones.

National Park Service photo Cannons are lined up on a field of the Pea Ridge National Military Park, where Union and Confederate soldiers fought 150 years ago in March.

Mercedes Griffeth, a 12-year-old actress from Malvern, is featured in the XBOX/ NFL commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Denver Dispatch WITH SADNESS, THE ARKANSAS DELEGATION LETS GO, AND BARACK OBAMA BECOMES THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE by Ted Manna and Joe Shea American Reporter Correspondent Denver, Colo.

A man who pleaded guilty to health care fraud is due in federal court in central Arkansas for sentencing.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he plans to pardon seven people who were convicted of drug, trespass or battery charges.

The Arkansas National Guard was informed today that the Air Force proposal to re-structure the force includes the 188th Fighter Wing's transition from the A-10 Thunderbolt II to a remotely piloted aircraft mission in Fiscal Year 2013.