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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced five Medicaid fraud arrests made by his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. Griffin said the takedown was led and coordinated June 23 by the Department...

LITTLE ROCK — Fresh produce is highly perishable, but proper washing and storage can help make it last longer, saving money and reducing waste. Quad Whitson, extension culinary nutrition and food safety program associate for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, said that according to the U.S. Food and Dr

Feature image above: Heather Baker and Rachel Reynolds. The interpretation of “folk” as “community” will be celebrated at a festival local officials hope to place central Arkansas on the industry map. Up to 40,000 are expected in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District for the inaugural...

The Arkansas Department of Health regulates the sale of food at establishments that include restaurants, bars, day cares, schools, grocery stores, convenience stores, bed and breakfast facilities, hotels/motels, mobile units and concession stands. Inspections are made unannounced by environmental health specialists. El

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Education announced today that nearly 5,000 teachers will receive up to $10,000 in merit pay. The awards will be funded through the LEARNS Merit Teacher Incentive Fund. Sanders says the number is up from nearly 3,000...

Three big intersections will eventually get turn lanes as part of a project to expand Springhill Road in Bryant, Arkansas. In a survey, Bryant residents told the City they wanted improvements on Springhill road, and as a result, the City recently secured funding for the design process. Read more below.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in a Friday statement that state Sen. Ben Gilmore (R-1) is joining his office team as a senior advisor. Griffin said Gilmore would resign from the state senate to assume the senior advisor role. Gilmore has held his Senate office since Jan. 2021, having bee

Jacksonville police are asking residents to help put a name to a face after a shooting last Friday, sharing photos of a man they say is a suspect and tying the case to report number 26-02486. Investigators have not announced any arrests or charges and are keeping details tight for now, offering only a detective’s phone

Little Rock, AR – Contributed – Attorney General Tim Griffin announced five Medicaid fraud arrests that were made by his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. On June 23, the takedown was led...

Arkansas gets a lot of press for being the birthplace of cheese dip, but did you know fried pickles were also invented in Arkansas? The Southern staple traces its roots back to Atkins, where, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, “the first fried dill pickles ever sold anywhere were sold in the summer of 1963 at 1