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Jonesboro Police say a shooting where two teenage boys were injured on Monday night happened when a gun one of the boys were handling accidentally went off.

Arkansas State Police say Haley Nicole Shell, 15, of Gassville has been missing since October 1.

Little Rock, AR – An Arkansas group is taking action against the state's new congressional maps, saying they dilute the voting power of communities of color. Comments from Kwami Abdul-Bey, founder of Arkansans for a Unified Natural State; and Loriee Evans, lead organizer at Indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson received his Pfizer booster shot Tuesday (Sept. 28) moments before he held his weekly COVID-19 pandemic press conference. The governor, his wife and Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero got their boosters shot on live television to encourage others to get vaccinated, the governor said.

Arkansas lawmakers are returning to the state Capitol Wednesday following an extended recess to formally begin the process of re-drawing the state’s four U.S. Congressional districts.

KASU is adding several new shows beginning in October, including It's Been A Minute, Marketplace Minutes, Latino USA, Hidden Brain, and Throughline.

Jonesboro-based Hytrol Conveyor Co. said Thursday (Sept. 2) it plans to hire another 100 workers at its Fort Smith manufacturing plant to operate a new product line. The expansion would bring employment in Fort Smith to around 350.

Three of the four Democratic candidates for Arkansas governor - Dr. Anthony Bland, Dr. Chris Jones and James 'Rus' Russell - discussed a broad range of education topics in this KATV-TB&P town hall.

Three of the four gubernatorial hopefuls in the Democratic Party of Arkansas met for an education town hall Thursday night (Aug. 26) and discussed issues ranging from mask mandates, school openings and closures, and critical race theory.

The Sanders campaign has announced a 15-stop "Freedom Tour" across Arkansas, which will include a boat parade at Lake Ouachita's Mountain Harbor on Sunday and a Labor Day Rally featuring country-music singer John Rich on Monday.

Hart will fill the role that was vacated by Michael John Gray on Tuesday, who stepped down to lead a super PAC targeting former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders' bid for governor.

Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren't told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus.