-

Coco steps forward in favorable setting
LONDON — Coco Gauff likes No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. Read More
-

Arkansas State Police arrest suspect involved in Jacksonville shooting that injured child
Jacksonville police say one of the suspects involved in the shooting of a five-year-old child in early June has been arrested. Read More
-

Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel awarded $41 million by U.S. Corps of Engineers
Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel, a marine construction and materials company based in White Hall, received a $41 million government contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on June 20. The contract is for erosion control on the Mississippi, Atchafalaya and Red rivers in Louisiana. Read More
-

Bayou Meto farmer Alan Leveritt dropping off 400 lbs of tomatoes at Edwards Food Giant Wednesday
Arkansas Times publisher Alan Leveritt, who moonlights as a bourbon slugging Bayou Meto farmer, will be dropping off 400 pounds of his organic, farm-grown tomatoes (free of any chemical pesticides or fungicides) to Edwards Food Giant in the Tanglewood Shopping Center in Little Rock and the new North Little Rock store in the Lakewood Village…
-

Arkansas awarded $2 million for endangered species recovery effort
Arkansas has received a $2.2 million federal grant to support land acquisition for the recovery of endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday. The funding is part of $48.4 million in grants to 19 states and Guam to support land acquisition and conservation planning projects on more than 23,000 acres of habitat…
-

200K awarded to Saline County for courthouse roof replacement & repairs
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program awarded Saline County a $216,060 grant for essential repairs and renovations on the county’s historic courthouse. Read More
-

Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District asks federal judge for unitary status in desegregation case
Just days away from completing the construction of six replacement campuses in six years, the Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District on Monday asked a federal judge to declare the district fully unitary and release it from any further court monitoring of its desegregation efforts Read More
-

Arkansas awarded $60 million in America Rescue Plan funding for water infrastructure projects
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A pandemic-prompted federal program is providing $60 million for water infrastructure in Arkansas. Officials said the money is for America Rescue Plan-listed projects approved by the Arkansas Natural Resource Commission. The funding breaks down to $55 million for water, wastewater and infrastructure projects and $5 million for Arkansas Rural Water Association…






