All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 14 2012 // Trusted Choice announced that Summer Roachell of Conway, Ark. and Austin Smotherman of Loomis, Calif., won the girls and boys divisions, respectively, at the recent 44nd Annual Trusted Choice Big “I” National...
Aug 10 2012 // More than half of Arkansas is in exceptional drought status, which is the U.S. Drought Monitor’s most severe classification. The map, released Thursday, says the exceptional drought covers nearly all of northern and...
Aug 8 2012 // Insurance producers who assist group health insurance customers with coverage in Arkansas may collect a compensation fee from clients to make up for reduced commissions from health insurance companies, state regulators...
Jul 24 2012 // A woman is accused of fatally shooting a co-worker on July 23 at an Arkansas plant after the two apparently had an earlier altercation, authorities said.Lillie Foots-Wilson was being held on a first-degree murder charge,...
Jul 20 2012 // The area of Arkansas experiencing exceptional drought conditions has tripled from a week ago to nearly 11 percent of the state. New U.S. Drought Monitor figures released July 19 show the driest part of the state includes...
Jul 18 2012 // A group of Arkansas rice farmers has sued a company that produces hybrid seed, claiming that RiceTec Inc. supplied them with seed that produced an inferior crop and sometimes didn’t grow well enough to be...
Jul 16 2012 // A company has pledged $100,000 to create an endowed professorship in the Insurance and Risk Management program at the University of Central Arkansas. Officials say the contribution by AMC/Fairmont will go toward the Dr....
Jul 13 2012 // The U.S. Agriculture Department has granted a disaster declaration for 69 of Arkansas’ 75 counties due to the drought. The designation makes emergency loans available to farmers and ranchers. The approval was...
Jul 12 2012 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Springdale filed by the former mayor of an Oklahoma town.The Springdale Morning News reported that U.S. District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren dismissed the suit Monday. The...
Jul 6 2012 // The latest drought report says more than a third of Arkansas is in extreme drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor report, updated Thursday, says all of Arkansas is undergoing drought conditions. A handful of counties...
Jun 29 2012 // Arkansas’ insurance commissioner says the state is moving forward with its plans to implement the federal health care law after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the overhaul. Commissioner Jay Bradford told The...
Jun 12 2012 // A Washington County Circuit Court judge has sentenced an Arkansas woman to six months in jail in connection with the death of a city worker.Jo Jackson pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor negligent homicide and...
Jun 11 2012 // Serious safety violations at a chemical plant in Arkansas have resulted in a proposed $122,000 in fines for an Indiana company, federal regulators say.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Jun 8 2012 // El Dorado Chemical says it will soon resume operations after last month’s explosion at its plant in south Arkansas.No one was hurt in the May 15 blast at the plant, which produces chemicals for farming and industrial...
Jun 7 2012 // Forecasters say storms that swept Arkansas on June 3 and 4 included at least one tornado, which touched down southwest of Carlisle in Lonoke County. A storm survey team couldn’t find damage, but photographs taken...
Jun 6 2012 // Alleged health and safety violations at an Arkansas food processing plant have resulted in a proposed $156,700 fine for the plant’s owner.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health cited...
May 31 2012 // A debate and forensics teacher at Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Ark., has filed a lawsuit against the district, claiming his contract was breached because administrators told him to take anger management...
May 23 2012 // Officials say three workers are dead following an explosion at an abandoned oil well near El Dorado in southern Arkansas.Union County Emergency Manager Jerry Thomas says three workers at Long Brothers Oil Company were...
May 15 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “a-” from “a” of Milwaukee-based Badger Mutual...
May 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “bbb” from “a-” of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas Inc....