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Fayetteville on top in first Arkansas High School football rankings
Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
Area Man Involved in Another High Speed Chase
A man who was involved in a high speed pursuit in Missouri last year is involved in another this time in his home state of Arkansas. According to Arkansas Court Documents, Michael David Woods of Green Forest was involved in a high speed pursuit August 2nd as a Harrison Police Officer after receiving a tip was trying to initiate a traffic stop on a motorcycle where the driver and two passengers appeared to be intoxicated. The motorcycle was first spotted at Cottonwood Drive and North Highway 43 in which a pursuit started. Shortly after that, the driver, later identified as Woods, dropped off the two passengers on North Highway 7 then sped off with the pursuit at times exceeding 110 MPH. The pursuit went through Bergman and onto Highway 281 before ending on TZ Road with the bike hitting a patrol vehicle and overturning.
Arkansas initiative advances organic farming, diversity
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With U.S. organic food sales topping $63 billion last year, the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food wants to help Arkansas farmers grab a larger share of that market. Arkansas has 107 certified organic farms, most of which are poultry or egg operations, with 19 fruit...
Paper-ballot group files suit against nine counties over rejected petitions
Nine lawsuits have been filed so far this month over failed ballot-counting petitions in Arkansas counties. A group opposed to using ballot machines to count votes has tried to put forth ballot petitions across the state that would ban voting machines and requiring votes be counted by hand. Nine hand-counting petitions were thrown out over […]
26 Aug 2024 Kirk Receives Booker Worthen Literary Prize for Winthrop Rockefeller Biography
Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, has received the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System for his 2022 biography, “Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956.”. Kirk was featured as Author of the Month in...
CDC reports two cases of West Nile virus in Arkansas this year
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Center for Disease Prevention Control (CDC) confirmed that Arkansas has had two reported cases of the West Nile virus in 2024. The West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease that can be potentially serious. Symptoms can include fever, headache, body aches, vomiting, diarrhea, or rash, however, 8 in 10 people do not develop them.
Parts of Central Arkansas under an air quality advisory | What to know
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Monday, officials with the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment issued an Ozone Action Advisory for some parts of Central Arkansas. According to the agencies, ozone action days are public awareness days that are aimed at informing the community about potential harmful ground-level pollution.
Arkansans brace for challenges of new voter registration, driver’s license policies
Two new Arkansas policies approved by lawmakers Friday continue to raise concerns among activists as potentially suppressive measures: one limiting the use of electronic signatures on voter registration forms and one eliminating the gender-neutral “X” marker on driver’s licenses. Earlier this year, the voter advocacy group Get Loud Arkansas created a popular online voter registration […]
Arkansas, 23 other states say Brown University divestment proposal will trigger pro-Israel laws
Twenty-four state attorneys general, led by Arkansas’ Tim Griffin, are urging Brown University to reject a proposal for the Rhode Island school to divest from certain companies that do business with Israel. The proposal, “Brown Divest Now,” triggers anti-boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) laws in several states that prohibit contracting with, investing in or doing […]
26 Aug 2024 5th annual event planned Aug. 31st in observance of International Overdose Awareness Day
LITTLE ROCK — Hope Movement Coalition, along with CWC Alliance, is encouraging Arkansans to observe International Overdose Awareness Day, a time to remember those we have lost to drug overdose and Fentanyl poisoning, with its 5th Annual Bridge the Gap event on Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Riverfront Park in North Little Rock.
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