Union Pacific has determined the cause of an accident that led to a train derailment in White County, Ark., in March. Union Pacific spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza says the derailment was caused by a broken rail. She tells the Daily Citizen …
State and federal investigators are looking into a string of fires that have destroyed homes in Johnny Cash’s hometown of Dyess, Ark. The Jonesboro Sun reports that four vacant homes have burned since February in the Mississippi County town. Sheriff’s …
Police in Jonesboro, Ark., say a tractor rig is missing from a business and that the thieves also stole 26 big rig tires. Officers were summoned Monday morning to Arkansas Trailers on C.W. Post road about the theft, which occurred …
Gov. Mike Beebe has declared 15 counties as disaster areas following strong storms across the state that included tornadoes and left five people injured. Beebe announced the declaration Thursday – a day after the storm crossed Arkansas. The governor also …
Arkansas lawmakers have given final legislative approval to a bill exempting from the state’s Freedom of Information Act the identities of minors involved in motor vehicle accidents. The Senate voted 33-0 Thursday for the legislation requiring police to redact the …
Arkansas’ attorney general says the recent rupture of an ExxonMobil pipeline highlights the need for pipeline maintenance, inspections and safety standards. State Attorney General Dustin McDaniel spoke to reporters Wednesday after visiting a Mayflower neighborhood where ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline ruptured …
Authorities in Little River County have arrested three men who they say are homeless in connection with the theft of up to $200,000 worth of copper wire from a cement plant near Foreman. Prosecutors allege the men stole the wire …
The identities of minors involved in motor vehicle accidents could not be released to the public under an exemption to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act that the state Senate unanimously approved Tuesday. By a 35-0 vote, the Senate approved …
Arkansas lawmakers have rejected awarding $1 million to the family of a 9-year-old killed when an unanchored soccer goal fell on him two years ago. The Joint Budget Committee on failed to advance the award for the family of Jonathan …
State earthquake experts will place more monitors around Greers Ferry Lake after a recent jump in the number of temblors. While many of the 60 quakes in the past year were too light to be felt by people, the Arkansas …