Little Rock AR

Rain and thunderstorms this morning south of I-44 will continue to washaway after sunrise. Today will be mostly dry following this morning, and mostly cloudy this afternoon. Temperatures today should climb into the mid to upper 60s. There will be thunderstorms to our west tonight in Kansas and Oklahoma, but that...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Oscar-nominated short directed by native Arkansans is being developed as a full feature adaptation. Deadline reported that Craig and Brent Renaud's short film, Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, will be adapted as The Renaud Brothers. The film...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Trucking industry leaders are giving some insight into a federal crackdown on commercial driver's license (CDL) training schools. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced in a Feb. 18 release that 557 CDL training schools violated FMCSA safety standards, including 9 in our area....

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — Meteorologists are closely monitoring an enhanced severe weather setup expected Friday afternoon and evening across the Central Plains into the Mid-Mississippi River Valley, where storms could bring damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes from Oklahoma and Kansas through Missouri,...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Red River Parish, Louisiana – A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Thursday morning in northwest Louisiana, following an earlier regional tremor felt across multiple states. According to the U.S. Geological...

March always makes me want a real sit-down meal. Here in Arkansas, that usually means finding a place where I can slow down and eat without feeling rushed. I ran across this Mexican buffet not long ago and ended up staying longer than planned, working my way through a steady line of hot dishes. The trays kept getting...

A Central Arkansas man is set to spend the next two decades behind bars for robbing an Arkadelphia business. Rodney Nowden Jr., 39, of Shannon Hills, Arkansas was convicted in Clark County for the offense of Aggravated Robbery stemming from an armed robbery in 2024. Nowden was sentenced to a...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (BFMG) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing two hikers at Devil’s Den State Park last year are asking a judge to prohibit prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, claiming the prosecuting attorney violated a gag order while campaigning for a seat on the Arkansas Court of Appeals.

Sometimes all it takes is the smell of barbecue drifting across a parking lot to make me change my plans. That happens to me a lot in Arkansas. I might be heading somewhere else entirely, then suddenly I’m pulling over because a smoker is sending out the kind of aroma you just can’t ignore. I’ve spent plenty of...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — An Arkansas man has now been sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison for his involvement in the distribution of illegal drugs. According to reports, an investigation on July 10, 2024, showed that Saline County deputies were sent to serve a warrant at a home. Once they arrived, they...