Arkansas restaurant pays student employees to do homework during shift

A restaurant group in Arkansas is allowing student employees to do homework for an hour while on the clock, an initiative that is raising grades and also recruiting more employees amid the country’s labor shortage.

ICU nurse helps young COVID-19 widowed dad fill newborn’s nursery with donations

Eric Robison, 23, lost his 22-year-old wife to COVID-19 and became a single father within the span of just two months. ICU nurse Ashlee Schwartz saw the young family’s tragic struggle and stepped in to help.

Woman finds 4.38-carat diamond in Arkansas state park

Noreen Wredberg of Granite Bay, Calif., found the 4.38-carat yellow diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

Attorneys for Josh Duggar, former TV star, seek to drop child porn charges

The motions ask for the dismissal of the two charges and to suppress evidence in the case, including all statements Duggar made to investigators.

Man pictured in Pelosi’s chair during Capitol riot asks judge to travel to car swap meet

n Arkansas man arrested for sitting with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has asked a federal judge to allow him to travel for a classic-car swap meet.

Arkansas rookie police officer saves newborn from choking

A rookie officer in Pottsville, Arkansas used his training and dad instincts to save a baby who was choking.

‘I love people’: 91-year-old police officer still patrolling in Arkansas with no plans to retire

Officer L.C. “Buckshot” Smith was born and raised in his small town of Camden, Arkansas. He works for the local police department, serving a community he’s called home for decades.

Teacher accused of making 5-year-old clean toilet with hands

An Arkansas elementary school teacher is accused of making a kindergarten student pull toilet paper out of a feces-filled toilet with his hands.

Arkansas doctor clears $650,000 of debt for cancer patients

An Arkansas doctor gave hundreds of patients a clean bill to start the New Year when he cleared their debt.

Arkansas to require face masks to combat coronavirus surge

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued an order Thursday requiring people to wear face masks in public throughout the state, which has had a surge in coronavirus cases over the past several weeks.

Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals

A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana.