News of the Ark-La-Tex

David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Earl Bradford, 61, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for Possession of Cocaine Base with Intent to Distribute

As Recommended by Winter COVID-19 Task Force

(AP) — Nearly 300 doctors from around Arkansas urged Gov Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday to impose new restrictions to curb a surge in coronavirus cases as the state’s hospitalizations from the virus hit a new record level.

The Nash Police Department is currently looking for Janarieo Devonne Dillihunt for his involvement in an overnight shooting that occurred in Nash.

Police are investigating an accidental shooting that claimed the life of an 11-year-old in Texarkana.

The Texarkana Arkansas School District is partnering with the Arkansas Department of Education’s Engage Arkansas initiative.

(AP) — The FBI is investigating allegations that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor, according to two people with knowledge of the probe.

(AP) — The crush of the coronavirus surge in El Paso has the city sending its non-COVID-19 cases to hospitals elsewhere in the state, officials said Tuesday.

Arkansas’ top health official and a White House task force is warning the state is on the verge of a rapid rise in coronavirus cases, while Gov. Asa Hutchinson rejected the panel’s call to significantly scale back restaurants’ indoor capacity in most of the state.

(AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the election result.

As we approach the holiday season, there is a higher visibility of panhandlers throughout our area. We are a generous community and compassion for others is very much needed, especially given the past year.

Arkansas’ governor on Thursday warned the state faced “difficult” decisions if the state’s hospitals run out of space because of a surge in coronavirus cases.

A police officer in eastern Arkansas has been fatally shot by a man suspected in an earlier shooting, authorities said.

An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission employee has resigned while the agency was investigating the employee’s role in posting inappropriate comments on a personal social media site.

 Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Office of the Attorney General’s Child Support Division set a new record by collecting more than $4.8 billion in child support for the state fiscal year 2020.

Marker Placed in Emmet for 19th Century Cemetery

Windstream has received a gold 2020 HIRE Vets Medallion Program Award from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is proposing a nearly $5.9 billion budget that calls for $50 million in tax cuts, including a tax break for new residents in the state.

A company in eastern Texas that sells about 200,000 smoked turkeys every holiday season is shut down after a fire and at least two explosions destroyed part of the facility.

A Louisiana investment adviser was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for his part in a $3.5 million fraud in which customers invested money with a Texas megachurch minister who had counseled two presidents.

(AP) —Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick on Tuesday offered up to $1 million in defense of President Donald Trump’s claims of irregularities in the U.S. presidential election, saying he would pay out rewards for information that leads to voter fraud arrests and convictions.

Texas health officials say new cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 have hit a new peak.

More Texas jail and prison inmates and staff have been infected and killed by COVID-19 than those of any other state’s criminal justice system, according to a university report released Monday.