Stateline: Stand-your-ground laws linked to higher homicide rates, new report finds
Stand-your-ground or shoot first laws remove the legal duty to retreat before using deadly force in a self-defense situation
Author: Joel Phelps
Arkansas Advocate: SNAP recipients get new fraud reporting/prevention help
Increased scams aimed at defrauding food assistance recipients prompted the Arkansas Department of Human Services to create a new fraud prevention section of its website
Mad Butcher shooter pleads guilty
A South Arkansas man accused of the deadly 2024 shooting at a Fordyce grocery store pleaded guilty to the killing of four people
Gary Adcock
Gary was a retired butcher who enjoyed spending time at deer camp and watching the St. Louis Cardinals
Dispatch Desk: July 14-20, 2025
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Arkansas State Police probing officer-involved shooting in Polk County
State authorities have been called to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the Soutwest Arkansas town of Wickes in rural Polk County
Arkansas Advocate: Federal judge says he’ll rule on Arkansas Ten Commandments injunction before Aug. 5
A federal judge said he will decide soon whether to block implementation of a new state law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools, following a nearly nine-hour hearing Friday