All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 7 2012 // A federal appeals court has ordered a re-sentencing for an Arkansas doctor convicted in a bombing that nearly killed the head of the state medical board.A jury convicted Randeep Mann in February 2011 of conspiring to use a...
Dec 4 2012 // A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states.The Mid-America Business Conditions index rose slightly in November to a weak...
Nov 27 2012 // The city of Beebe, Ark., has filed suit against White County over how the county distributes some funding to area fire departments.The suit was filed by Beebe Mayor Mike Robertson and the Beebe City Council after the...
Nov 19 2012 // A state panel recommended an award of $2.7 million to the estate of a woman who was killed in a crash with a speeding Arkansas State trooper.The state Claims Commission made the award on Nov. 15 and assigned 90 percent of...
Nov 16 2012 // It’s been nearly two months since someone gunned down a convenience-store clerk during an attempted robbery, and Pine Bluff, Ark., police investigators are still searching for the shooter.A security-camera system...
Nov 8 2012 // Neil Alldredge has been searching for the unifying “theme” in the results of Nov. 6 state elections around the country but he says it has not been easy to identify one.As senior vice president for state and...
Nov 5 2012 // The driver of an oil field truck has been charged with negligent homicide for the death of a 95-year-old woman who was killed when she drove into a length of pipe that protruded behind the rig.Authorities on Friday...
Oct 29 2012 // Arkansas agriculture officials say recent rains and the greening of pastures aren’t true indications that the drought is over. The drought was particularly hard on cattle producers, many of whom sold more head than...
Oct 24 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb” from “a-” of Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co. (Columbia Lloyds) and its...
Oct 11 2012 // America’s top agricultural negotiator, speaking in Stuttgart, Akr., said that he expects farm exports to be down between $1 billion and $2 billion this year because of the drought.The tighter supply of grains, and...
Sep 24 2012 // A bank is suing to foreclose on the Springdale, Ark., home of Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, who says he didn’t realize how far behind he was on the payments.Darr won the lieutenant governor’s post in 2010. He is a...
Sep 20 2012 // A Mount Ida, Ark., man who operated several insurance agencies across the state has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges.Steven Alan Standridge entered the pleas Sept. 18 in federal court. He was indicted in August...
Sep 10 2012 // Strong winds from severe thunderstorms destroyed airplane hangars and damaged airplanes, homes and vehicles as they moved across Arkansas on Sept. 7, authorities said.No serious injuries were reported, but the storms left...
Sep 5 2012 // An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday.The...
Aug 30 2012 // A flash flood watch covers much of Arkansas as what is now Tropical Storm Isaac lumbers toward the state. Forecasters also said Isaac’s storm cells have the potential to quickly spin off tornadoes that in some cases...
Aug 29 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac could bring welcome rain to some states in the Mississippi River valley this week, but experts say it’s unlikely to break the drought gripping the U.S. Midwest.Along with the deluge of rain along...
Aug 29 2012 // Arkansas agriculture officials say Hurricane Isaac would bring welcome rain to the state, but producers are worried about the stormy conditions that would accompany the precipitation.Pope County Extension Agent Phil Sims...
Aug 28 2012 // Arkansas is expected to see wind and rain from Tropical Storm Isaac, which is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29.Meteorologist Matthew Clay at the National Weather Service Office in North Little Rock...
Aug 22 2012 // The Arkansas Forestry Commission has lowered the wildfire danger for Arkansas from extreme to high because of scattered rain across the state and elevated humidity values. Officials said open burning is still discouraged,...
Aug 16 2012 // Arkansas Forestry Commission crews have contained a wildfire that burned 1.5 square miles in Perry County.Officials say another fire in Clark County burned between 300 and 400 acres. Commission spokeswoman Sheila Doughty...