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Many of us don't realize the impact that trains have on the economy, and now economists in Arkansas are warning that a possible rail strike could do some damage.

Just 4 more minutes separated the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff womens basketball team from leaving Coral Gables, Fla., with a win Sunday.

Four historically black colleges are teaming up in hopes of giving students a chance to explore the vast amount of career options out there.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Michigan State found a way to finish.

Perhaps there was some surprise when Coach Darrell Walker sent out his starting five in last years season opener.

If you go to 700 W. Ninth Street in Little Rock today, you will not see much. Theres a parking lot, some empty and grassy lots, and cracked sidewalks. But this street was, for decades, the center of Black economic and cultural life in Arkansas capital city, and 700 W. Ninth in particular is where one of the pillars of that community had his business: pharmacist and poet Frank Barbour Coffin.

As the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville continues to increase enrollment -- setting a new record this fall while crossing the 30,000 milestone for the first time -- class sizes are larger, one reason the university fell nine spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a nearly $150,000 grant from the National Security Agency to hold a year’s worth of free cybersecurity educational events for junior high and high school students in Arkansas.

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff basketball Coach Dawn Thornton started preparations for last season having some players sick with covid-19 and ailing from injuries.

Teresa Bloodman, who was accused of more than 175 violations of the bars rules of professional conduct and suspended in 2016, has been allowed to keep practicing in federal court.