A ruling has been made in the Arkansas Court of Appeals regarding a civil case originating in Clark County. | Shutterstock.com/Zhanna Hapanovich By JOEL PHELPS | arkadelphian.com A Clark County couple’s lawsuit against the City of Arkadelphia is headed back to a lower court after the Arkansas Court of Appeals remanded parts of an appeal by the city. In an opinion delivered March 11, 2026, Chief Judge N. Mark Klappenbach affirmed parts of an appeal by the Clark County Circuit Court, and reversed and remanded other parts of the appeal. The lawsuit dates to 2023, when Brandon and Kortni Beene…
PHOTO: Michael Arras, of Little Rock. | Clark County Detention Center mugshot By JOEL PHELPS | arkadelphian.com A suspect is in police custody Wednesday after allegedly leading Arkadelphia officers on a 5-mile chase in a stolen vehicle. The suspect struck Clark County Sheriff Jason Watson’s vehicle and another motorist during the first few moments of the pursuit. The chase started on West Pine Street just before noon March 11, 2026. Arkadelphia Police Chief Jason “Shorty” Jackson tells us that a Group 6 Narcotics agent, working from a tip generated by the city’s new Flock Safety license plate cameras that alerted…
PHOTO: A Pafford ambulance waits for a patient transfer outside Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia, where the ambulance provider's competitor and holder of Clark County's 911 contract, Valor EMS, says it's losing money over inter-facility transfers. Valor initially agreed that it would survive financially on 911 calls alone. | Joel Phelps/arkadelphian.com By JOE MAY | The Southern Standard Valor EMS has lost half a million dollars since becoming the county’s 911 ambulance provider, the Clark County Quorum Court was told Monday evening, March 9. Clint Mathis, representing the ambulance service, addressed the court, stating that as yet, a formal contract has…
A new student pantry at Arkadelphia High School opened this semester, offering a grocery-style option for students facing food insecurity. The pantry stocks fresh produce, dairy products, refrigerated and frozen items, and a range of traditional nonperishable items as well. Most importantly, this pantry allows the students to choose what they need each week rather than receiving a pre-packed bag. A collaboration between Patterson Federal Credit Union and AHS counselors, teachers, and students brought this new pantry to life. Patterson Federal Credit Union’s Acorn Project, a foundation dedicated to supporting children in need in the community, launched the project and…
Four people protesting outside the Governor’s Mansion were arrested Wednesday afternoon, with two facing felony second-degree battery charges, according to Arkansas State Police
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The study found that the average cost of child care in Arkansas is $17,500 per year for a family with two young children, or 27% of Arkansans’ annual median household income
This St. Patrick’s Day, the Arkansas 4-H Foundation is encouraging Arkansans to set a bit of gold aside to support youth development in the Natural State
The University of Arkansas will struggle to keep up unless the Walton family focuses its attention on football instead of a medical school, a world-class art museum, and hiking and biking trails
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Arkansas leaders marked the third anniversary of a 2023 education overhaul law Monday with a visit to an elementary school that has markedly improved its student outcomes in the past few years
Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) is launching a new donation program in its Arkansas stores to help support local hunger relief organizations
After candidates backed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders were defeated in last week’s primary elections, Arkansas’ Republican governor is unlikely to embark on a tour of contrition similar to that of former Gov. Bill Clinton
Amid a slew of proposed changes scaling the federal government’s role in broadening assistance in federal rental programs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to rescind a 2024 regulation requiring public housing agencies and certain federally subsidized landlords to give 30 days’ notice before filing for eviction based on unpaid rent
The history of Iran, called Persia in ancient times, dates back to antiquity, but it has often been the scene of upheaval and warfare
Army veteran Bryan Norris and state Sen. Kim Hammer are advancing to a runoff later this month for the Republican nomination for secretary of state
As war shuts down shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, farmers are seeing spikes in urea and diesel prices just as planting season has begun in Arkansas
There is a lot to cover as we review Tuesday’s primary elections. We’ll start with what happened with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and three Republican state Senate races.
The following are unofficial results from the March 3, 2026, primary election in Clark County, Arkansas
A jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $250.8 million was sold in Arkansas for the March 2 drawing
The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline topped $3 Tuesday for the first time this year, and is expected to keep going up
The United States is celebrating its America250 semiquincentennial, and Arkansas is doing its part to plan the party
The Clark County Retired Teachers Association recently hosted guest speaker Cathie Ware Murphy, retired associate professor of nursing from Texarkana College
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
The following incidents were gathered from reports filed Feb. 23 through March 1, 2026, at the Arkadelphia Police Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office
Democratic lawmakers called Saturday for Congress to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s order launching “major combat operations” in Iran, while Republicans largely provided cautious support of the attacks
Two veteran Arkansas lawmakers are fighting for their political lives in Tuesday’s Republican primaries, with a barrage of mailers and ads funded by outside groups casting them as insufficiently conservative against challengers backed by GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Bill Kopksy, executive director of the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and representative of the Protect AR Rights Coalition, will be the featured speaker at the March 2026 meeting of Clark County Democratic Women
In light of multiple school districts across Arkansas severing ties with Lifetouch photography over concerns that its parent company’s former owner and alleged links to the Jeffrey Epstein files, Arkadelphia Public Schools will not drop its current contract with the company
This is a roundup of felony charges filed Feb. 13-27, 2026, by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office
The National Weather Service in Little Rock says there is increasing confidence for a wet and stormy pattern over the south-central part of the U.S. through the first few weeks of March 2026
The rising cost of Arkansas’ school voucher program has prompted concerns from Democrats and some rural Republican legislators who say it will be devastating to public schools
Even though farmers have been dealing with rice stink bugs as pests since the 1880s, entomologists are still getting to know them at the genetic level
The following people have recently been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
A Clark County couple’s lawsuit against the City of Arkadelphia is headed back to a lower court after the Arkansas Court of Appeals remanded parts of an appeal by the city
Through the program, students will move entrepreneurship beyond the classroom by launching startups, competing in pitch competitions, securing seed funding, and working directly with mentors and regional business leaders
The School of Performing Arts at Ouachita Baptist University cordially invites the community to attend the David Glaze Music Competition to be held Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. in the McBeth Recital Hall in the Mabee Fine Arts building
Born and raised in Gurdon, John served in the Navy before a career as a commercial property appraiser in California and Oregon
The conflict in the Strait of Hormuz is restricting imports to the rapidly growing timber markets in the Middle East and northern Africa, according to an industry outlet, but impacts on the Arkansas timber industry will likely be minimal
