Latest Arkansas Headlines
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Arkansas Utility Objects to Planned Exxon Oil Pipeline Spill Settlement
Jul 20 2015 // An Arkansas water utility has expressed objection to the Justice Department’s proposed settlement with Exxon Mobil over a 2013 pipeline spill in the Mayflower neighborhood. Central Arkansas Water’s opposition...
People – South Central
Jul 20 2015 // Dale Randol has been promoted to president and CEO of San Antonio-based IBC Insurance. He replaces his father, Edwin “Eddie” Randol, who becomes chairman of the agency. Both men joined IBC in 2000 when IBC...
Tornado-Torn Arkansas Town to Build Shelter with Grant Money
Jul 17 2015 // An Arkansas town damaged by an April 2014 tornado will receive more than $1 million in federal grant money to build a safe room that will shelter more than a thousand people. Arkansas Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton and...
Flood Damage in Arkansas County Exceeds $14M: Report
Jul 15 2015 // Recent floods caused more than $14 million in damages in a southwest Arkansas county, according to a report by county officials and the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Around half of the land in...
Arkansas AG Launches Metal Theft Enforcement Program
Jul 15 2015 // Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge recently announced a new initiative from the Attorney General’s Special Investigations Division to combat the problem of metal theft. During a press conference at the state...
Flooding Hampers Commerce on Arkansas River System
Jul 14 2015 // Drenching rains and flooding over the past two months have greatly reduced barge traffic along the 455-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and dented the finances of companies that depend on the...
Claiming Musical-Chairs Injury Arkansas Woman Sues for $75K
Jul 12 2015 // A former student of a Malvern college wants the state of Arkansas to pay her $75,000 in damages after she said she broke two fingers during a classroom game of musical chairs. Robin Earnest of Saline County said she and...
Western National Approved to Offer Insurance in Arkansas
Jul 1 2015 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced that Western National Mutual Insurance Co. (WNIC) has been approved to conduct business in Arkansas. WNIC is the parent company of the Western National Insurance Group with more...
Disaster Declared in 9 Arkansas Counties Following Storms
Jun 29 2015 // President Barack Obama has issued a disaster declaration for nine Arkansas counties because of recent storms, tornadoes and flooding. The declaration makes federal funds available for temporary housing and home repairs,...
Arkansas Lawmaker: Flooding Highlights Need for Levee Standards
Jun 26 2015 // Changes to Arkansas’ levee system after recent flooding in the state should be on the agenda if the Legislature is called back into a special session , a key lawmaker said. Republican Sen. Jason Rapert, who chairs...
Arkansas Agents Honor Chief Deputy Commissioner Blasingame
Jun 24 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas awarded Lenita Blasingame, chief deputy commissioner at the Arkansas Insurance Department, with the Allan Kennedy Memorial Award. The award, presented at the agent group’s...
Operator of Ruptured Arkansas Gas Pipeline Was Cited in 2011
Jun 24 2015 // Federal inspectors found several violations during their most recent review of Spectra Energy’s Texas Eastern Transmission system, which includes the pipeline that burst in the Arkansas River in May. Spectra Energy...
Arkansas State Troopers Now Redacting Crash-Report Data
Jun 23 2015 // Arkansas State Police is citing a 21-year-old federal privacy law as their reason for withholding information from vehicle crash reports. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the agency’s new policy, which...
Nominations Sought for New Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame
Jun 23 2015 // Arkansas insurance industry leaders have established the Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame (AIHF) and are now taking nominations for its first honorees. The AIHF will be housed within the College of Business at the...
Farmers Introduces Rideshare Insurance Coverage in Arkansas
Jun 15 2015 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance has launched Rideshare Insurance Coverage for ride-hailing drivers in Arkansas. Farmers worked with representatives of the Arkansas Insurance Department, legislators and leaders of...
Small Arkansas Town Sued over ‘Money Making’ Traffic Stops
Jun 15 2015 // The tiny town of Concord, Ark., is facing a federal civil-rights lawsuit from drivers who say they were pulled over as part of a money making ploy by police. suit claims that “over a period of several years,...
Arkansas Ex-Judge Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Case
Jun 12 2015 // A former Arkansas district judge convicted of drug charges has been sentenced in an unrelated mail fraud case involving American Indian artifacts. Bob Castleman, who was a judge in Pocahontas over a decade ago, has been...
Natural Gas Released as Pipeline Ruptures in Arkansas River
Jun 4 2015 // A two-mile section of the Arkansas River near Little Rock remained closed on June 3 following the rupture of a pipeline that released enough natural gas to fuel about 65 homes for a year. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman...
President Signs Disaster Declaration for Texas Counties as Claims Mount
Jun 1 2015 // A disaster declaration signed by Pres. Barak Obama will help citizens in Harris, Hays and Van Zandt counties in Texas as they begin to recover from violent storm systems that brought tornadoes, high winds and massive...
Farmers in Arkansas Expect Losses from Flooding
May 28 2015 // Farmers across Arkansas are still weathering a series of spring showers that have flooded fields, smothered crops and swept away cattle. Since March 1, between 12 to 18 inches of rain has fallen across the Arkansas River...
