Amended versions of 2 crypto mining bills clear Arkansas Senate committee
Amended versions of two bills meant to impose greater restrictions on crypto mining in Arkansas cleared the Senate's City, County and Local Affairs Committee on Thursday.
Arkansas News
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Bonnerdale woman who locked up kids gets 5 years
HOT SPRINGS -- A Bonnerdale woman who kept two juveniles left in her care locked in their rooms last year, prompting one to escape through a window to seek foo…
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Hot Springs police: 2 officers justified in use of deadly force
HOT SPRINGS -- Two Hot Springs police officers who were placed on administrative leave after a Sherwood parolee was killed in an exchange of gunfire with the o…
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Arkansas Supreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proc…
Sports
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Off balance
Early jitters cost the University of Arkansas gymnastics team, which failed to advance out of their semifinal at the NCAA Championships on Thursday afternoon.
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‘Bigger than life,’ Mallett a QB star
FAYETTEVILLE -- The quarterback who came back to Arkansas to help lift his home-state Razorbacks to new heights created a larger-than-life image with a blaze o…
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‘Poor Peyton’ had shining role at UA
FAYETTEVILLE -- The arrival of SuperPrep All-American and Conway High School star Peyton Hillis at the University of Arkansas in 2004 was the first piece to on…
Features
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Names and faces
Tyler Perry has signed a new, nonexclusive deal with BET to ensure fresh seasons of eight existing shows as well as a new series. This replaces his existing de…
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Arkansas Postcard Past: Dardanelle, circa 1910
Dardanelle, circa 1910: The jauntily dressed group parked in a 1910 Buick on the dirt street were sipping sodas, apparently served by the young man balancing…
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Subscriber ExclusiveART EXHIBITION: New art exhibit puts focus on motherhood
Art about motherhood created by Central Arkansas artists who are also moms is the focus of "MotherLOAD," a new exhibit that will be up through May 10 at Argent…
Business
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Subscriber ExclusiveP.A.M Transport total revenue falls 17.6% in first quarter
P.A.M Transport Services Inc. on Thursday reported a 17.6% drop in revenue in the first quarter of 2024.
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News in brief
Share price released
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Subscriber ExclusiveInvasive snail found in Louisiana crawfish, could pose risks for Arkansas farmers
Giant apple snails were recently reported in crawfish shipments from Louisiana delivered to two south Arkansas restaurants. If established in Arkansas, the inv…
Opinion
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Subscriber ExclusiveROBERT STEINBUCH: Free-speech contradictions
Several months ago, I began a series of columns exposing the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville's King Fahd Middle Eastern Studies Center's myopic focus on…
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Subscriber ExclusiveSee what tomorrow brings
You'd be forgiven if you tend to cringe when thinking about 18-wheelers running down the highway without drivers.
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Escalation must end now
After Iran's massive retaliation for the Israeli strike against Iran's diplomatic compound in Damascus, it now falls to President Joe Biden to prevent subseque…
Nation/World
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Tense House works its way to aid decision
WASHINGTON -- House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign…
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Jury of 12 chosen for Trump hush money trial
NEW YORK -- A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump's history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to op…
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Israelis retaliate; strike hits Iran base
Israel launched a retaliatory strike on Iran less than a week after Tehran's rocket and drone barrage, according to two U.S. officials.
