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15-year-old missing out of Choctaw, Mississippi
A 15-year-old is missing out of Choctaw, Mississippi. The Choctaw Police Department is searching for 15-year-old Celestial Skye Maxwell who has been listed as a runaway. She is 5’0, weighs 172 pounds, and has dark blonde hair and green eyes. Anyone with information about this missing person should contact...
University of Central Arkansas to launch peer recovery support program fueled by $200,000-plus opioid settlement
The University of Central Arkansas is developing a program to use the settlement it received through the national opioid settlement to fight opioid addiction and abuse in the community.
Match made in heaven: a remarkable story of organ donation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - Two lives intersecting at just the right time. It could be the plot for a movie. But this real-life story happened just down the road in Little Rock and affected two families from Region 8. The tale that follows could leave you just a bit...
Little Rock director remains hospitalized, city says
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Little Rock Ward 2 Director Ken Richardson is hospitalized and has undergone "multiple life-threatening surgeries" over the past few months, the city said Thursday. Richardson's absence at the Little Rock board meetings raised questions from the public, but the director addressed concerns and said he's...
Muleriders No. 3 in Great American football pre-season poll
The Great American Conference has released the results of the 2024 football preseason coaches poll. Harding, the 2023 NCAA Division II national champions, received 10 of the 11 available first-place votes. The Bisons secured the program’s and the conference’s first football national title as they produced only the eighth 15-0...
Dail Named ‘Nurse of the Year’ by Conway Area Healthcare Forum
Marilyn Dail, RN, has been honored as ‘Nurse of the Year’ by the Conway Area Healthcare Forum. Dail was recognized for her personal connections and long-term relationships with patients, a hallmark of her 36-year career in nursing. Dail, the first director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)...
KASU News: Arkansas Ballot Amendments, Jonesboro Officials, and A-State Museum Honors
Today's headlines from KASU News for Thursday, August 1st, 2024, include updates on new amendments added to the November ballot in Arkansas, municipal candidate filings in Jonesboro, and federal protections for transgender students. Other stories cover a tax cut in Missouri, a Listeria outbreak from Boar's Head, federal aid for storm victims, funding for Jonesboro's Real Time Crime Center, and public meetings in Jonesboro. Additionally, the A-State Museum receives national recognition and re-accreditation, and Arkansas banker Shamim Okoloa shares her ALICE success story. The episode wraps up with information about an upcoming REO Speedwagon and Loverboy concert.
Unity Health Names Johnston as New President, CEO
Unity Health Board has appointed LaDonna Johnston as its new president and chief executive officer. Johnston, an Arkansas native, holds a Master of Nursing Science from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Harding University. She brings decades of health care leadership experience to her new role.
Benton's Sydney Conley Elliott and her horse, QC Diamantaire, added to Team USA Equestrian Olympic roster in Paris, as reserves
PARIS, FRANCE (KSLA) - “There’s so much responsibility and there’s so many lives that you touch without realizing it, that kids are hoping to hopefully become Olympic athletes and have that drive.”. Ever since Sydney Elliott was a child, she dreamed of one day representing the United...
Copper Mule in Little Rock Closing Permanently
Copper Mule Table and Tap’s Little Rock location will soon close permanently. The restaurant’s last service will be dinner on Sunday, Aug. 4. In August 2023, AY About You reported that Copper Mule would host the grand opening of its Little Rock location in the Heights on Aug. 17, 2023. That same location is now closing just under a year after it began operating.
Armed standoff in Conway ends with suspect dead
CONWAY (KATV) — An armed standoff at a Conway extended stay hotel came to an end Thursday when law enforcement crashed into a room and found the suspect dead. Conway Police say a person was first spotted acting erratically outside Eagle Suites on Skyline Drive. A call for help...
Emphasis on improving offensive line continues for Hogs
FAYETTEVILLE — The offensive line wasn’t up to Arkansas’ standards last season which matched pretty much that side of the ball. Thus four new coaches on offense this year including Bobby Petrino, who is among the best offensive coordinators in college football. Eric Mateos is coaching the offensive line and Arkansas added help from the portal with four new players. Sam Pittman spent time in the spring and again on Wednesday working with that unit.
Top Docs 2024: Susan Barr, M.D.
Dr. Susan Barr returned home to Arkansas in 2011 and became the state’s first fellowship-trained and board-certified urogynecologist. Her fellowship in urogynecology expanded her OB/GYN training with advanced urologic and colorectal surgical techniques, allowing her to undertake comprehensive treatment of prolapse and urinary incontinence, among other pelvic health issues such as overactive bladder, birth trauma injury and fecal incontinence. She is humbled to help educate women about the normalcy of these conditions and to offer a range of options from conservative to surgical management.
Cousins Maine Lobster food truck schedules stops in Bentonville, Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A popular lobster food truck is returning to Arkansas next week. Cousins Maine Lobster is hitting the road and will be traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana throughout the first week of August. The truck will make two stops in Northwest Arkansas, one at Social...
State Board of Education wants change in Blytheville School District
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas Board of Education wants to address issues in the Blytheville School District. The state board was in Blytheville Thursday to address areas of concern and ways the district can improve. Within the past 10 years, the district has lost over 1,000 students. Members of...
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