Arkansas is sending 200 airmen to Afghanistan from an Air National Guard unit at Fort Smith.

Sen. Blanche Lincoln continues to run hard to the right . She -- along with Sens.

A man who faced a capital murder charge in the 1999 slaying of his 14-year-old niece has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of hindering apprehension.

Weather records show that 2009 was a year of extremes in Arkansas. National Weather Service records show that 15 Arkansas cities had more rain in 2009 than in any year since weather records began.

Arkansas' Attorney General has rejected a ballot proposal seeking to legalize the medical use of marijuana.

LITTLE ROCK - The new year will bring new restrictions on the sale of toy guns in Arkansas, but two of the nation's largest retailers say it's a ban they've already been following.

The pay for school district superintendents in Arkansas is rising faster than that for teachers.

With just a few days left in 2009, the National Weather Service has released its yearly recap of severe weather in the state.

History: Organized on July 4, 1819, and admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836 as the 25th State, and the 13th Slave State, where most slaves in the United States were held on the Delta plantations, numbering about 111,115, just over 25 percent of the State's population on the evening of the Civil War in 1860, Arkansas assisted Texas in winning its ...

New claims for jobless benefits nationwide are at the lowest since July 2008. The numbers fell by 22,000 to end the year on somewhat of a positive note - something economists weren't expecting.