1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (519+ words) PEACHES FOR FREEZE " The timing of the bud and bloom stages of many peach trees in Arkansas left them particularly vulnerable to the below-freezing temperatures that covered most of the state in mid-March. | Division of Agriculture image By RYAN Mc…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago  (235+ words) Vehicle crashes on highways in South Arkansas left two people dead in recent days. Early Sunday morning in rural Howard County, Joe Walter Baker Jr. , 44, of Little River, was traveling eastbound on Arkansas Highway 27 in a 2017 Chevy Tahoe when, near…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (342+ words) By ANTOINETTE GRAJEDA | Arkansas Advocate The U. S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed John Thomas Shepherd to serve as a judge on the U. S. District Court of the Western District of Arkansas." President Donald Trump"nominated"Shepherd to the U. S. District Court of the Western…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1039+ words) GOVERNOR IN THE HOUSE "Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders enters the House of Representatives chamber at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. | Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate By ANTOINETTE GRAJEDA | Arkansas Advocate Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (625+ words) By ANDREW De MILLO | Arkansas Advocate He cast doubts on the security of election machines and questioned the legitimacy of Joe Biden's 2020 victory. He showed little restraint on social media, with posts sprinkled with profanity that at times were aimed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (247+ words) Wrecks on highways in South Arkansas left two people dead in recent days. On Friday, April 3, 2026, Marvin Lamar Brown was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado northbound on Cash Road in Camden when he left the roadway and struck a utility pole…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (949+ words) By AINSLEY PLATT | Arkansas Advocate On October 31, 2024, Arkansas" governor announced the state had bought an 815-acre parcel of land in rural Franklin County. The land, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders'said, would be used to build a new state prison. Local officials…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (896+ words) Arkansas farmers plan to reduce planted acreage for four of the state's five major crops, including corn, cotton, peanuts and rice, in favor of soybeans during the 2026 planting season, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. | Division of Agriculture graphic By…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (883+ words) BLOCKED, FOR NOW "A Ten Commandments monument is on display outside the Arkansas State Capitol on April 1, 2026. | Andrew De Millo/Arkansas Advocate By ANDREW De MILLO | Arkansas Advocate A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Arkansas must remove a Ten Commandments…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (713+ words) By ANDREW De MILLO | Arkansas Advocate Kim Hammer, a state senator who has sponsored several restrictions on Arkansas" elections and initiative process, has won the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Hammer narrowly defeated Army veteran Bryan Norris Tuesday in…...