Pulaski County halts non-conforming construction projects outside city limits
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Pulaski County Quorum Court has paused non-conforming construction projects just outside city limits after a new state law stripped cities of their power to regulate building near their borders. Until last Tuesday, Arkansas cities could regulate what construction took place in their extra...
Arkansas Department of Transportation to break ground on first of 4 Interstate 49 extension...
Construction for the first of four projects in the Arkansas Department of Transportation's (ARDOT) Interstate 49 extension plans is set to begin next week.
Arkansas teacher pleads not guilty to fatally stabbing married couple on hike
An Arkansas teacher has pleaded not guilty to fatally stabbing a married couple who were hiking with two of their children at the time of the incident last month. Andrew McGann, 28, appeared at his arraignment Thursday morning in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he entered a not-guilty plea to the two capital murder...
North Little Rock man arrested on multiple felony warrants in joint law enforcement effort
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — A North Little Rock man, wanted on multiple felony warrants has been arrested by the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office's Special Investigations Unit, with assistance from the Department of Agriculture and additional law enforcement agencies. Tyrone Jordan, 30, was spotted and picked up at a...
Arkansas Department of Health eliminating 30 employee positions in November
More than two dozen positions at the Arkansas Department of Health will be eliminated in November, a department spokesperson said on Thursday.
Arkansas school district rolls out largest electric school bus fleet
The Little Rock school district has the largest fleet of electric school buses in Arkansas. A new study shows the world could prevent nearly two-million deaths by 2040 if policymakers take a more aggressive and effective approach in reducing transportation emissions. A group of global researchers has new findings...
Arkansas game wardens arrest man for allegedly trying to capture hawks
FORT SMITH, Ark. — An Arkansas man has been arrested after allegedly trying to remove young hawks from a nest in Fort Smith. Jeremiah Hall, 27, was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center on July 14 on charges of trespassing, lacking a falconry permit, taking of birds and eggs, and taking of raptors. He was...
Arkansas woman in recovery thanks to groundbreaking ovarian cancer treatment at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — One Arkansas woman who was diagnosed with a rare and stubborn form of ovarian cancer recently received a life-changing opportunity to benefit from a clinical trial at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock. Ashley Foster is a mental health therapist and...
Little Rock Zoo welcomes baby chimpanzee to zoo family
The chimpanzee troop has grown a bit bigger at the Little Rock Zoo.
Raw chicken spilled on I-530 after tractor-trailer crash in Little Rock
Drivers going northbound on Interstate 530 in Little Rock may come to an unusual sight of raw chicken in the roadway Wednesday morning.