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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The city of Little Rock and the family of a Black driver fatally shot by a white police officer during a traffic stop have tentatively reached a settlement, court records …
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By ANDREW DEMILLO
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10/8/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Friday rejected legislation that would have prevented businesses from requiring employees to say whether they've been vaccinated against …
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10/8/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation prohibiting businesses from requiring employees to disclose whether they've been vaccinated against COVID-19, a sweeping …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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10/7/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday sent the governor a congressional redistricting plan that critics say weakens the influence of minority voters in the Little Rock area by …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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10/7/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a new congressional map that splits up the state's most populous county into three U.S. House districts, drawing complaints that …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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10/6/21
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles leaders have voted to enact one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates.
The sweeping measure requires the shots for everyone entering bars, restaurants, nail …
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By The Associated Press
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10/6/21
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FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — The city of Fort Smith violated state law with its removal last year of a historical display that included a Confederate flag, a judge ruled.
In an order filed Monday, …
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10/6/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to legislation requiring employers to let their workers opt out of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, a move opposed by the …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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10/6/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Elizabeth Eckford, one of the nine Black students who Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, celebrated her 80th birthday at the school with the help of about a dozen …
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10/5/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers struck a deal on congressional redistricting Tuesday, with legislative committees advancing a proposal that would split up the state's most populous and …
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10/5/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House on Tuesday advanced legislation that would require employers to let workers opt out of taking the COVID-19 vaccine, despite warnings it would conflict …
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
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10/5/21
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate has advanced a measure that would require an exemption process for workers who face a COVID-19 vaccine mandate from their employers.
The vote Monday …
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10/4/21
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FLIPPIN, Ark. (AP) — A $4.2 million expansion at a northern Arkansas boat manufacturing operation is expected to add 50 jobs, officials announced Monday.
Vexus Boats said it would add 30% more …
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10/4/21
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When Moss Point High School teacher Louis Henderson first started bringing his bike into his classroom to keep it safe before after-school rides last year, his students of all …
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By ISABELLE TAFT, Sun Herald
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10/3/21
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NEWPORT, Ark. (AP) — A northeast Arkansas man was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty Friday to killing a woman who went missing after going for a jog near her …
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10/1/21
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BELLA VISTA, Ark. (AP) — The Bella Vista Bypass opened to the public Friday, marking the end to a decades-long plan to link sections of an interstate in northwest Arkansas and southwest …
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10/1/21
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan banned unvaccinated adults from flights Friday as it tries to push vaccinations and avoid further lockdowns to contain the coronavirus.
Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan …
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By The Associated Press
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10/1/21
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A teenage boy was shot and critically wounded Thursday inside a school in Memphis, Tennessee, and police detained a second boy believed to be the shooter. The K-8 school was …
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By ADRIAN SAINZ and REBECCA REYNOLDS
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9/30/21
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PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s rural areas need better access to COVID-19 testing, the head of the state’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The percent positivity rate in some of …
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By The Associated Press
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9/30/21
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SEARCY, Ark. (AP) — A Black man who was fatally shot in his apartment by a white off-duty Dallas police officer has been honored with a memorial at his alma mater on what would have been his 30th …
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9/30/21
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