GARLAND COUNTY, Ark. – Several Garland County deputies were recognized for their service in helping the fight against opioid overdoses in the community. Sheriff McCormick with the Garland County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that the following members were recipients of the Naloxone Life Saving Award: Captain Shawn Stapleton, Corporal Thomas Fox, Corporal Alex Hollaway, Deputy…

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Five small businesses were honored Thursday by the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce for their economic and community contributions to Central Arkansas. A Little Rock public relations firm took the top prize.  Read More   ​ 

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Republican Rep. Brian Evans, R-Cabot, was elected House speaker designate Thursday, putting him in line to lead the chamber next year.  Read More   ​ 

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Steward Health Care said it plans to sell off all its hospitals, including the Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope and Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas, after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection. The Dallas-based company, which operates more than 30 hospitals nationwide, said it does not expect any interruptions…

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Former Central Arkansas Christian All-American basketball player and Gatorade player of the year Christyn Williams has spent the past two years in rehab and recovery but is back at a WNBA training camp looking for a chance to finally take the court on the professional stage.  Read More   ​ 

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A newly formed Jacksonville board on Monday declared a Marshall Road apartment complex to be a criminal nuisance and directed the owners to make changes or shut down, a statement from the city’s police chief states, less than 24 hours before the apartments became the scene of a homicide early Tuesday.  Read More   ​ 

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Lyon College’s new dental school will be in the former Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield building at 5 Allied Drive in Little Rock’s Riverdale neighborhood, and a new veterinary school will be located in Cabot alongside a new municipal Animal Services Center. A press release Tuesday afternoon says renovation and construction on both campuses…

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Lyon College announced Tuesday that its dental school will be in Little Rock and its veterinary school will be in Cabot, ending six months of speculation of where the campuses would be placed.  A deal to locate Lyon’s Institute of Health Sciences on the Heifer International headquarters campus in Little Rock fell through in November,…

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Jacksonville police on Tuesday identified the man found dead early that morning at a Marshall Road apartment complex.  Read More   ​ 

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Jacksonville police are investigating a homicide near an apartment complex on Tuesday morning, the department said.  Read More   ​ 

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