An Oklahoma City-based company says it will build a $120 million nitric acid plant at a chemical facility in El Dorado, Ark., that was the site of an explosion in May. LSB Industries Inc. announced Tuesday that the company signed …
The Arkansas city of Beebe has filed suit against White County over how the county distributes some funding to area fire departments. The suit was filed by Beebe Mayor Mike Robertson and the Beebe City Council after the county decided …
An Arkansas farmer who claimed a supplier sold him inferior rice seed in 2009 was ordered Tuesday to pay for it anyway, according to the company that sued him. RiceTec Inc. of Houston had sued Scott Meredith of Delaplaine, saying …
Texarkana Ward 2 Director Laney Harris argued that the city’s current procedure for towing unsightly or hazardous abandoned vehicles is unconstitutional at a hearing in federal court Tuesday. Harris filed a suit in May after city officials attempted to remove …
Officials in Mountain Home, Ark., say an 11-year-old middle school student lost a finger when it got caught in a playground slide. Officials say the accident happened Thursday morning at Pinkston Middle School. Principal Michelle McWilliams says the boy’s left …
Drought conditions in Arkansas are showing a slight improvement. That’s according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor, which says 45 percent of Arkansas is in an exceptional drought. That’s down from 53 percent a week ago. Exceptional …
More than half of Arkansas is in exceptional drought status, which is the U.S. Drought Monitor’s most severe classification. The map, released Thursday, says the exceptional drought covers nearly all of northern and central Arkansas and stretches into the southwest …
Production has been stalled after a weekend fire did $1.5 million in damage to an oil pipe manufacturing plant in Little Rock, Ark. Welspun President Dave Delie told KLRT-TV Monday the company has enough pipes on hand to continue shipments …
Lightning started at least seven wildfires in drought-parched Arkansas on Friday, and although none caused any structure damage or injuries, one home was destroyed when a trash fire spread out of control in Lowell, state and local fire officials said. …
The past week’s dry weather has led to nearly all of Arkansas being classified in severe drought status. The U.S. Drought Monitor’s analysis released Thursday shows that all of the state, except for a few pockets, are in a severe …