A Washington County Circuit Court judge has sentenced an Arkansas woman to six months in jail in connection with the death of a city worker. Jo Jackson pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor negligent homicide and third-degree battery as part of …
Serious safety violations at a chemical plant in Arkansas have resulted in a proposed $122,000 in fines for an Indiana company, federal regulators say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited West Lafayette, Ind.-based Great …
El Dorado Chemical says it will soon resume operations after last month’s explosion at its plant in south Arkansas. No one was hurt in the May 15 blast at the plant, which produces chemicals for farming and industrial uses. The …
Forecasters say storms that swept Arkansas on June 3 and 4 included at least one tornado, which touched down southwest of Carlisle in Lonoke County. A storm survey team couldn’t find damage, but photographs taken during the storm indicated it …
Alleged health and safety violations at an Arkansas food processing plant have resulted in a proposed $156,700 fine for the plant’s owner. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health cited Mountain Lakes, N.J.-based Pinnacle Foods Group LLC for …
Officials say three workers are dead following an explosion at an abandoned oil well near El Dorado in southern Arkansas. Union County Emergency Manager Jerry Thomas says three workers at Long Brothers Oil Company were taking apart a metal tank …
An Arkansas doctor convicted in a bombing that nearly killed the head of the state medical board lost a separate wrongful death case on April 20 and was ordered to pay $300,000 to family members of a former patient who …
Agriculture officials in Arkansas and Louisiana have warned veterinarians to watch for signs of a potentially fatal horse disease if there’s another drought this year. The disease is often called pigeon fever because basketball-sized abscesses in the chest and abdomen …
The National Weather Service in Little Rock has given a tornado that caused damage in central Arkansas a preliminary rating of EF-1. Meteorologists surveyed an area of Van Buren County on April 16 and found a 2.3-mile long, 300-yard wide …
Supporters of a measure that would ban corporate contributions to political candidates in Arkansas and ban any lobbyist gifts to legislators were given clearance to begin gathering signatures to place their proposal on the ballot this fall. Attorney General Dustin …
