Little Rock AR

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s a look at some of the top events happening in central Arkansas from live music and comedy to movie screenings and a festival in Hot Springs. Top weekend picks. Boosie and Plies First Security Amphitheater —...

Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for April 5, with notable births and deaths of people with Arkansas connections for this date. Information is drawn from state archives, historical societies, contemporary newspapers and other media archives, and legal records. Much of this...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Health officials in Arkansas are closely monitoring a newly discussed COVID-19 strain known as the “Cicada” variant, which experts say could arrive in the state within weeks. The variant, scientifically identified as BA.3.2, has already been detected in multiple parts of the United...

You ever go out for a normal dinner and end up talking about it for days? That’s the energy here. Arkansas knows how to surprise you like that. One minute you’re just looking for a place to eat, the next you’re texting friends, saying, “You have to try this spot.”

April in Arkansas is basically an open invitation to spend more time outside. The weather is finally comfortable, everything looks alive again, and it feels like a waste to sit indoors for too long. Meals just feel better when you can enjoy them in the open air. You start to...

An 11-year-old Arkansas boy’s passion for rockets turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience and an unexpected viral moment. Hilt Boling, a Little Rock native, traveled to Cape Canaveral over spring break to watch NASA’s Artemis II launch, the first crewed mission toward the moon in more than 50 years. What started...

Arkansas has no shortage of scenic trails, but this one hits differently almost immediately. It begins like any other short walk. Calm. Straightforward. Then those rock formations show up. Big, rounded, almost playful in shape. You’ll probably slow down without realizing it. Something about the shapes pulls your...

Something about eating near the water just works. Maybe it is the slower pace, maybe it is the view, maybe it is both. In Arkansas, it all comes together in a way that feels easy and real, never forced. You are not just grabbing a bite here. You are settling...

A fire broke out at the Conway Regional Medical Center but was extinguished by fire crews early Saturday morning.

TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS — After days of active and at times severe weather across the Southern Plains, a dramatic shift is set to arrive on Monday, April 6, bringing what can only be described as a rare stretch of “perfect” weather conditions from Dallas to Oklahoma City to Little Rock.