Arkansas

9 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette UA, ASU, Tech increase tuitions
Boards of trustees for the University of Arkansas System, the Arkansas State University System and Arkansas Tech University approved increases in tuition and fees Thursday, raising the cost of a...

9 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Play ball nicely with Goodell, or else
The NFL is free to twist arms, just like anybody else. So maybe its just coincidence that all five of the new stadiums that will come on line during Roger Goodells brief tenure as NFL commission...

9 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Pirates, Cubs continue to head different directions
It was hard to tell whether the Pittsburgh Pirates were heading on a road trip or getting ready for a Stanley Cup playoff game after beating the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Thursday for their fourth con...

9 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ASU asserts itself early at the plate
A day after struggling to get hits in its Sun Belt Conference Tournament opener, Arkansas State scored nine runs in the middle innings Thursday to avoid elimination at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field i...

11 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Plans Outlined For Moving Freshmen To High School
A series of meetings with teachers and parents will begin later this year as work begins to move freshmen to Fayetteville High School in 2015, according to a timetable laid out for the School Bo...

11 hours ago — Baxter Bulletin Judge lowers accused murderer's bond
After a brief hearing Thursday in Baxter County Circuit Court, Judge John Putman lowered the bond for Christina Maria Scroggin, who is accused of first-degree murder for the April 2 shooting of ...

11 hours ago — Baxter Bulletin Guist becomes Cotter fire chief
The Cotter Volunteer Fire Department has a new chief, David Guist, who had been assistant chief for about four months to John Wade, who resigned as chief citing 'personal reasons,' according to ...

12 hours ago — Arkansas Online Star Trek: More power, Scotty
Star Trek Into Darkness, the second film in J.J. Abrams reboot of the venerable film franchise, was the top movie at U.S. and Canadian theaters last weekend, taking in $70.2 million for Paramoun...

12 hours ago — Arkansas Online Aussies get Ford notice of goodbye
Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it will stop making cars in Australia, nine decades after founder Henry Ford first began building the Model T in the country, as a surge in the currency undermi...

12 hours ago — Arkansas Online Yields on Japanese bonds spike
Japans financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to en...

13 hours ago — Today's THV Practicing boating safety during the holiday weekend
Nothing sounds better than a weekend on the water with the warm weather and clear skies. But, before you set sail, Bill Marsh of Power Boats Incorporated in Hot Springs said there are a few thin...

13 hours ago — Picayune Times McRae Reunion on tap
The tenth McRae School Reunion will be held Friday, June 28, through Sunday, June 30, at the Texarkana Convention Center. Registration fee is $75 for adults and $37.50 for children ages 4-15. Th...

13 hours ago — Picayune Times Safety checkpoints Friday
The Prescott City Police Department in cooperation with the Nevada County Sheriffs Office and the Arkansas State Police Troop G, will be conducting a series of safety check points in and around ...

13 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette State building a crew of 637 to aid health-care eligible
Arkansas will use Medicaid money to hire an additional 100 "in-person assisters" to help enroll people for coverage under the expansion of the insurance program for the poor approved by the Legi...

13 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Whirlpool faces 2 suits by landowners, others
Residents and property owners of the neighborhood north of the closed Whirlpool Corp. plant filed two lawsuits against the company Thursday seeking damages for the groundwater under their proper...

13 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas teens give birth at clip that leads U.S.
Arkansas ranked highest in the nation in teenage birthrates in 2011 despite posting a substantial decline since 2007, according to a report released Thursday by the National Center for Health St...

13 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Boards prohibit guns on campus
Boards of trustees for the states two largest university systems voted unanimously Thursday to opt out of a new state law that would allow qualified, full-time faculty and staff members to carry...

13 hours ago — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Agency sticks with its OK for hog farm
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is standing by its 2012 decision to issue an operational permit to C&H Hog Farms, the large-scale concentrated animal-feeding operation in Mount ...

14 hours ago — KAIT 8 Church allows Riverside 6th graders to celebrate end of year
Their graduation was canceled after a parent complained about prayer during the ceremony, but Thursday night, the 6th graders from Riverside were able to celebrate the end of the school year at ...