Category Archives: Pulaski County, Arkansas

The news is mixed today. The line is open. UPDATE: I’ve substituted the video. The original had flawed sound. The post TGIF news roundup appeared … Continue reading →

A news release today confirms my earlier report that former U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland is going to work as chief legal counsel for the Arkansas … Continue reading →

JUST IN: Darnella Frazier, the teenage girl who pulled out her cell phone and recorded the police murder of George Floyd last summer, has received … Continue reading →

Former state Sen. Bryan King recently filed a new suit in Washington County to force Ecclesia College to repay almost $700,000 it received in state … Continue reading →

A circuit judge today carried out the Arkansas Supreme Court’s order to remove members of the state Plant Board who were unconstitutionally picked by trade … Continue reading →

Today’s news includes the flood emergency and Arkansas politics. The line is open. The post Today’s news: High water and low politics appeared first on … Continue reading →

Latest CDC data shows Arkansas has 32% of its population fully vaccinated, lagging well behind the nation. Check out our interactive chart: https://t.co/Wn3hM4md3U pic.twitter.com/OhOyztoLq6 — … Continue reading →

On May 7, 1955, Little Rock civil rights activist Ozell Sutton penned an article for the Chicago Defender, perhaps the nation’s most important Black newspaper … Continue reading →

The push to keep students from learning about the profound role racism played in U.S. history is getting pushback this weekend from teachers across the … Continue reading →

Today’s news roundup includes state money for public employee pay raises, state money for a runway in Fort Smith and questions about how much to … Continue reading →

How many cities were aspirationally founded to become a college town? That’s the story of Oxford, Mississippi, chartered 184 years ago and named after the … Continue reading →

Oaklawn will now add December race dates to its calendar and host a 66-day season from Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 – Sunday, May 8, 2022. … Continue reading →

The controversy over the University of North Carolina’s hiring of 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones continues with a faculty protest and silence so far on … Continue reading →

A State Police news release says Maung Tway, 34, of Green Forest was fatally wounded by local police responding to a disturbance call after he … Continue reading →

TGIF is all I can say about today’s news roundup The line is open. The post A sleepy Friday: News roundup delves into UFOs and … Continue reading →

Highly recommended: Steve Barnes’ interview on Arkansas Week with Sen. Jim Hendren, the Republican-turned-independent who is leading Common Ground, a centrist group aiming at a … Continue reading →

A long-term investigation by authorities in Izard County brought in at least 30 arrests, with nearly 10 pounds of meth and over $100,000 in drug … Continue reading →

The daily COVID-19 update: New cases in the last 24 hours: 253 Deaths: 3 Active cases: 1,746, up 73 from Thursday. Hospitalized: 178, down from … Continue reading →

Happy #PrideMonth!@GOP is proud to have doubled our LGBTQ support over the last 4 years, and we will continue to grow our big tent by … Continue reading →

It’s time to plan your trip to Hot Springs. Picking the things to see and do in the Spa City is so easy; the only … Continue reading →

Either my ear is hardwired to love it when musicians mix the beautiful with the bizarre, or I’ve come by that affinity through experience. A … Continue reading →

RODNEY BLOCK FRIDAY 6/4. Wildwood Park for the Arts. 8 p.m. $25. “Everybody is multi-dimensional,” trumpeter and bandleader Rodney Block told us. “If you see … Continue reading →

This news from the Clinton Presidential Center: The Clinton Presidential Center’s museum and exhibits will reopen to the public on Thursday, July 1. The Clinton … Continue reading →

Holiday numbers don’t mean much, but here they are. The line is open. The post COVID numbers and the open line appeared first on Arkansas … Continue reading →

The revelation by The Assembly, a North Carolina publication, that Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman had discouraged the University of North Carolina from hiring Nikole … Continue reading →

So….. There is a web page to solicit donations for the legal defense of Richard Barnett — the man accused of putting feet on desk … Continue reading →

The federal courthouse in Little Rock is hopping with challenges to Arkansas’s worst new laws. Plus: the West Little Rock chopper and new old blood … Continue reading →

A quiet close to the week. Pandemic? What pandemic. The line is open. Note to readers: Yes, we know the comment function has been disabled. … Continue reading →

GONE: A city of Rochester photo in today’s NY Times shows the freeway removed from that city. It’s been replaced by a normal street corridor, … Continue reading →

The Daily Beast talks at length with one of the families suing to invalidate the new Arkansas law that bans affirming care for transgender children … Continue reading →

The U.S. attorney’s office said federal Judge Kristine Baker has sentenced Machita “Frog” Mitchell Jr., 45, a former leader of the Wolfe Street Crips, to … Continue reading →

I get that coaches are rightly fond of every team they coach for different reasons. But it’s awfully hard to imagine how Dave Van Horn … Continue reading →

For the third time this week, Arkansas has been sued in federal court by plaintiffs alleging unconstitutional new laws. Today, its supporters of term limits. … Continue reading →

Mark Holaway abruptly ended his 20-year career as a paramedic and firefighter after suffering a breakdown and being diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder.  Decades … Continue reading →

A former Department of Veterans Affairs program analyst received a 46-month sentence today for taking personal information about veterans and VA employees and trying to … Continue reading →

The COVID-19 report for Monday shows a low number of new cases, as is usually the case. New cases in 24 hours: 49 cases. Deaths: … Continue reading →

  Sheriff Chris Brown, who came up with this addition, was a regular figure at the legislature, endorsing state sovereignty on gun laws and opposing … Continue reading →

While discussing proposed huge cost increase to state employees and public school employees for their health insurance at ALC this morning, it’s revealed that of … Continue reading →

DEVELOPING: An Arkansas man is accused of illegally cutting trees down on the Ouachita National Recreation Trail to have a better view of Lake Maumelle … Continue reading →

Arkansas Times · The Shots for Lottery Tickets Edition On this week’s podcast, Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about the expiration of the COVID-19 … Continue reading →

An undersung mensch of early rock ‘n’ roll garnered some recognition in his birthplace of Hot Springs today, on what would have been his 100th … Continue reading →

Today’s news includes my push for a vaccination lottery. The line is open. The post The week-ending news roundup appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Today’s news includes my push for a vaccination lottery. The line is open. The post The week-ending news roundup appeared first on Arkansas Times.

Today’s news includes my push for a vaccination lottery. The line is open. The post The week-ending news roundup appeared first on Arkansas Times.