City now on an upswing
Printer friendly page After a difficult 2011, Crossett appears to be on an upswing for 2012. So said Mayor Scott McCormick in his 2012 State of the City address at Monday ...
View ArticleAlabama defeats Arkansas to break 4-game losing streak
So when the Arkansas Razorbacks erased a seven-point halftime deficit and took a lead on the University of Alabama basketball team with under seven minutes to play, Anthony Grant had to be looking ...
View ArticleAR Rabbi to Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Wants Your Prayers
Arkansas Rabbi Kalman Winnick will leave for Africa next Sunday. He plans on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro on February 12th. He wants to take your prayers with him. He says he will release them when ...
View ArticleTweed Ride in Little Rock.
About 70 people took part in the first Tweed Ride Sunday afternoon..The event promoted urban bicycling.It started on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Library and continued on through the city ...
View ArticleWest LR residents welcome proposed drainage projects
When it rains, Dileep Vyas said, the front yard of his home on Summerdale Lane in west Little Rock floods and stays that way for at least a ...
View ArticleSchool gardens expand in state
SALZBURG, Austria - An Austrian high school principal narrowly escaped legal action after going after potential exam cheaters with a high-tech -- but illegal -- ...
View ArticleLR aims for 60 officers
The application period for new Little Rock police officers closed Sunday after more than 1,100 people applied for the jobs, a department spokesman ...
View Article70 clad in tweed outfits take part in LR bike fun
Staton Breidenthal Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL --1/29/12-- Lacie Knowles (right) and other riders leave the Clinton Presidentail Center Sunday afternoon during the Tweed ...
View ArticleSchools leader is hired for state job
Jared Cleveland has been hired as the Arkansas Department of Education's assistant commissioner for the Division of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell ...
View ArticleLate Nights, Fast Sales
If there's still a battle of the bulge, Americans may be losing it overnight to the allure of fast food.McDonald's says its sales increased the most between midnight and 5 a.m. last ...
View ArticleInsider Trading Bill Up for Vote
Senator Harry Reid has scheduled a vote for Monday on an insider trading bill.The Senate version of the Stock Act would make any member of congress who violates the ban on insider trading liable to ...
View ArticlePre-K Education Demand Grows
Family income Developmental delay of child English as a Second Language Low birth-weight baby Individuals with disabilities Teen parent Parent's education level Family has history ...
View ArticleObama Plans to "Hang Out" in Video Chat Room
President Obama plans to "hang out" in a live video chat room this afternoon. The President will be answering questions about the State of the Union address he delivered last ...
View ArticleFire in Kensett Destroys City Hall, 3 Other Buildings
Kensett Fire Chief Allen Edge tells KARK the fire broke out in the downtown district of the White County town around four o'clock Sunday ...
View Article"The Help" Cleans up at SAG Awards
The Civil Rights-era drama "The Help" is this year's big winner coming out of the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.The film won three awards at the star-studded ceremony on ...
View ArticlePatriots Arrive in Indianapolis
The New England Patriots are setting up camp in Indianapolis as they prepare for Sunday's Super Bowl 46.The team arrived in the city yesterday.Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski got off the ...
View ArticleMuseum visitors filling Bentonville coffers
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Officials in Bentonville say hotel and restaurant tax collections have increased sharply as more people visit the city to tour the new Crystal Bridges Museum of American ...
View Article2 killed, 2 hurt in Chicot County car crash
LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. (AP) -- Authorities say a Hot Springs Village couple was killed when the car they were riding in left the roadway and struck a ...
View ArticleCrystal Bridges draws visitors, revenue for Bentonville
Jason Ivester Credit: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --01/05/12-- A tour group passes between galleries inside Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in ...
View ArticlePublic Meeting on LR/NLR Broadway Bridge Next Week
AR Highway & Transportation Dept. hosts gathering from 4PM to 7PM on February 7th at 620 West Broadway (AR Transit Assoc. - Training Room) in North Little ...
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