Content Tagged 'Arkansas'

“Few can boast the experience that Deborah brings to this job," said Kimbrell.

Official announcement yet to come.

Eight members of the University of Arkansas baseball team were selected on the final day of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Saturday.

The Governor announced Charles Robinson is the replacement for Martha Shoffner.

The 15th-ranked University of Arkansas baseball team has been selected as the No. 2 seed in the Manhattan Regional and will face No. 3 seed Bryant on Friday, May 31, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Arkansas junior pitcher Ryne Stanek, redshirt freshman outfielder Tyler Spoon and senior outfielder Matt Vinson were named to the 2013 SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team, as announced on Sunday evening.

Christian Ibarra went 3-for-4 with two RBI, while five LSU pitchers combined to allow one unearned run and one hit as No. 2 LSU defeated No. 15 Arkansas, 3-1, in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.

Arkansas starting pitcher Ryne Stanek allowed one unearned run and struck out four over eight strong innings, while Tyler Spoon and Matt Vinson each had three hits as No. 15 Arkansas defeated No. 2 LSU, 4-1, on Thursday night at the SEC Baseball Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

Park Rangers are doing extra checks to make sure everyone makes it home safe this year.

Seniors Randall Fant and Matt Vinson made their last regular season start at Baum Stadium a memorable one on Sunday as the two seniors led No. 14 Arkansas to a series-clinching 10-2 win over Tennessee at Baum Stadium.

Communities across the state plan special events as part of their local celebrations.

CONWAY, AR_ Toad Suck Days wrapped up on Sunday.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR_North Little Rock School District says farewell to superintendent.

Signs blasting ExxonMobil and trumpeting clean energy were held high as speakers called for unity during a rally to mark the one-month anniversary of an oil spill that rocked the Mayflower community.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- It's been four weeks since oil began flowing from a ruptured pipeline in Mayflower. Since then, much of the focus has been on the Northwoods subdivision where the spill originated.

LITTLE ROCK, AR -- A controversial issue involving the drinking supply for nearly a half million Central Arkansans came to a vote Tuesday evening. Pulaski County Quorum Court passed new restrictions on landowners living in the Lake Maumelle watershed.

The oil spill in Mayflower has water managers and local politicians worried about one of Central Arkansas's most important resources.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- The head of a powerful congressional committee visited Mayflower Sunday to get a look at the community where a pipeline burst March 29th spilling thousands of barrels of crude oil.

LITTLE ROCK,AR- Arkansans celebrated the Tenth Annual Earth Day for the Natural State. At the event, participants learned how to go green.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- Crews operating a backhoe on Saturday worked to scoop up trees and brush, loading the oil-ruined vegetation into a giant chipper to be reduced to mulch and sent away to a landfill.

University of Arkansas women’s basketball coach Tom Collen announced the signing of Jessica Jackson to a National Letter of Intent to join the Razorbacks in the fall.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- For two and a half weeks, crews have been working day and night to deal with the oil spill that soiled a Mayflower neighborhood.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- An official with Central Arkansas Water spoke Monday on the agency's worries about the proximity of an oil pipeline to one of the most important resources in the region.

"It's a major inconvenience," said John Doherty of the road block he encounters every time he leaves his home off Durham Road road in Mayflower. "I can wait 20 or 30 minutes to get through the line."

MAYFLOWER, AR -- Since the very first day of the oil cleanup effort here, there has been a lot of concern about oil traveling north from marshes near Lake Conway into the open waters of the popular fishing lake.

MAYFLOWER, AR -- Exxon Mobil documents released by the federal agency investigating the spill of an estimated 5,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood here spell out a litany of dangerous compounds associated that particular type of crude.

Frustration boiled over Tuesday evening during a private meeting attended by residents of the Northwood subdivision and representatives of ExxonMobil.

Inside the Northwoods subdivision crews continued work Monday to clean up roads and driveways that were blanketed in oil when a 20 inch pipeline carrying heavy crude ruptured Friday afternoon.

For the first time Sunday, journalists were allowed inside the Mayflower neighborhood where an estimated 2,000 barrels of crude oil rushed from a ruptured pipeline. Even after more than 48 hours of around-the-clock work, much of the neighborhood remained a gooey mess.

The unemployment rate in Arkansas saw a slight increase in January.

The editor of a local publication is retracting a move she called an exercise of free speech.

The diamond-themed banner made its debut in 1913.

The final numbers for 2012 show 131 positive cases compared to just 60 in 2011.

The Natural State's former first daughter will be honored for her contributions to the performing arts at Ballet Arkansas' Spring Gala in April.

Bipartisan national political magazine, Campaigns & Elections, has completed a list of 500 influential political insiders and the names of several Arkansas Republican and Democratic consultants and politicos made the cut.

A picture of an alleged giant 45 pound rattlesnake has been circulating around the internet and on our newscasts. Some call it a hoax. Some say it's legit.

It's not the best two seconds in your life, but getting the flu shot protects you from feeling much worse. It may keep you alive!

A rainy, cold morning didn't stop Santa's elves from making a delivery, dropping off bicycles to the bright-eyed Egeston boys.

Ten death row inmates, led by convicted killer Jack Harold Jones, have not been executed all because of wording in a state statute.

Arkansas GOP chairman elected to unprecedented third consecutive term.

For the fourth year in a row, Arkansas Freethinkers are showcasing their beliefs on the south side of the state Capitol.

The state's largest insurance program, known as Medicaid, is at a tipping point -- on the brink of collapse -- if there's no additional money to fund it.

Not even a week after President Obama issued that challenge to kick off his second term, people in twenty-two states -- including Arkansas -- have launched petitions to withdraw from the United States and form a new government.

Connor Shaw threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as No. 12 South Carolina beat Arkansas 38-20 on Saturday.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has won Arkansas' six electoral votes.

A judge in central Arkansas has ordered votes to not be counted or certified for a former state lawmaker who resigned this year after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit election fraud.

The study puts the patient-to-doctor ratio at 169 residents to one doctor per 100,000 people.

The unemployment rate in Arkansas has dropped to 7.1%, according to the Department of Workforce Services.

For years, the Med Center in Memphis served as the closest trauma hospital. That long trip cost many lives.

The Arkansas-Kentucky game has been terminated due to weather conditions.