West Plains Daily Quill

AR--Arkansas Digest, 1:30pm update, AR

Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up for select Arkansas stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP's complete coverage of Arkansas and the rest of the world, visit … more

5/20/22

Arkansas Primary Election Testing Advisory

EDITORS: NEWS DIRECTORS: NOT FOR BROADCAST, PUBLICATION OR USE ONLINE The Arkansas primary election is Tuesday, May 24. Poll close: 8:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CDT First results … more

5/20/22

FILE - In this April 1, 2019, photo, Noelle Fries, 6, left, and Galen Biel, 6, both of Minneapolis, attend a rally at the Minnesota Capitol to kick off a year-long drive to try to ensure that all Minnesota residents are counted in the 2020 census. Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census. Other U.S. states, including Minnesota, had significant overcounts of their populations, according to figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)

In 2 states, 1 in 20 residents missed during US head count

Around 1 in 20 residents in Arkansas and Tennessee were missed during the 2020 census, and four other U.S. states had significant undercounts of their populations which could short-change them of … more

By MIKE SCHNEIDER | 5/19/22

Family Dollar closing Arkansas facility where rodents found

Family Dollar says it's closing an Arkansas distribution facility that prompted a recall of numerous products after more than 1,000 rodents were found. The company said Wednesday it will close the … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 5/18/22

Sarah Sanders raises another $601K in Arkansas governor race

Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders continues to far outpace her rivals in fundraising for the Arkansas governor's race. Sanders this week reported raising another $601,000 last month … more

5/17/22

DNA tests confirm body in Arkansas creek is Fargo man

Authorities say DNA testing has confirmed a body found in a creek near Little Rock, Arkansas is a missing man from Fargo. Twenty-five-year-old Jordan Simeon disappeared March 7 while on his way to … more

5/16/22

FILE - Judge Sam J. Ervin IV makes a statement during the North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Forum in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Upcoming primaries for state supreme court seats in North Carolina and Arkansas are putting the spotlight on how such races across the U.S. have grown in importance and partisanship in recent years. In North Carolina, Republicans are targeting Democratic Supreme Court Justice Ervin IV, whose grandfather presided over the Watergate hearings in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Primaries spotlight coming battles over state supreme courts

Upcoming primary elections for state supreme court seats in North Carolina and Arkansas are putting the spotlight on how such races across the U.S. have grown in importance in recent years and led to … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO and GARY D. ROBERTSON | 5/14/22

Arkansas county corrects ballot typo on candidate's name

An Arkansas county has corrected ballots that misidentified Senate hopeful Jake Bequette as “Jack." A judge on Friday declined to dismiss the lawsuit that Bequette filed against election officials … more

5/13/22

3 motorcyclists killed in wrong-way crash in Arkansas

Arkansas State Police say three people from Louisiana were killed and six other people were injured when six motorcycles collided with a wrong-way driver on Interstate 40 in western Arkansas. A state … more

5/13/22

Several hurt after shots fired outside Arkansas graduation

Police say several people were injured after a large fight broke out and shots were fired outside of an Arkansas convention center where a graduation ceremony had taken place. The shooting happened … more

5/13/22

AR--Arkansas Digest, 1:30pm update, AR

Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up for select Arkansas stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP's complete coverage of Arkansas and the rest of the world, visit … more

5/13/22

Arkansas Primary Election Testing Advisory

EDITORS: NEWS DIRECTORS: NOT FOR BROADCAST, PUBLICATION OR USE ONLINE The Arkansas primary election is Tuesday, May 24. Poll close: 8:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CDT First results … more

5/13/22

AR--Arkansas Digest, 1:30pm update, AR

Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up for select Arkansas stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP's complete coverage of Arkansas and the rest of the world, visit … more

5/12/22

Arkansas Primary Election Testing Advisory

EDITORS: NEWS DIRECTORS: NOT FOR BROADCAST, PUBLICATION OR USE ONLINE The Arkansas primary election is Tuesday, May 24. Poll close: 8:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CDT First results … more

5/12/22

Deep South News Digest, 6pm update

Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select Deep South stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of Deep South and the rest of the world, … more

5/11/22

Former DEA agent sentenced to 135 months for taking bribes

A former Drug Enforcement Administration agent who admitted to taking thousands of dollars in bribes from a drug trafficker has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. Nathan Koen was … more

5/11/22

Arkansas sues drug companies over high insulin prices

Arkansas is suing several drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers over the cost of insulin for diabetes patients. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Wednesday filed the lawsuit in state … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 5/11/22

AR--Arkansas Digest, 1:30pm update, AR

Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up for select Arkansas stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP's complete coverage of Arkansas and the rest of the world, visit … more

5/11/22

FILE - Former NFL football player Jake Bequette speaks to reporters at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, after filing paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate. Bequette is challenging incumbent GOP Sen. John Boozman in the state's May primary. On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Bequette filed a lawsuit after two counties incorrectly listed his first name as “Jack" on their ballots for this month's Republican primary election, with early voting already underway. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)

2 Arkansas counties list wrong first name for Senate hopeful

Arkansas Senate candidate Jake Bequette is suing after two counties incorrectly listed his first name as “Jack" on their ballots in this month's Republican primary election. Attorneys for Bequette … more

5/11/22

AR--Arkansas Digest, 1:30pm update, AR

Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up for select Arkansas stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP's complete coverage of Arkansas and the rest of the world, visit … more

5/10/22

Smith, Raanta, Hurricanes top Rangers for 2-0 series lead

Acuña's 1st game in Miami since knee injury, leads Braves

Justin Thomas sets the target in the wind at Southern Hills

Woods plays through pain, makes another major cut at PGA

Story's slam snagged by former Sox player in Monster seats

Marcus Smart, Mikal Bridges top NBA All-Defensive first team

Live updates | McIlroy takes lead into 2nd round of PGA

Tillman switching from Germany to US, Wright also on roster

Rojas hits 3 home runs, Dbacks outslug Cubs in HR derby 10-6

Windy Indy: Speeds hit 243 mph as weather disrupts 500 prep