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BENTON – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today awarded the Following Officers: Cleburne County Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to Wildlife Officer Briston Gould with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Conway County Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to Corporal Josh Howard with the Morrilton Police Department. Independence County Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to Deputy Jordan Harder and Deputy Bobby Tate with the ...

Several Northeast Arkansas school districts continue to report positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.

$3.5 million road project slated for Highway 167 By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 28, 2021 at 6:05 PM CST - Updated January 30 at 5:53 PM LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - A project to resurface nearly 13 miles of Highway 167 in the Cave City area received approval Thursday from the Arkansas State Highway Commission. The commission approved a $3,493,356.20 contract for Atlas Asphalt, Inc. of Batesville to do the work. The work will begin at Cave City and will head north, state officials said. Const...

Submitted by Janelle on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 7:05am Two law students want to serve their hometowns in rural Arkansas, and a new Rural Practice Incubator Project at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law will make that possible.  Bowen Law has selected two graduates to participate in its Rural Practice Incubator Project. Over the next 18-months, Cynthia Aikman and Abraham “Sam” Keefer will get support and training from the law school while they build th...

Several Northeast Arkansas school districts continue to report positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.

Sharp County Jail, an $8 million facility, opens New Detention Center Opens By Logan Whaley | January 8, 2021 at 6:23 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 7:01 PM SHARP COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Sharp County Detention Center was held Friday morning. The ceremony featured many local and state officials, including Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, former U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland, Craighead County Judge Marvin Day, among many others. Governor Asa Hutchinson was sch...

County officials are hoping to eventually work on getting more beds, space and even courtrooms at the facility.

Arkansas’ newest medical marijuana dispensary is set to open Friday in Northern Arkansas in eastern Fulton County. KAIT reports Spring River Dispensary’s manager Sonja Kaselaan says the response from the community has been overwhelming. Photo: Courtesy KAIT The dispensary held a preregistration event for two days, where nearly 300 people signed up to get in the building quicker on opening day. The preregistration included patients providing copies of medical cards and other necessary person...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Here’s a breakdown of cases in both Arkansas, Missouri and the Ozarks. Missouri: 447,398 Total Positive Cases; 6,541 Deaths; (as of 4 p.m. Saturday, January 23) (Missouri does not report recoveries). Missouri reported 1,777 new cases Saturday. Missouri reported 14 new deaths. (In the Missouri Ozarks) Greene County: 25,265 (4,373 Active Cases/20,529 Recoveries) Greene County's Recovery Dashboard Barry County: 2,063 Barton...

The latest and the death toll could be up to 92 but that is not confirmed. but i will show you the worse of the weather, still parts of missouri and arkansas slow moving system not only do we see the risk for hail and damaging wind but tornadoes. these are warnings in the red for eastern howell county, northern oregon county, south central and sharp county and fulton county, so, right on the border between arkansas and missouri more tornadoes. as well, st. louis, heavy rain moving through this a...