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Former Arkansas Sen. Joyce Elliott suffers stroke
Joyce Elliott, a former Arkansas state senator and prominent civil rights advocate, suffered a stroke this week while in Dallas, according to Get Loud Arkansas, her voter advocacy nonprofit. “The [Get Loud Arkansas] team truly appreciates everyone who has reached out to show support and love for Senator Elliott,” nonprofit...
Entergy Arkansas prepares to fill energy gap for when Independence, Redfield coal plants close
In a recently published Arkansas Business interview, Entergy Arkansas CEO Laura Landreaux said the state’s largest electrical utility should know by the end of 2024 what its replacement strategies will be when it shuts down its Independence County coal-fired plant in 2030. “That’s all under development now,” Landreaux told...
Magnolian among 18 drawn for Arkansas elk hunt permits
JASPER – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission drew the names of 18 Arkansans on the stage of the Buffalo River Elk Festival on Saturday, June 29, 2024 to participate in this fall’s annual public land elk hunts. More than 6,600 applicants applied for elk permits online during...
Arkansas Virtual Academy opens enrollment for the 2024-25 School Year
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Virtual Academy (ARVA), a full-time online public school serving K-12 students throughout the state, is now accepting enrollments for the 2024-25 school year. Open for 20 years, the academy is a full-time public charter school serving students in grades K through 12 with an...
Civil Rights Act 60th anniversary, local communities celebrate
(Little Rock, KATV) — "Today marks the 60th anniversary of civil rights act of 1964," Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, Executive Director, Dushun Scarbrough said. Groups across the state have held ceremonies including the Martin Luther King Junior Commission right here in Little Rock. The passing of the...
Governor appoints Arkadelphia’s Tim Knight to state medical practice board
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders this week announced appointments to various state boards. Among them is Tim Knight, of Arkadelphia, to the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board. The term expires July 1, 2027. Knight is a professor of biology at Ouachita Baptist...
Arkansas groups not asking US Supreme Court to review ruling limiting scope of Voting Rights Act
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Progressive groups in Arkansas have decided to not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a lower court's ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas...
COSL announces tax auction for regional counties: Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln
LITTLE ROCK, Ark – Commissioner of State Lands Tommy Land announced that his office will auction tax-delinquent parcels located in Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and Lincoln Counties on July 23. The regional auction begins at 10 a.m. and will be held at the UA Monticello Fine Arts...
Saline County Republicans say former state GOP chair evicted them
The Saline County Republican Committee says they were kicked out of a property owned by the former head of the state GOP. The Republican Party of Saline County is a nonprofit corporation led by Doyle Webb, former chair of the Republican Party of Arkansas, and headquartered in downtown Benton. The...
Melon madness ahead of the Fourth
CAVE CITY, Ark. (KAIT) - A small town known for its homegrown watermelons is a hot spot for fruit lovers across Arkansas this summer. Darla Brown and her husband traveled to Brian Carter’s Cave City Watermelon stand on Wednesday, July 3. Brown said it’s where she has come for watermelons since she was a little girl.
Arkadelphia man victim of fatal dog mauling
ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas — A man found dead outside his home early Wednesday morning was the victim of a vicious attack by his own dog, local authorities confirmed. Following a 911 call from a female at Evergreen Drive at 7:20 a.m. July 3, 2024, the Arkadelphia Police Department, along with ambulance personnel, responded and discovered the body of a 41-year-old deceased male laying in the driveway.
Spend the Fourth comforting shelter pets at the Maumelle Animal Shelter
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Maumelle Animal Services will be hosting a Comfort a Shelter Pet event on the Fourth of July for the third year in a row. The shelter, located at 425 Cogdell Drive, will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for people to spend time comforting animals that may be scared of fireworks.
18-year-old arrested, facing charges for allegedly raping a 7-year-old over the course of two months
FORT SMITH, Ark — A Sebastian County teen is facing charges of raping a 7-year-old girl multiple times over the course of at least two months, according to a Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) affidavit. The affidavit accuses Fort Smith 18-year-old Santiago Monterrosa of raping a 7-year-old girl multiple...
Arkansas State Police arrest suspect involved in Jacksonville shooting that injured child
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas State Police arrested 28-year-old Terry Rhodes Jr., a Jacksonville shooting suspect who has been on the run since early June. The Jacksonville Police Department said Rhodes was arrested Tuesday and will be charged with 14 counts of terroristic act, one count of possession of firearms by certain persons, one count of first-degree battery, two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of aggravated assault.
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