Arkansas News

Aggregated Arkansas News Articles

• Decorated cop honored by Biden is arrested for attack on his wife in late-night fight
  
  Tommy Norman, an Arkansas police officer who was once honored by former President Joe Biden for his community work, has been arrested for allegedly hitting his wife.
  Daily Mail.  Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:29:28 GMT.
• Family says 72-year-old Arkansas man attacked by black bear while spreading gravel
  
  The family says the man's injuries "are extensive and ultimately not survivable."
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:15:00 GMT.
• National Guard deploys to aid ICE operations in Arkansas, as Sanders backs key Trump initiative
  
  Sarah Huckabee Sanders will deploy unarmed Arkansas National Guard troops to provide logistical support for Trump administration's deportation efforts.
  Fox News.  Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:53:43 -0400.
• Arkansas man, 72, mauled by 70-pound bear, hospitalized with 'extensive' injuries
  
  Vernon Patton, 72, underwent surgery after suffering extensive injuries from a bear attack in Arkansas, the first documented attack on humans in at least 25 years.
  Fox News.  Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:24:29 -0400.
• Woman wins court challenge over insurance payout for a "totaled" car
  
  Courts weigh fairness of reimbursement formula as Arkansas jury finds against State Farm.
  CBS News.  Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:22:00 -0400.
• Arkansas jury finds car insurance giant shortchanged some customers with "totaled" cars
  
  An Arkansas jury recently found car insurance giant State Farm shortchanged drivers with "totaled" cars, and similar lawsuits across the country could put money back into consumers' pockets. ...
  CBS News.  Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:12:00 -0400.
• Longest-waiting child in Arkansas foster care system adopted after 15 years
  
  After nearly 15 years of being in the foster care system, 19-year-old Cozy is embraced in the arms of his new mom and dad, Tim and Anna Dietrich, on Monday.
  Kathryn Thornberry.  The Hill.  Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:16:33 +0000.
• Arkansas man sentenced for crash that killed bicyclist from Council Bluffs
  
  An Arkansas man will serve prison time for a crash that killed a Council Bluffs man last year.
  KETV - Omaha, Nebraska.  Tue, 19 Aug 2025 03:34:00 GMT.
• With a Shovel and a Dream, a Woman Finds a 2.3 Carat Diamond in Arkansas
  
  After three weeks, with bug bites and tattered hiking boots, Micherre Fox found the stone at Crater of Diamonds State Park.
  Mark Walker.  New York Times.  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:20:18 +0000.
• National Park Service to Bring Back Confederate Monument Destroyed by Black Lives Matter Rioters
  
  Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, a self-educated lawyer from Arkansas, will return to the place he once occupied in Washington, D.C. ...
  Jack Davis.  Western Journal.  Tue, 05 Aug 2025 22:03:33 +0000.
• Man Who Killed 4 in Arkansas Grocery Store Shooting Gets Life Without Parole
  
  The man, Travis Eugene Posey, also injured 11 people in the shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, Ark., in June 2024. He received four consecutive life terms.
  Alexandra E. Petri.  New York Times.  Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:52:04 +0000.
• Tables Turned: Former Trump Prosecutor Jack Smith Under Federal Investigation
  
  Days after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas called for an investigation of former special counsel Jack Smith, it has begun. ...
  Jack Davis.  Western Journal.  Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:00:10 +0000.

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