Shopping around
Judah Phillips, 4, reads an item list while shopping with his mother, Ashley Phillips (not pictured), on Saturday during the season opening of the St. Joseph F…
Stories by Andy Davis
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Turning up the heat
Morgan Weithman, public programs coordinator, prepares lunch for Historic Arkansas Museum staff and volunteers Saturday during the Living Craft Saturday: Turni…
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Pet of the week
Patty walked straight into the shelter like she has known us forever! She is super sweet and affectionate. She is also good with other cats. Now she is just wa…
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Getting it straight
Getting it straight
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Getting it straight
The intersection of Peyton and West 16th Streets in Little Rock is a two-way stop, with no stop signs for traffic on West 16th Street. A story in Thursday's ne…
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United Way gets new executive director
The United Way of Central Arkansas has named Jessica Clawson as its new executive director.
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Fair gets 1st female general manager
The Arkansas State Fair has appointed its first female general manager, according to a news release Tuesday afternoon.
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Shooting in Searcy is murder-suicide
Police said Friday that the death of two men at a McDonald's restaurant in Searcy on Tuesday night was the result of a murder-suicide.
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Two people jailed in fatal LR gunfire
Two people have been arrested in connection with a Monday night homicide in Little Rock, police said early Tuesday.
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Arkansas health official: Falling covid numbers show that state is ‘headed in the right direction’
Arkansas' coronavirus metrics continued to indicate a slowing spread of the virus Thursday as the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in the state fell…
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients hits 3-month low
The number of Arkansans hospitalized with covid-19 fell Thursday to its lowest level in three months. However, the state's death toll from the virus, as tracke…
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Fatal shooting at Sherwood hospital prompts lockdown, evacuation Wednesday morning
A Sherwood hospital was partially evacuated, placed on lockdown and surrounded by a police perimeter for almost three hours on Wednesday morning after a fatal …
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Number of covid hospitalizations in Arkansas grows despite continued decline in new cases
Despite a continuing decline in Arkansas' new coronavirus cases over the past few weeks, the number of covid-19 patients in the state's hospitals grew Tuesday …
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Arkansas sees count of hospitalized covid patients rise for 2nd day; deaths grow by 26
Despite a continuing decline in Arkansas new coronavirus cases over the past few weeks, the number of covid-19 patients in the state's hospitals rose Tuesday f…
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Pulaski County Election Commission settles lawsuit with poll worker
The Pulaski County Board of Election Commissioners on Monday agreed to settle a lawsuit by a poll worker who claimed the board refused to appoint him to work d…
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Covid hospitalizations in state up but daily increases cases smallest since May
The number of people reported to be hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas rose for the first time in six days Monday even as the state posted its smallest dai…
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Pulaski County election board told of error solution
To correct mistakes stemming from an error in the Pulaski County voter registration database, some voters in the Nov. 8 general election will be given a ballot…
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State posts smallest daily new covid case number since May
The number of people reported to be hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas rose for the first time in six days on Monday even as the state posted its smallest …
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Arkansas’ covid hospitalizations fall for third consecutive day
The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell for the third day in a row Friday as the state's count of cases rose by 446 -- the smallest da…
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients falls for 3rd day; deaths rise by 17
The number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell for the third day in a row on Friday as the state's count of cases rose by 446 -- the smallest…
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Arkansas hospitals’ covid cases dip; deaths rise by 18
The number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas' hospitals fell for the second day in a row on Thursday as the state's new-case numbers continued to decline after …
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New daily covid cases, active virus cases drop to lowest levels in months
The average number of new daily covid-19 cases in Arkansas fell to its lowest level in more than three months on Thursday. With recoveries outpacing new cases,…
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Covid-19 hospitalizations decline by 7 as new cases in Arkansas continue to fall
The number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas' hospitals fell Wednesday for the first time in four days as the state's new case number continued to decline.
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients drops; new cases keep falling
The number of covid-19 patients in Arkansas' hospitals fell Wednesday for the first time in four days as the state's new case number continued to decline.
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Arkansas coronavirus death toll tops 12,000
Despite a recent decline in Arkansas' new coronavirus cases, the state's death toll from the coronavirus topped 12,000 on Tuesday as the number of people hospi…
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Arkansas covid deaths top 12,000
Despite a continuing decline in Arkansas' new coronavirus cases, the state's death toll from the coronavirus topped 12,000 on Tuesday as the number of people h…
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Hospitalizations for covid-19 rise by 22 in one day
Arkansas posted its largest increase in hospitalized covid-19 patients since mid-July on Monday even as the state's new-case numbers continued to decline.
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Arkansas reports jump in hospitalized covid patients as new cases continue to drop
Arkansas posted its largest increase in hospitalized covid-19 patients since mid-July on Monday even as the state's new cases numbers continued to decline.
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Covid hospitalizations in state fall by 12, marking second consecutive daily decline
A decline in Arkansas' new coronavirus case numbers continued on Friday as the number of people hospitalized in the state with the virus fell for the second da…
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients falls for 2nd day; new cases continue to decline
A decline in Arkansas’ new coronavirus case numbers continued on Friday as the number of people hospitalized in the state with the virus fell for the second da…
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Arkansas covid hospitalizations end 2-day upward trend Thurday, falling by 9
After rising by double digits the previous two days, the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell part of the way back down Thursday as the…
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Arkansas' active covid cases fall to 12-week low
Arkansas' count of active, or currently infectious, cases of covid-19 continued to decline Thursday, falling to the lowest level since June 22.
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Arkansas sees double-digit jump in covid hospitalizations for the second day in a row
Despite a continued decline in Arkansas' active, or currently infectious, coronavirus cases, the number of people hospitalized in the state with covid-19 jumpe…
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Arkansas' covid hospitalizations, deaths rise; count of active cases falls
The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Arkansas jumped by double digits for the second consecutive day Wednesday, even as the number of peop…
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Arkansas’ active covid cases below 10,000 for first time in almost three months
A day after hitting a new two-month low, the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas jumped back up Tuesday to its highest level in almost a we…
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Arkansas’ count of hospitalized covid patients jumps by 18; active cases fall
A day after hitting a new two-month low, the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas jumped back up on Tuesday to its highest level in almost a…
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Covid-19 cases decline among children in Arkansas
New coronavirus cases among children in Arkansas appear to be on the decline after an uptick in infections -- linked to the start of the 2022-23 school year --…
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients hits two-month low
After rising slightly a day earlier, the number of people reported to be hospitalized in Arkansas with covid-19 fell Monday to its lowest level in more than tw…
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Arkansas health officials note week-over-week declines in new covid cases, say Labor Day bump still possible
Arkansas' count of coronavirus cases rose Friday by 1,148 -- the fourth daily increase in a row that was smaller than the one a week earlier.
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Arkansas' new covid cases still down from last week; hospitalizations rise by 3
Arkansas' count of coronavirus cases rose Friday by 1,148 -- the fourth daily increase in a row that was smaller than the one a week earlier.
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Week-over-week decline in Arkansas covid cases continues for third consecutive day
A week-over-week decline in Arkansas' new coronavirus cases, possibly stemming at least in part from lower testing over Labor Day weekend, continued for a thir…
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Arkansas' new covid cases down for third day; deaths rise by 7
The state's count of cases rose Thursday by 1,143.
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Covid hospitalizations in Arkansas fall by 5 Wednesday, one day after increasing by 20
After rising a day earlier for the first time in more than a week, the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell Wednesday but was still up …
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients falls by 5; deaths rise by 8
After rising a day earlier for the first time in more than a week, the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas fell Wednesday but was still up …
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Arkansas covid hospitalizations see first increase in over a week
A day after reaching its lowest level in more than two months, the number of people reported to be hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas rose Tuesday for the …
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients jumps by 20
A day after falling to its lowest level in more than two months, the number of people reported to be hospitalized with covid-19 in Arkansas rose Tuesday for th…
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As Arkansas receives more covid booster doses, hospitalizations fall to nearly 2-month low
Covid-19 vaccines updated to target the most common strains of the omicron variant continued to arrive in Arkansas on Friday, a day after they received final c…
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Arkansas' count of hospitalized covid patients near two-month low as uptick in new cases continues
Despite an uptick in Arkansas' new coronavirus case numbers, the number of people hospitalized in the state with covid-19 fell Friday to its lowest level in al…
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Arkansas covid hospitalizations fall below 300 for first time in more than a week
An uptick in Arkansas' new coronavirus cases resumed Thursday even as the number of people hospitalized with covid-19 fell by double digits, dropping below 300…
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More Arkansans catching covid even as hospitalizations for virus fall below 300
Arkansas' count of covid-19 cases rose Thursday by a higher amount than on Wednesday or the previous Thursday, even as the number of people hospitalized with t…
