Arkansas

Civil Rights leader Daisy Bates and Musician Johnny Cash are set to be commemorated with statues at the U.S. Capitol, representing Arkansas.

Body cam footage released by the Jonesboro Police Department showed the officer crawling on top of the ice to reach the child, who was clinging to the edge with his body submerged.

After enduring nearly 500 days in an Arkansas animal shelter, Neo, an abused dog rescued by local police in 2022, has found a loving forever home.

In a significant development, the Arkansas State Police have charged 48-year-old inmate Rick Allen Headley with first-degree murder in a decades-old cold case.

According to the CDC, amoeba Naegleria fowleri thrives in warm water.

A 7-year-old Arkansas girl celebrating her birthday on a trip to the state's Crater of Diamonds State Park took home a big present after she found a nearly 3-carat diamond.

An Arkansas woman, Paula Penn of Texarkana, narrowly avoided giving away a winning lottery ticket to her ex-father-in-law, almost missing out on a $75,000 prize from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, was arrested along with his wife, his mother and his mother’s boyfriend.

Jeremy Tillman, 45, tragically passed away while helping his son move into an Arkansas college dormitory. He collapsed, and despite attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

It was possibly the cheesiest highway shutdown in history. 

Authorities said Layton Boyster had gone underwater but did not resurface. His body was found later that evening.

A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday that the bodies were identified as those of Chuck Morris, 47, and his 20-year-old son, Charley Morris.

Both bills are among measures aimed at rolling back LGBTQ rights pursued by Republicans this year across the country. The Kansas bill focuses on bathrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities.

A monster storm system has torn through the South and Midwest spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted as people raced for shelter.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monument near the state Capitol.

Park rangers said it's the largest diamond found at the park this year and the largest since last September.

Five people died when a small airplane crashed near a Little Rock factory on Wednesday shortly after taking off, authorities said.