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Sheriff’s office investigating fatal fire
MANILA, Ark. (KAIT) - The Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl in a house fire. Around noon Saturday, July 13, the Manila Police Department received a call about a fire at a home on Nancy Street. According to a news release, officers saw...
Police accuse mom of abandoning children in hot house with no food
TRUMANN, Ark. (KAIT) - Police arrested a Trumann woman after they said she abandoned three children in a home with no food or air conditioning. Poinsett County District Court Judge Ron Hunter found probable cause Monday, July 15, to charge 30-year-old Latisha Eveleen Davis with three counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first degree.
Training sessions now set by Red Cross for new disaster response volunteers
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — As the need for more disaster response volunteers rises, the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas will host two separate training sessions for this month. A mass care training will be scheduled for July 23 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Greater Arkansas...
Registration now open for 2025 Little Rock Marathon
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Officials announced that registration for the 2025 Little Rock Marathon and the 2025 Run Local Race Series is now open through September 11, 2024. Registration for the full marathon is $95, with half marathon registration starting at $85. Prices for each of the weekend’s events will go up incrementally until they reach either full price or race capacity.
Wolfe Street Foundation launches Youth Empowerment Project
The Wolfe Street Foundation (WSF) recently hosted a ribbon cutting and open house for its new Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) Teen Center, located at 11715 Rainwood Road in Little Rock. This center marks a significant milestone as it will house YEP, the state’s first community-based youth recovery program. Funded...
Cross County grad Jamaille Beale named Rookie of the Year for Arkansas Punishers
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — A former Cross County Thunderbird is still making plays on the football field. The Arkansas Punishers have announced quarterback Jamaille Beale as this year’s Rookie of the Year. Beale is a Cross County High School graduate and played football, baseball, basketball and ran track...
AEW's Darby Allin talks about career and AEW
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — AEW is set to make its first ever appearance in the Natural State on July 17 at the Simmons Bank Arena. The company has been in operation for five years, and the Arkansas show marks its 250th episode on the air. AEW features stars such...
More With Four? Payoff on Traditional College Degrees Requires Patience, Educators Say
The return on investment of a four-year college degree is as valuable as ever, said university leaders in Arkansas, and there is data to back them up. While an increase in the number of programs offering technical and skills training has opened opportunities — sometimes lucrative ones — to more Arkansans, data reveals that over a lifetime, the earning potential of graduates with four-year or graduate-level degrees is substantially higher.
Flooding causing damage near small Arkansas towns | What we know so far
YELLVILLE, Ark. — Considerable rainfall has led to flash flooding across the Natural State, with some of the heaviest reports coming from Marion County in north Arkansas. Sections of MC 8060 are impassible at the Moccasin Creek Bridge and multiple streets in Flippin and Yellville are currently flooded, according to the county's Arkansas Office of Emergency Management.
University of Arkansas system president announces he is retiring by Jan. 15
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Donald Bobbitt, the president of the University of Arkansas system, said Tuesday he is retiring after leading the state’s largest university system for nearly 13 years. Bobbitt notified the university’s Board of Trustees that he plans to retire Jan. 15, or earlier, if...
AMP Top Ten: Diane Zook, Teach the Child
Given the right environment, all children should do well and achieve in school, Arkansas educator Diane Zook said. Zook, 76, has seen education at work on all levels. She was born in Batesville and moved to Melbourne in Izard County at an early age when her father took over the local newspaper, the Melbourne Times.
Women’s Foundation of Arkansas Names Nirvana Manning, M.D., Woman of the Year in Public Service
July 17, 2024 | Nirvana Manning, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named Woman of the Year in Public Service by the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA). Manning will be honored along with...
UAPB sees 65 percent increase in applications for fall semester
As the upcoming school year approaches at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff school administrators say they're seeing a rise in applications and it's something the university says they haven't seen in the past decade.
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