An eleven-year-old football prodigy from Arkansas has been banned from scoring touchdowns due to his dominance on the field. Despite the setback,  Demias Jimerson has kept a positive outlook telling reporters, “I’m gonna run hard and bring our team to victory, but God always comes first, before anything, and grades second.” RELATED: Young Basketball Prodigy Finds Success […]

JACKSONVILLE, Ark.  — A couple featured on the first season of the MTV reality show “16 and Pregnant” have lost their child to the state and face criminal charges after officers serving a search warrant found their home was filled with feces, flies and maggots, police said Thursday. Young Girls Are Getting Pregnant To Appear […]

MAUMELLE, Ark.  — Police have spoken multiple times to an Arkansas meteorologist in the days since he was allegedly found asleep in a hot tub next to a dead man, though no charges have been filed and police say they are not treating the case as a criminal investigation. Brett Cummins, a meteorologist at Little […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Rep. Fred Smith, a former Harlem Globetrotter elected to the Arkansas Legislature resigned Wednesday after he was found guilty in a felony theft case.

NEBRASKA — More disturbing details are slowly emerging from the tragedy that occurred at Millard South High School In Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday.

Bakari Kitwana speaks with Arkansas State Senator Joyce Elliott about her historic run for Congress this midterm election season. The Arkansas Congressional race is one to watch for two reasons. First, Joyce Elliott is running against the Republican candidate Tim Griffin, a State Attorney who was appointed by the Justice Department during the Bush Administration, […]

CADDO GAP, Ark. — State police say 12 people are confirmed dead after flash floods triggered by heavy rains slammed a pair of campgrounds in southwestern Arkansas.

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) — African-American voters couldn’t help the man who became the nation’s first black president win Arkansas in 2008. But the Democratic candidates for the Senate here, incumbent Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, believe black voters could decide their race, and both are waging an unusually intense campaign in the […]

From TheRoot.com: Arkansas has never elected an African American to a federal office — ever — much less a black woman. That could change this year as two candidates — one Democrat, one Republican — attempt to diversify the congressional delegation of this Old South state.

CLINTON, Ark. — Authorities say tornadoes ripping through central Arkansas have killed at least three people, injured 25 others and destroyed several homes.