U.S. Military Improving Nutrition Standards for Armed Services
The U.S. military is making sweeping changes in food standards for the Armed services for the first time in decades.Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and TRICARE Management Activity ...
View ArticleTeen Boy Reports Indecent Exposure by Man at Conway Walmart
Conway Police are looking for a man reported to have exposed himself to a teenaged boy at a Walmart store.The incident Tuesday at the store on Skyline Drive, was reported by the 13-year-old's ...
View ArticleThousands join first lady for 'Let's Move' outing
The first lady rocked out with thousands of sixth- to ninth-graders at a Des Moines arena on the first stop of a three-day trip to highlight her "Let's Move" campaign. It was a giant ...
View ArticleExtra money not sign of inefficiency
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe said Thursday that extra money found in Arkansas' budget to rehire 15 firefighters laid off by the state Forestry Commission is a sign of the ...
View ArticleRazorbacks to take on OU and Yale
Bringing in a four match winning streak, the 32nd-ranked Razorback women’s tennis team will have its toughest test of the season as No. 31 Oklahoma and No. 25 Yale visit the Billingsley Tennis ...
View ArticleWoman gets prison for plotting to bribe schools in 3 states
-; A former owner of Illinois-based technology companies has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for plotting to bribe school officials to get federal contracts for Internet access ...
View ArticleUAMS Northwest Gets $435,000 Gift
The Northwest campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will receive a $435,000 gift to pay for a teaching clinic, according to a news release. The money comes from the Walmart ...
View ArticleArkansas Supreme Court upholds man's murder conviction
-; The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a Junction City man's capital murder conviction in a 2009 slaying, despite arguments from his attorney that the jurors who convicted him were confused ...
View ArticleState lawmakers propose federal debt ceiling amendment
-; A group of Arkansas lawmakers is calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require the backing of a majority of state legislatures before the nation's debt ceiling can be ...
View ArticleBenton police searching for missing youth
-; Benton police are searching for a missing teen boy, who they believe ran away from home Monday morning. According to a release from the Benton Police Department, 15-year-old Bayley Grider was ...
View ArticleP.A.M. Reports Positive Quarterly Earnings, Yearly Loss P.A.M.
P.A.M. Transportation Services reported today a $133,037 profit for the fourth that ended Dec. 31, 2011. Year-end results showed the company lost almost $2.9 million. This compares to net losses of ...
View ArticleFayetteville woman sentenced for defrauding clients
A Fayetteville accountant was sentenced to 108 months in prison on Thursday for defrauding numerous clients and taking a large sum of money in the process. Kimberly O'Dell, 51, was sentenced ...
View ArticleBella Vista Fills J.D. Shrum's Seat
Bella Vista aldermen voted Thursday to appoint Jerry Snow to fill the unexpired term of J.D. Shrum, an alderman who was killed in a motorcycle accident Dec. 30. Snow beat candidate Julie Hull in a ...
View ArticleMassive Mortgage Settlement May Leave Out Some Arkansas Homeowners
Even as the government touts a $26 billion settlement with big banks with big banks found to have practiced unsavory and sometimes questionable foreclosure and loan modification practices, it may ...
View ArticleKettle of Bald Eagles Descends on Searcy Pond
Williams says he's taken thousands of picture of about 20 bald eagles that have descended on Davis Drive. Every time he returns to the former silage pond, he comes with a stack of prints from ...
View ArticleState Working on Plan to Overtake ABC Programs
Another development in a story we've been covering for over a week -- the Arkansas Department of Human Services is working on a plan to take over Russellville-based Child Development ...
View ArticleArkansas Legislators Want Consitutional Amendment to Approve Federal Debt...
A group of Arkansas legislators, introducing a joint resolution for the 2012 Fiscal Session, aiming at keeping the federal government's deficit in check by asking for an amendment to the U.S. ...
View ArticleWater Main Installation to Close Lanes on Cantrell Rd.
LITTLE ROCK -- Central Arkansas Water (CAW) during the week of February 13, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., will close two of the four lanes at 1406 Cantrell Road in Little Rock beginning Monday, ...
View ArticleFirst Lady Promotes Healthy Eating at LRAFB
Tenia Shepherd, Airman First Class says "I started off eating here it's a good place especially because you have to workoutyou need to eat ...
View ArticleParamedics Honored For Saving Infant
Because Good News Matters, we celebrate two MEMS paramedics honored for saving the life of a one pound baby born prematurely. The city of Sherwood named the pair EMTS of the year. Last June, Alex ...
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