Virus can’t stop show, teachers say; masks, distance pose special challenges for state’s choirs, bands

Performing arts educators around the state are expressing some trepidation and uncertainty about how to move forward. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Colleges in Arkansas firm up plans for covid-19; testing, tracing among concerns

Plans for covid-19 testing and contact tracing are emerging at Arkansas’ college campuses as students have begun moving in for the first on-campus coursework since March. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Time crunch has census-takers in Arkansas racing the clock

The shortened timeline for the U.S. Census Bureau to go door-to-door means a relatively rural and poorer state such as Arkansas is likely to be undercounted, advocates said. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

PAPER TRAILS: Family afar yearns for GI’s story

Capt. Jefferson Sherman Jr. is buried with about 10,000 other American soldiers in the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in the village of Margraten. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

LIVES REMEMBERED: State’s July covid-19 deaths surpass 175

More than 175 Arkansans died of covid-19 in July, the Arkansas Department of Health said last week, dozens more than the 137 who died a month earlier. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Patience a virtue on off-ramp

Dear Mahatma (via phone): I just got off the Interstate 430 north exit at Cantrell Road. The time allotted to off-ramp traffic has resulted in a dangerous backup onto the interstate. — Traveler Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas posts 1,011 new virus cases

Arkansas’ count of coronavirus cases rose Friday by 1,011 — the third-highest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Ruling dissolves block on Arkansas abortion laws

More than three years after a federal judge in Little Rock blocked the enforcement of four newly enacted laws restricting access to abortion in Arkansas, a federal appeals panel has dissolved the injunction. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Flu shots stressed this year; virus cases rise 735

To prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed with patients this fall and winter, Arkansas health officials Thursday emphasized the importance of getting a flu shot and taking steps — such as wearing a mask — that can prevent transmission of both the coronavirus and the flu. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Killed ex-state senator, O’Donnell says

A close friend and former campaign aide to former state Sen. Linda Collins told a judge Thursday that she killed the former lawmaker last year and attempted to conceal her body. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Flu shots stressed this year; virus cases rise 735

To prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed with patients this fall and winter, Arkansas health officials Thursday emphasized the importance of getting a flu shot and taking steps — such as wearing a mask — that can prevent transmission of both the coronavirus and the flu. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State says on-site schooling required

Citing the Arkansas Constitution’s requirement for the state to offer students an adequate education, state officials said Wednesday that most schools must offer in-person instruction five days a week during the school year that starts later this month. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State says on-site schooling required

Citing the Arkansas Constitution’s requirement for the state to offer students an adequate education, state officials said Wednesday that most schools must offer in-person instruction five days a week during the school year that starts later this month. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State panel favors $100M more for broadband

A proposal to provide $100 million more in federal coronavirus relief funds to the Arkansas Rural Connect broadband grant program won the backing Wednesday of a panel appointed by the governor. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Open schools remain goal, governor says

Despite warnings from top federal public health officials, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday stuck by his goal of having schools across the state reopen to in-classroom instruction later this month. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Owner of neglected Dogpatch disclosed; Bass Pro Shops head holds keys

When the Earth opened up and swallowed part of his Top of the Rock golf course in Ridgedale, Mo., Johnny Morris excavated the sinkhole and turned it into a tourist attraction called “The Cathedral of Nature.” Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Open schools remain goal, governor says

Despite warnings from top federal public health officials, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday stuck by his goal of having schools across the state reopen to in-classroom instruction later this month. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Israel’s decision to restart schools a cautionary tale

JERUSALEM — As the United States and other countries anxiously consider how to reopen schools, Israel, one of the first countries to do so, illustrates the dangers of moving too precipitously. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Trump criticizes expert’s stance on virus spread

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said White House coronavirus task force leader Dr. Deborah Birx “hit” the Trump administration with her remarks that widespread virus infections in urban and rural America mark a “new phase” for the pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

British woman avoids Malaysia hanging

ALOR SETAR, Malaysia — A British woman accused of stabbing her husband to death at their Malaysian resort home avoided the gallows and was sentenced to 42 months in jail on Monday after she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State sees 784 new virus cases; death toll rises by 15

Arkansas tallied 784 new cases of covid-19 Tuesday as deaths attributed to the virus rose by 15 and hospitalizations reached a new high, according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State sees 784 new virus cases; death toll rises by 15

Arkansas tallied 784 new cases of covid-19 Tuesday as deaths attributed to the virus rose by 15 and hospitalizations reached a new high, according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

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