Little Rock AR

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Little Rock, Arkansas – A strong surge of Arctic air is expected to move into Arkansas beginning Thursday, bringing a prolonged period of well below-normal temperatures and sharply increasing the risk for...

Arkansas Tech University has collaborated with the Division of Finance and Administration to offer a new ATU license plate, which costs an extra $35 per year, with $25 of that going to the ATU Alumni Association Scholarship fund.

The Little Rock Zoo’s newest sloth bear additions are growing up so fast.

Arkansas drivers with mental illness or autism will have access to new tools designed to make traffic stops safer and less stressful, according to information from the Arkansas House of Representatives. The state is launching the Green Envelope Program and the Blue Envelope Program, both approved in the 2025 Regular...

State lawmakers are weighing in on proposed changes to how some Arkansas Medicaid recipients qualify for in-home personal care. The proposal would shift responsibility for determining eligibility to physicians rather than a third-party contractor currently used. Officials with the Department of Human Services...

ENGLAND, Ark. (KATV) — A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a fatal shooting in England that left a 49-year-old man dead, according to the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office. In a press release on Facebook, Sheriff John Staley said the shooting happened Monday evening within...

Public school enrollment numbers saw a sharp decline in the most recent school year, according to numbers from the state Department of Education. More than 9,000 students, around 2% of total enrollment, left the state’s public schools, the largest drop in nearly 20 years. This year was the first in which school...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The Little Rock Board of Directors approved another year of funding for the Bridge to Work program, which pays people experiencing homelessness to help clean up the city while offering resources to support long-term stability. The program, led by Canvas Community Church, provides...

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Photo of vehicle is not the same photo of the suspect's vehicle. On Dec. 28, 2025, around 12:30 p.m., deputies of the Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to an attempted carjacking near North Sardis and Pauls Valley. The Honda was seen pulled over with...

The head of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said the state won’t pay the lawyer hired by the corrections board to represent it in lawsuits against the governor. Jim Hudson said in a letter Tuesday to the Department of Corrections that paying attorney Abtin Mehdizadegan $300,000 would violate...