LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The 45 young women taking part in the 2024 Miss Arkansas and Miss Teen Arkansas pageants have arrived in the Capital City this weekend. The opening event, the arrival ceremony, was held Saturday afternoon at the Arkansas State Capitol, kicking off a week full of events and appearances. “I’m just so […]
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Camry Flees Arkansas Trooper And Crashes At A Chick-Fil-A
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Camry Flees Arkansas Trooper And Crashes At A Chick-Fil-A It used to be the Toyota Camry was mocked by certain auto sites as being slow, boring, and a waste of metal. While we don’t expect everyone gets all hot and bothered about the sedans, we’ve seen suspects […]
Arkansas State Police asking for public’s help in finding missing Sherwood teen
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas State Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 17-year-old from Pulaski County who they said was endangered. Authorities said Anna Simon last had contact with her mother Wednesday around 10:38 p.m. and that her vehicle was located at 11:30 p.m. on North Longfield Avenue in […]
Arkansas Trooper Takes Down Fleeing Scat Pack
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Arkansas Trooper Takes Down Fleeing Scat Pack Normally when a law enforcement officer tries chasing down a powerful muscle car like the Dodge Charger Scat Pack in the included video it doesn’t go so well for the cop. Unless the suspect is really bad at driving their […]
Watch An Audi S5 Black Out To Lose An Arkansas Trooper
Read the full story on Backfire News Watch An Audi S5 Black Out To Lose An Arkansas Trooper It seems some people love the challenge of trying to catch the attention of an Arkansas State Police trooper and then get away. We don’t see too many who are entirely successful in this illegal endeavor, and […]
Supreme Court sends dispute over Arkansas’ GOP-drawn congressional map back to lower court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday told a lower court to take a fresh look at claims alleging that Republican-drawn congressional districts in Arkansas sought to minimize the influence of Black voters. The justices threw out a May 2023 ruling by a panel of three federal judges that left in place the state’s congressional […]
Governor visits north Arkansas Counties to survey storm damage following Memorial Weekend tornadoes
BRIARCLIFF Ark.- The May 26th tornado, which stretched 36.1 miles and caused destruction in its path, impacted the Briarcliff community. “We heard them come across mountain home radio station, breakthrough that there was a tornado,” Cindy Buettman said. Northern Arkansas counties devastated by overnight severe weather, 8 confirmed dead Awakened by thunder and lightning, she […]
Two Arkansas cities among best places to live
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Two Arkansas cities were ranked among the best places to live in America, according to a new report from the U.S. News and World Report. U.S. News used data U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, the U.S. Department of Labor along with its own internal resources in order to create the rankings. […]
US Census says this is the smallest town in Arkansas
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — There are small towns and then there are really small towns. So, what’s the smallest town in the Natural State? The town of Victoria is the smallest in Arkansas by population, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Victoria has 18 residents. Census: Fayetteville surpasses 100k residents in 2023 […]
Arkansas Department of Transportation speaks on retaining wall collapse on I-630
LITTLE ROCK, Ark – A collapsed retaining wall up against Interstate 630 traffic is drawing some concern from drivers. The damaged section is 100 feet wide on the westbound side of the interstate just below the Pine Street exit. ARDOT recommends putting company working on Saline Co. I-30 project into default of contract Much of […]
Homes Destroyed, Trees Toppled Like Bowling Pins in Wake of Deadly Arkansas Storms
Striking aerial footage shot over communities in Arkansas showed the devastation wrought by powerful, tornado-packing storms that struck over the weekend. Aviator Brady Brooks took to the skies over Rogers and Decatur on May 26, with his video showing destroyed homes and whole bunches of trees toppled like bowling pins by the powerful storms. The […]
Storms kill at least 23 in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Virginia
May 28 (UPI) — Powerful storms that pummeled the southern United States over Memorial Day weekend have left at least 23 people dead in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The storms, including several tornados, have submerged hundreds of thousands in the dark as of early Tuesday, with poweroutage.us indicating more than 83,000 customers in Kentucky, […]