Man Currently Serving a State Prison Sentence Pleads Guilty to Threatening Several U.S. Senators and Former Vice President Kamala Harris LITTLE ROCK—Todd Curry, currently imprisoned at the Ouachita River Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, pleaded guilty to mailing threatening communications to six U.S. Senators and former Vice President [read more…]
Justice Department Files Record 24 Denaturalization Cases Against Naturalized Criminals Including Attempted Murderers, Spousal Abusers, and Child Sex Offenders 24 complaints filed since July 20, 2026, mark largest denaturalization effort ever WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it filed denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against [read more…]
JONESBORO – Driven by multiple challenges to the nation’s rural health and healthcare, ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) is taking steps to engage its member institutions in a collective search for solutions. ORAU is bringing together 35 members of its University Consortium, including Arkansas State University, with the goal of [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK—Kevin Langel, who trafficked dozens of kilograms of cocaine from Texas to Arkansas, will spend the next 14 years in federal prison. Bruce Smith, who trafficked multiple pounds of methamphetamine from California to Arkansas, will be in federal prison for the next 10 years. And Larry Rogers, who brokered [read more…]
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Arkansas State Police is investigating the death of a West Memphis man who became unresponsive after being arrested and taken to the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department. The case is one of two unrelated in-custody deaths under investigation by ASP. The other occurred earlier this month in [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Twenty-three people have been indicted in a federal investigation that authorities say uncovered a California-based supply network responsible for attempting to distribute hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine in Central Arkansas. Thirteen people were arrested Tuesday, July 14, in Arkansas, California and Texas during Operation Return to [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Northeast Arkansas communities will receive nearly $4.8 million through 23 grant awards announced Monday by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The $4,793,752.17 awarded across 14 counties is part of 88 grants totaling $12,522,736 statewide. Lawrence County recipients received the region’s largest [read more…]
Approval gives Arkansas greater flexibility to reduce bureaucracy, empower local schools, and put more education dollars into classrooms HOT SPRINGS, Ark.— Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to announce that the U.S. Department of Education has approved Arkansas’ Returning Education to the States Waiver, along with the state’s application [read more…]
ROLAND, Ark. — Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Will Jones concluded that three Arkansas State Park Rangers were justified under Arkansas law in the May 25, 2026, shooting death of Matthew Garrett, 31, of Judsonia. Around 6:15 p.m., Pulaski County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a possible medical emergency [read more…]
MARVELL, Ark. — At the request of the Marvell Police Department, the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is investigating a shooting that injured three people in Marvell on Saturday, July 4, 2026. The shooting occurred at the intersection of Main and McKinney streets, where the three men [read more…]
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