Arkansas
Ten states from Arkansas to Pennsylvania are on alert for snow, freezing rain and sleet as the latest dangerous winter storm moves through the U.S. Ice storm warnings are in effect for Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. The warnings are expected to expire later in the day as the ice turns to rain. Ice forms on […]
BELLA VISTA, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An Arkansas man has been arrested after being found with six homemade pipe bombs, according to court documents. Lawrence Hickman, 52, was booked into the Benton County Jail on Thursday on six counts of criminal possession of explosive materials or a destructive device. He is being held on a $1 […]
The Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) Network recently hosted its 10th Anniversary SFLR Landowners’ Conference. The event was held in Brunswick, Ga., said Kandi Williams, Extension program aide and SFLR program coordinator for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The conference’s theme was “Land, Legacy and Family: Celebrating a Decade of […]
The Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention (SFLR) Network recently hosted its 10th Anniversary SFLR Landowners’ Conference. The event was held in Brunswick, Ga., said Kandi Williams, Extension program aide and SFLR program coordinator for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The conference’s theme was “Land, Legacy and Family: Celebrating a Decade of […]
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Paramount is producing a new show based on the true story of a legendary Arkansas Wild West lawman who was one of the first Black U.S. Marshals and by some accounts an inspiration for the Lone Ranger. Perhaps it was luck . . .
PINEBLUFF (KATV) — The Black Farmers & Agriculturalists Association (BFFA) met with hundreds of black farmers from Arkansas at the Pine Bluff Convention Center on Wednesday to receive information on financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Congress has set aside $2.2 billion in financial assistance as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of […]
A Rocky Start A.P. African American Studies has had a tumultuous journey since its official rollout in February, when it emerged that the College Board had revised the course’s content. The nonprofit, which administers the A.P. program, had heard objections to the class from the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican presidential candidate […]
WASHINGTON – An Arkansas man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral […]
Tommy Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP Students make their way into Little Rock Central High School on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, for the first day of classes in the Little Rock School District. CNN — Students in Arkansas public high schools enrolled in the controversial Advanced Placement African American Studies course will not be able […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A third lawsuit is now challenging the new Arkansas U.S. House map, claiming the reasons behind redistricting are racially motivated. The state’s 2021 congressional district map divides Pulaski County into three districts, out of four. Under the previous district lines, that entire county was solely in the 2nd district. New lawsuit […]