Alan Yarbrough News Today

Trista Cheeks and Logon Gordy are making their way home after spending months in a rehab facility in Atlanta.

The engaged volunteer firefighters were responding to a call when their fire truck overturned. Both were ejected from the truck and later air-lifted to the hospital.

Friday's Boot Drive raised $8,000 and is one of many fundraisers in Upson County helping to cover the costs of Logan Gordy and Trista Cheeks' recovery.

Arkansas Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Chairman Bill Sample of Hot Springs is the highest-profile state legislator among the five Republican state lawmakers who lost in Tuesday's primary election.

Runoffs will determine loaded state House races in Benton County, and two sitting legislators in the River Valley appeared to withstand challenges in their primaries Tuesday.

A couple of area state representative primary races were decided on Tuesday, a few House and Senate races will require a runoff election in four weeks, and

Arkansas’ new legislative district maps for the next decade became final last week, and those changing borders, in addition to term limits and political ambitions, are affecting how many current office holders will return to the House and Senate in 2023.