Little Rock AR

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas nonprofits are calling on the community for help supporting an influx of new and returning families. At the Watershed, shelves are being stocked as the staff prepares for what could be a very busy weekend. "I think that more [people] are panicking, trying to...

McElmurray’s Cadron Settlement: Arkansas’s Forgotten Boom Town. Cadron Settlement rose and fell in just two decades. French hunters built “Quadran” fort in 1807 where Cadron Creek meets the Arkansas River. By 1810, John McElmurray ran a busy trading post with 100 hunters nearby. His blockhouse soon...

The Arkansas Foodbank is hosting an emergency food distribution this Saturday to assist federal and state employees affected by the government shutdown, providing food boxes and Kroger gift cards to those with a valid government ID.

Arkansas Department of Human Services Secretary Janet Mann has warned that additional layoffs and program disruptions will occur if the government shutdown continues, potentially affecting 1,500 employees and suspending federally funded programs.

Arkansas will distribute $500,000 among six regional food bank networks in the state, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday, as SNAP benefits are set to stop on Nov. 1. Sanders also said she would consider additional weekly allocations from Arkansas’ restricted reserve funds if the federal government shutdown...

Masked protesters chanted “shame” or the Spanish phrase “chinga la migra” in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Little Rock Wednesday. They stood across the road from the building, near Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, amid chilly temperatures and loud gusts of wind.

Over 2,000 Bald Eagles call Missouri home each winter, and their migration into the Show Me State has already begun. Bald Eagles begin to migrate into Missouri in late fall, reaching peak numbers from December to February, then migrating back north in the spring. Bald Eagles weren’t always common in Missouri,...

A man in Little Rock, Arkansas, attempted to attend a waxing appointment under a woman’s name so that he could have a female waxer work on him. Fortunately, he was met with quite the surprise when he discovered the male owner of the waxing center sitting at the front desk. Needless to say, the customer wasn’t very...

A beloved local bookstore is turning the page to a new chapter. Books by the Pound, located at 1010 E Lincoln Ave in Searcy, is opening a second location in North Little Rock!. The new shop will be located at 601 W 4th Street, just a block from the river and Dickey-Stephens Park, offering the perfect blend of charm,...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. will be joined by Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance leaders, Little Rock School District leaders, and community partners to announce support for residents impacted by the federal SNAP benefits freeze. Mayor Scott is set to address the support plan during...