LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A three-judge federal panel on Friday said it won’t halt the May 22 primary for an east Arkansas Senate seat as it considers a lawsuit that claims a redistricting board improperly lowered the black vote in the district.

President Obama's performance in next Tuesday's Arkansas primary won't be as embarrassing as what happened in West Virginia two weeks ago, when he gave up 41 percent of the vote to someone who happened to be sitting in a federal prison in Texas for embezzlement.

Arkansas pitching kept Tennessee hitters in check while the Razorback offense broke loose at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville. . Brian Anderson, Dominic Ficociello, John Clay Reeves and Matt ... The Mississippi Supreme Court has on its docket an appeal ...

Three Arkansas football players, including wide receivers Marquel ... Records from the Washington County Jail indicate the players have a court hearing on Monday. The records do not indicate whether they have attorneys. Smith was hired April 23 to replace ...

CLINTON — A former city attorney of this small ... to transport Blakney to Little Rock but was told it was not available because of fog. He said a Southern Paramedics ambulance already enroute to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little ...

During Patterson's time at the top, the Tupelo bank has grown from $1.5 billion in assets to $13.3 billion in assets, expanding from Mississippi to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri ... District. Clay County approves revised jail agreement ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Lawyers for Ticketmaster and its parent company want the Arkansas Supreme Court to rehear a case about ticket fees. The state's highest court ruled last month that Arkansas' law on deceptive trade practices applies to Ticketmaster ...

(AP) - A former Arkansas law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to extortion and money laundering has been sentenced to 16 months in prison. Hermon Eaton appeared ... corruption and drug trafficking in the Mississippi Delta town of Helena-West Helena.

Wever remains in the Washington County Jail having been arrested on numerous charges in Arkansas including aggravated assault and obstructing governmental relations.

A newlywed was being held on a murder charge Wednesday after his pregnant wife staggered into a western Arkansas police station ... because the baby died after Herring was booked into jail, Grubbs said. Formal charges are expected later this ...

After a death, information may come from different sources, such as law enforcement, court records and medical examiner ... child dies or nearly dies from abuse/neglect: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois ...

The party-line split among Arkansas' top elected officials will take center stage this week as a panel of three federal judges considers whether the state diluted the black vote of a state Senate district when it redrew the boundaries last year.

Two suspects in the case of five stolen horses from Southern Arkansas University appeared before a judge this morning.

A federal judge is considering a challenge to a newly redrawn state Senate district in eastern Arkansas.

The child's body will be sent to the state crime lab for an autopsy to determine the cause ... County authorities say a Cabot man has been shot and killed in Scott and an England, Arkansas man has been arrested in the case. A riot that killed a guard ...

The Arkansas Lottery Commission is set to hold its first meeting since its internal auditor resigned earlier this month. The commission is expected to meet this afternoon. Michael Hyde abruptly quit on May 11th.

AP) - A panel of three federal judges has wrapped up a trial over claims that the state Board of Apportionment intentionally diluted the black vote in an east Arkansas Senate district.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman who threw away a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million filed paperwork Monday arguing that another woman who plucked the ticket out of the trash should turn the prize money over to the court.

Baker is a graduate of the University of Arkansas Law School and has a bachelor's degree from Saint Louis University. The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of a Little Rock lawyer to a federal judgeship in the Eastern District of Arkansas.

A three-judge panel is considering a challenge to a newly redrawn state Senate district in eastern Arkansas. The lawsuit was filed by ... testify during the weeklong trial that begins Monday in Helena-West Helena. Martin has argued it's too late to change ...

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says a state ... McDaniel testified in federal court on Wednesday that Sen. Jack Crumbly told him that he and his supporters would oppose McDaniel in any potential future race ...

Saline County enforcement arrested three people today in an alleged counterfeiting scheme. Jonathon Cox, Amy Wise, and Savannah Richardson all stand accused of assorted forgery charges. Wise and Cox are also accused of several drug charges as well as being ...

Being an attorney by trade who happens to moonlight as a columnist ... That may be utter naivete more than a function of my career training, admittedly. The Arkansas football program has had enough surreal goings-on lately that any further misfortune ...

"There have been Fancher family reunions for 150 years, and the massacre comes up at every one of them," said Scott Fancher ... return them to Arkansas. Years later, John D. Lee, a Mormon, was tried and executed for the crime.

(AP) - Police have arrested a 21-year-old Baker man for threatening on Twitter to shoot East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney ... is the latest Arkansas news from The Associated Press The trial of a former reserve police officer in Blytheville has ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — An Arkansas man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl he met online is slated to go on trial this summer after authorities found her body in a blue, plastic barrel. During a brief hearing Tuesday, court clerks say Lloyd Jones’ trial ...

(AP) — A man has been arrested on a murder charge after his pregnant wife who had been stabbed in the chest staggered into a police station in western Arkansas and collapsed ... and has no attorney listed in jail records.

The following people appeared in common pleas court Monday, according to Medina County Prosecutor Dean Holman: • Samuel Bissell, 31, of Arkansas, was sentenced to one year of community control sanctions, with 90 days in jail, on one count of possession of heroin, a fifth-degree felony. His driver’s license was suspended for six months. • Shauna Bissell, ... Read More

A newlywed was being held on a murder charge Wednesday after his pregnant wife staggered into a western Arkansas police station ... because the baby died after Herring was booked into jail, Grubbs said. Formal charges are expected later this ...

(AP) — An Arkansas woman who threw away a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million filed paperwork Monday arguing that another woman who plucked the ticket out of the trash should turn the prize money over to the court. The request from Sharon Duncan's ...

The only police officer who has not pleaded guilty after being indicted in a federal investigation into corruption and drug trafficking in east Arkansas has been freed pending trial under "stringent conditions."

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and a state lawmaker who says a redistricting panel improperly lowered the number of black voters in his district are expected to testify in federal court.

Early voting for the May 22 Arkansas Primary Election began on May 7 -- so it's ... works as a part-time jailer at the Fulton County Jail. He also believes a working constable could help the county. "It's hard to send an officer out on a call by himself ...

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) - A three-judge panel is considering a challenge to a newly redrawn state Senate district in eastern Arkansas. The trial over the ... Jason Oller of Miller County has a June 11 court date to answer citations for killing ...

A former Helena-West Helena police officer indicted in a drug and corruption investigation will be under home detention until her July 30 trial.

A federal judge has denied the state's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the redrawn boundaries of an east Arkansas state Senate seat.

(AP) — Arkansas Congressman Mike Ross says he won't seek the ... Mike Beebe unable to run again because of term limits. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is the other Democrat widely expected to run for the office.

In 2007, the office of then-Virginia Attorney ... Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska ...

Former Jackson football star Marquel Wade was one of three Arkansas players arrested on Saturday morning ... along with tight end Andrew Peterson were booked into Washington County Jail. The three have a court date Monday morning at 7:45.

University of Arkansas police arrested Wade, Humphrey and tight end Andrew Peterson on Saturday after looking at security video in which the players ... The records do not indicate whether they have attorneys.

HELENA-WEST HELENA — Gov. Mike Beebe testified in federal court Tuesday that he wanted to keep the black voting-age population high in an east Arkansas Senate district, but that he and the redistricting panel he chaired had to consider all of ...