Crews in Little River County are working to remove 31 rail cars loaded with coal that derailed south of Ashdown. The sheriff’s office said Wednesday that U.S. Highway 71 is open, but cleanup of the derailment is continuing. The Texarkana …
Plant bugs, worms, pigweed and irrigation are the big four concerns in agriculture right now, Craighead County Extension Staff Chairman Branon Thiesse said Thursday afternoon. Plant bugs are showing up, and “we’re still fighting pigweeds,” he said. “Some fields got …
Approximately 300 people at a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in northwest Arkansas were evacuated and 173 were sent to local hospitals after an accidental mixture of chemicals created a chlorine gas inside part of the facility. Company spokesman Gary …
Little Rock police have arrested a suspect in at least two of the recent robberies that have left convenience store and fast food restaurant operators on edge. Police said Tuesday that 22-year-old David Henry Johnson of Little Rock turned himself …
If it seemed Arkansas had too many tornadoes to count this spring, that may have been true. Forecasters said Tuesday they located a tornado track near Hickory Plains in Prairie County, pushing Arkansas’ storm total for this year to 67. …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Tyson Foods Inc. $70,000 in the wake of a fatal collapse at the company’s Nashville, Ark., feed mill. The Texarkana Gazette reports OSHA cited Tyson earlier this month, saying a collapsed …
An Arkansas Supreme Court ruling in the case of a mentally ill man charged with setting a fire that killed his grandmother could hinder prosecutors handling cases involving juveniles, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. In a decision written by Justice Donald …
Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is serving a 175-year sentence in federal prison for taking young girls across state lines for sex, faces a civil trial starting Tuesday that he ordered the beating of two of his former ministry members. In …
A small earthquake has been recorded near Dell in northeast Arkansas by the U.S. Geological Survey. The U.S.G.S. reports the preliminary magnitude 2.5 quake was recorded at 8:41 p.m. Wednesday and centered about three miles northeast of Dell and about …
Officials say a strong tornado that touched down in western Arkansas has injured at least several people. Steve Piltz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Tulsa, said a strong tornado touched down southwest of the Altus-Denning area …