2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (304+ words) At a special-called meeting Tuesday night, the Tex ARKana Advertising & Promotion Commission awarded more than $286, 450 in grants for tourism-boosting initiatives on Texarkana's Arkansas side. The A&P Commission is funded by a tax on Texarkana, Arkansas hotels and restaurants. Those…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (191+ words) On June 20, 1542, Hernando de Soto's expedition crossed into Caddo country in what is now southwest Arkansas, one of the earliest written European descriptions of the Caddo people and the region. During the Civil War, Confederate Missourians under Col. John B. Clark…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (631+ words) Ava Weeks performs with the hosts and hostesses of the 2025 Tiger Tunes at Ouachita Baptist University. ARKADELPHIA " Ava Weeks, a Ouachita English and secondary education double major from Conway, Arkansas, walked out of Little Rock's Robinson Center Saturday night as…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (616+ words) The attacks by President Donald Trump and other conservatives against PBS over claims that its programming is too "woke" would normally be powerful in a solidly Republican state like Arkansas. But they were no match for an energetic coalition of…...

1+ week, 23+ min ago  (229+ words) There was no grand prize winner Tuesday of the national Mega Millions jackpot. There was no Match 5 winner. According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, the Mega Millions lottery numbers were: 12-20-53-67-70, Mega Ball 12. Friday's jackpot will be an estimated $452 million ($201 million…...

1+ week, 38+ min ago  (386+ words) Arkansas" public television network will receive $500, 000 in additional state funds offered by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to supplement its operating budget under a proposal that received initial legislative approval Tuesday, June 17, 2026. The additional money is going before lawmakers less than…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (960+ words) From left: Adam Webb, executive director of the Garland County Library, and Arkansas State Library Board Chairman Clay Goff listen to public comment on proposed rules for libraries to receive state funding at the Arkansas Department of Education headquarters on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (357+ words) Troy Wells, Baptist Health president and CEO, speaks during the dedication of El Dorado's hospital as a new unit of the Baptist Health system. EL DORADO -- Baptist Health formally welcomed South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado into its system…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (498+ words) Arkansas State Police released Monday, June 15, 2026 information about four automobile fatalities in the state that have happened since Friday morning. Spencer Jones, 27, of Palestine was killed and another man was injured in a single-vehicle crash at 1: 11 a. m. Sunday, June 14, 2026 in Monroe…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (929+ words) On June 15, 1836, the United States admitted Arkansas as the 25th state in the Union, ending a 17-year period as a federal territory and marking the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the American Southwest. Arkansas entered the Union…...