MAP: CWD samples collected from Grant and Sevier counties in early December revealed new positive cases of the disease in those portions of the state. | AGFC image By RANDY ZELLERS | Arkansas Game & Fish Commission SHERIDAN — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has confirmed that white-tailed deer from Grant and Sevier counties have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Two hunter-harvested deer from Grant County were identified by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory through the AGFC’s free CWD surveillance network and were confirmed positive for the disease after a more thorough test was performed…
Clark County’s unemployment rate for September 2025, not seasonally adjusted, is at 4.8%, according to a preliminary county-by-county report released this week by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services. According to the report, Clark County had a labor force of 10,035 persons with 9,550 employed and 485 unemployed. The unemployment rate four-tenths of a percentage point from the August report of 5.2%. During that period the labor force grew by 146 from 9,889 persons. For the same period in 2024, Clark County reported an unemployment rate of 3.9% with a labor force of 8,970 persons. For this recent period, Clark…
A watchful resident awake in the early morning hours helped point police in the direction of suspects accused of a rash of vehicle burglaries in Arkadelphia. Prosecutors are charging at least two of the four men police suspect had involvement in the thefts that occurred during the pre-dawn hours between Nov. 7-10, 2025. Tyshawn Eddie Thompson, 19, of Little Rock, and Kevin Dewayne Williams Jr., 18, of Mabelvale, were arrested following an investigation into the theft complaints. The Arkadelphia Police Department was called to Millcreek Apartments, 1647 Welch St., at 3:19 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. According to court…
By AINSLEY PLATT | Arkansas Advocate Forrest Abrams of Fayetteville was 18 years old when he was found dead in a Little Rock alleyway with four bullets in his back. Darrell Dennis was convicted of the 2013 murder. A man with a lengthy criminal history, Dennis had been out on parole for five years before Abrams was killed despite being charged with 21 new crimes, including 10 felonies, since his release. Between 2010 and 2012, admissions to state prisons fell by 19.6%. That changed after Abrams was killed. “What happened was Darrell Dennis,” Arkansas Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness told the Advocate.…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, which Trump said reflected the drug’s potential medical benefits while discouraging recreational use
FOMO has broken out across Arkansas, as elected officials, unelected economic developers, utility companies and their regulators fall all over themselves not to miss out on the AI-fueled data center boom, a competition characterized by hyperbole, secrecy and healthy doses of wishful thinking
The AGFC has set up a network of locations where anyone can drop off their used trees to help Christmas … perhaps … mean a little bit more
49 recruits became Arkansas State Troopers during a graduation ceremony held Thursday evening
Fines and fees can prevent formerly incarcerated individuals from moving forward after release, advocates say
As temperatures drop and social calendars fill up during the holiday season, it’s important to protect your physical and mental health
Now in its fifth year, this celebration of the bountiful bushytail has become a favorite January event for families across The Natural State
This post is intended for fellow Scrooges. Consider yourself warned.
In 45 states, immigration arrests more than doubled compared with the same period last year, during the Biden administration
Between 2019 and 2023, 4,931 people nationwide were killed in December crashes involving an impaired driver
According to authorities in Mulberry, 32-year-old Christopher Gregory of that city has been reported missing since Dec. 3, 2025
In the past month, 108 premises — 44 commercial and 64 backyard flocks — tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian flu, affecting more than 1.16 million birds. None were in Arkansas.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a list and is advising consumers to check it twice before whipping up any cheesy dishes this holiday season
State lawmakers of both parties said they plan to keep passing laws regulating artificial intelligence despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to stop them
Mom says adult son beaten, threatened for PlayStation | 911 caller arrested for public intoxication | Recent arrests
Any angler who catches a largemouth bass weighing 10 pounds or larger from Arkansas waters from Jan. 1-March 31 can call the Lunker Line any time, day or night, and someone from the AGFC will meet them at the lake and take possession of the fish if it is healthy enough, return it to the AGFC’s Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery in Lonoke and spawn it with genetically superior male bass to create improved fingerlings that will be stocked in the lake
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is directing consumers’ attention to information about how to receive funds from a $700 million settlement with Google
Cayce Guy is waiting with anticipation for the peak of the waterfowl migration at Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area — maybe a little more intently this year than any other
Dr. Brendan Kelly, president of the Arkansas State University System, has been selected to become president of his alma mater, Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti
I wanted to send this message as a way to visit with everyone in Clark County about why I feel I am qualified to serve as your County Judge
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has confirmed that white-tailed deer from Grant and Sevier counties have tested positive for chronic wasting disease
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on a commercial poultry farm in Cleveland County
Sue was a graduate of Amity High School and considered her primary job as a pastor’s wife
Jimmie owned and operated the Riverside Motel for 20 years and worked for HUD in Pike County for 18 years
To keep cool during his visit to the southern states, Santa Claus expects children to leave a glass of very cold milk near the Christmas tree — sweet iced tea will also be appreciated
Henderson State University and the Henderson State University Foundation have announced the successful funding of a second endowed scholarship by the Black Alumni Chapter
Clark County reported the second-highest labor force of the seven-county area surveyed, second to Hot Spring County
