Joel Phelps

Country crooner Josh Turner is set to perform Dec. 18, 2026, at the Oaklawn Event Center as part of his This Country Music Thing Tour.

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A Marginal Risk (level 1 of 5) for severe weather exists across a large part of Arkansas for this afternoon into this evening, Sept. 10.

CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas held August commencement Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at Reynolds Performance Hall, conferring approximately

David Lee Lambert, age 60, of Amity, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2026. He was born on August 21, 1966.

F.C. Junior Looper, age 89, of Bismarck (Hot Spring County) died Monday, September 7, 2026. He was retired from Acme Brick Company of Malvern with 40 plus years, an avid deer hunter, and fisherman.

Wendy Nicole (Wade) Howard, age 52, of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Tuesday September 8, 2026, at CHI St. Vincent's Medical Center in Hot Springs.

Clark County's unemployment rate for July 2026, not seasonally adjusted, was at 5.4%, according to a preliminary county-by-county report released by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services.

In 2019, Henderson State University in Arkadelphia was within a week of having no cash on hand. Today, its finances have recovered, its enrollment is up, and it’s looking for ways to distinguish itself from other schools. But it won’t be paying anyone to play football.

The prisoner who escaped the Clark County Detention Center is set to spend the next several years in a state penitentiary after pleading guilty Thursday to multiple felonies, 9E Prosecuting Attorney Dan Turner announced.