The Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church, which gathers this week in Hot Springs, is preparing to lose its longtime bishop, Gary Mueller, while bracing, as well, for the departure of a number of its congregations. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Little Rock police name suspect in fatal shooting of Pine Bluff 7-year-old
Little Rock police were searching for Kenjata Daniels, Jr. on Monday in connection with a shooting that left a 7-year-old Pine Bluff girl dead over the weekend. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Actor Bruce Willis’ diagnosis spotlights UAMS aphasia patients, clinic
Greg Loyd is gregarious, seems to always be smiling and loves to talk. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Arkansas has not mirrored national uptick in traffic fatalities, but higher speeds and reckless driving taking a toll
A little over a week after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that the number of deaths on America’s roads had reached a 16-year high, Arkansas State Police officials said that while the state has thus far been spared the jump other states are seeing, high speeds and reckless driving are still killing Arkansans…
High cost of materials and rising interest rates are major drags on housing industry
The price of the materials to build the frame of a 1,500-square-foot house used to cost less than $1,000. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Girl shot to death Saturday morning near Little Rock Zoo
Little Rock police were questioning a person of interest Saturday night as part of the investigation into the killing of a young girl in War Memorial Park earlier in the day. Hours after the shooting, police had still provided scant information on the crime in a high-traffic part of the city. Continue Reading at NWAonline…
Arkansas voter turnout in primary highest for midterm election since 2010
Voter turnout in Arkansas’ primary Tuesday surged to the highest level in a midterm election since the 2010 primary, records in the secretary of state’s office show. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Grave errors: Mismarked tombs, offset headstones among nagging problems at North Little Rock veterans cemetery
At least two graves were marked with the wrong headstones for more than four years at the state-run veterans cemetery in North Little Rock before the errors were recently noticed and corrected. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Man shot, killed Friday in Pine Bluff; suspect arrested, police say
A man was found shot to death on Friday night in the 2200 block of West 10th Avenue, according to Pine Bluff police. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Hutchinson OKs merit raises for executive branch employees
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has authorized state agencies in the executive branch to use 5% of their total payroll costs for merit raises for employees in the fiscal year that ends June 30, citing the rising costs of living. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
At least 15 people with Arkansas ties included on list of Baptist leaders linked to sexual abuse
The newly-released list of Baptists accused of sex abuse includes former pastors, educators and other church workers from across the state of Arkansas. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
State gas prices rank 3rd lowest
Arkansans will be paying some of the lowest prices for a gallon of gasoline in the country ahead of Memorial Day weekend, though prices are still significantly higher than a year ago. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Judge officially reopens the estate of Mike Disfarmer, the Heber Springs photographer who died in his studio in 1959
An order was signed this week officially reopening the estate of Mike Disfarmer, an eccentric photographer who died alone in his Heber Springs photo studio in 1959 at the age of 75. He left no wife, no children and no will. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution…
UA gets OK to lift projects’ budgets; research facility to cost $137.6M
Trustees on Thursday approved an increased project budget of $137.6 million for an under-construction research facility already described as the most costly academic building ever at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
5 Arkansas lawmakers lose to GOP primary foes
Arkansas Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Bill Sample of Hot Springs is the highest-profile state legislator among the five Republican state lawmakers who lost in Tuesday’s primary election. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
State logs 556 new covid cases, biggest 1-day jump in 2 months
Continuing an upward trend that began last month, Arkansas’ count of coronavirus cases rose Wednesday by 556, the biggest one-day jump in more than two months. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Maumelle’s Mark Lowery wins Arkansas treasurer’s race, overcoming questions about past financial troubles
State Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, overcame questions about his financial background and a slew of endorsements of the other candidate to pull off a decisive victory over state Sen. Mat Pitsch, R-Fort Smith, in the Arkansas treasurer’s race, garnering nearly 75% of the vote. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News…
Thurston defeats Republican challenger
Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston fended off a challenge from former state Sen. Eddie Joe Williams to win Tuesday’s Republican primary for the state’s chief election officer. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Griffin poised to win Republican nod for attorney general race
The unofficial winner of the Republican primary race for attorney general in Arkansas is Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, according to the Associated Press, which called the race just after 9 p.m. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
3 congressmen take GOP races by wide margins
The three Arkansas congressmen who faced Republican challengers won by wide margins in Tuesday’s primary election. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Early voting numbers up in Arkansas, but rain threatens to dampen total turnout
The number of early voters in this year’s primary election substantially exceeded their ranks in the last midterm election in 2018, even though the final-day tally wasn’t yet available late Monday afternoon. Continue Reading at NWAonline here Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Report on Southern Baptists faults state’s Floyd over clergy abuse list secrecy
The Southern Baptist Convention compiled a list of hundreds of ministers accused of sexual abuse, but its top executive, former Cross Church Northwest Arkansas Pastor Ronnie Floyd, opposed making it public and chose not to examine the list himself, according to an independent report commissioned by the denomination and made public this week. Continue Reading…
