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A routine legislative budget hearing Wednesday led to questions about firearms inventory at the Department of Corrections, because of a state audit that revealed that an employee of the prison system sold almost 30,000 rounds of revolver ammunition without anyone's knowledge.

A routine legislative budget hearing Wednesday led to questions about firearms inventory at the Department of Corrections, because of a state audit that revealed that an employee of the prison system sold almost 30,000 rounds of revolver ammunition without anyone's knowledge.

Before Ben Gilmore was a senator, he lived in the Delta in southeast Arkansas and witnessed firsthand the region's struggles with health care, infrastructure, education and more.

Before Ben Gilmore was a senator, he lived in the Delta in southeast Arkansas and witnessed firsthand the region's struggles with health care, infrastructure, education and more.

Tom Sylvester used to look up at the sky above Blytheville in the 1970s, watch the planes fly out of the nearby Air Force base and dream about being able to glide among the clouds.

Tom Sylvester used to look up at the sky above Blytheville in the 1970s, watch the planes fly out of the nearby Air Force base and dream about being able to glide among the clouds.

Zay Branch said there was a time in her life when she was bullied.

When Pine Bluff Convention Center Executive Director Joseph McCorvey was tasked with bringing back homecoming concerts to Pine Bluff, he knew immediately that he wanted to cater to the crowd of older people who were young at heart and still wanted to have a good time.

Community leaders have teamed up to go door to door and reach out to those in low-income communities who have yet to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The recent drop in Jefferson County's population left state legislators from the area concerned about whether the county will face a loss of representation following the next round of redistricting.