Latest Arkansas Headlines
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Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Shooting of Arkansas Teen
Jun 27 2022 // The family of an unarmed Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the deputy and a county sheriff over the teen’s death. The family of...
3 Dead After Highway Crashes During Stormy Arkansas Weather
Jun 13 2022 // At least three people were killed traveling on Interstate 30 in southwest Arkansas during a series of crashes that happened during stormy weather last week, authorities said. The June 8 crashes began in the eastbound lanes...
Arkansas Van, Truck Collision Kills 5, Injures 5
Jun 8 2022 // Five people were killed and five others injured after a large truck collided with a van belonging to school serving disabled adults in southeast Arkansas, authorities said. The crash happened Monday afternoon on U.S. 65...
Family Dollar Closing Arkansas Distribution Center Following Rodent Lawsuit
May 20 2022 // Family Dollar is closing an Arkansas distribution facility where more than 1,000 rodents were found earlier this year, forcing the recall of items from hundreds of stores, the company said Wednesday. The company said it...
Arkansas Sues Drugmakers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Costs
May 13 2022 // Arkansas’s attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin drugs, the latest in a series of lawsuits to take aim at skyrocketing insulin...
Drought in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas Opens Loans for Farmers
May 9 2022 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture says drought during the growing season has made farmers in most of Texas, all of Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and Mississippi eligible to apply for federal aid. The department’s...
Arkansas Sues Family Dollar Over Rodents in Distribution Facility
May 2 2022 // Arkansas is suing Family Dollar over the discovery of more than 1,000 rodents in a distribution facility in the state that prompted the discount retail chain to recall items purchased from hundreds of stores in the...
Arkansas Sues Hospital for Failing to Protect Sensitive Patient Information
Apr 14 2022 // Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced last month a lawsuit against. Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System for failing to protect sensitive patient information, both person and medical, after the hospital...
People Moves: Iroquois Names Howard Regional Manager of OK, AR; CoVerica Names Cox as President & CEO
Apr 12 2022 // Iroquois Names Lucas Howard as Regional Manager of Oklahoma and Arkansas Iroquois has named Lucas Howard as regional manager of Oklahoma and Arkansas. He will partner with strong independent insurance agencies and select...
NWS: EF-3 Stronger of 2 Tornadoes to Hit Arkansas in Late March
Apr 8 2022 // A second, weak, tornado struck Arkansas last week as severe storms rolled across the Deep South, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock. On March 30, an EF-1 tornado with winds of about 100 mph (161 kph)...
Arkansas Supreme Court Rules for Appellant in Elapsed Time Workers’ Comp Case
Apr 5 2022 // The Supreme Court of Arkansas has reversed and remanded a decision in an appeal of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s denial of a claim for additional medical benefits of an appellant over a...
Court Allows Arkansas Malpractice Claim to Proceed Before Underlying Suit is Resolved
Apr 4 2022 // Legal malpractice claims usually aren’t filed until after somebody loses a lawsuit. But what happens when the underlying dispute hasn’t been resolved, but a litigant has to hire new counsel to clean up mistakes...
Arkansas Tornadoes Injure At Least 7
Mar 31 2022 // Severe storms injured seven people, damaged buildings and downed power lines in northwest Arkansas early Wednesday as tornadoes and hurricane-force winds were forecast in much of the Deep South, a week after a twister hit...
Relation Acquires Arkansas-Based Dixon
Mar 30 2022 // Relation Insurance Services, Inc. announced it acquired the assets of Arkansas-based Dixon Insurance Services, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Dixon is a multi-line Property & Casualty agency with a...
Shooting at Arkansas Car Show Kills At Least 1, Injures 20
Mar 21 2022 // At least one person was killed and 20 people wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas on March 19, local police said. Keith Finch, chief of police in the town of Dumas, provided...
Arkansas Teachers Fund Agrees to $643M Settlement With Allianz Over Losses
Mar 21 2022 // A pension fund for teachers in Arkansas has settled with Allianz and dropped its lawsuit over losses in a multibillion-dollar trading debacle at the German insurer’s funds arm, according to a court document. The...
8th Circuit: Arkansas Law Allows Malpractice Action to Proceed Before Underlying Suit is Resolved
Mar 18 2022 // Legal malpractice claims usually aren’t filed until after somebody loses a lawsuit. But what happens when the underlying dispute hasn’t been resolved, but a litigant has to hire new counsel to clean up mistakes...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates to Decrease in 2022
Mar 14 2022 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain announced on March 10 that Arkansas businesses could see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2022. The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) approved...
Arkansas Teachers Fund Agrees to $643M Settlement With Allianz Over Losses
Mar 3 2022 // A pension fund for teachers in Arkansas has settled with Allianz and dropped its lawsuit over losses in a multibillion-dollar trading debacle at the German insurer’s funds arm, according to a court document. The...
Arkansas Medical Supply Owner, CEO Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring to Defraud Workers’ Comp Insurers
Mar 2 2022 // Both the former owner of a Rogers, Arkansas-based medical supply and billing company and its former chief executive officer have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in three separate conspiracies to...
