A federal three-judge panel on Tuesday evening ordered state officials to develop another legislative map that ensures Black voters in the DeSoto County area have a fair opportunity to elect ...

The legislature’s redrawing of the Hattiesburg area — which was not challenged by the plaintiffs — and the Chickasaw/Monroe ...

Mrs. Moore was born January 3, 1935 in her grandparents’ home at her family’s place near Wilson, Mississippi County Arkansas. Her parents were the late Joseph Ransom Cullom, Jr., and his wife ...

Lindsay Colyer, third from left, poses with, Chuck Beningo, left, William Carey University Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools executive director; Pattie Permenter, Mississippi Rural ...

Two men connected to a fatal shooting that happened last month in Marianna, Arkansas, are now in jail ... Man found shot to death at Crockett County home On March 22, Marianna Police say they ...

He has covered state and federal courts in Northwest Arkansas since 1995. Over the course of his award-winning career, he has covered a wide range of beats including city and county governments ...

“It would protect our elections from bad actors, and it would protect Arkansas voters.“ The bill would require county election officials to offer early voting in certain cities, and allow them ...

Benjamin Wilkes mugshot (Courtesy of Panola County Sheriff’s Office) He’s the third North Mississippi teacher charged with child pornography in recent weeks. On Monday, no one answered the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law this week making religious displays in classrooms state law. The governor signed Senate Bill 433 ...

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The merger is part of the state's Public Safety Act of 2019, which mandated the consolidation of these systems in each Arkansas county by the end of last year. The combined 911 system, which will ...