Randal Shelby planned carefully and waited years to ditch a career spent in hospitals and medical centres to chase a dream in which he traded antiseptic hallways full of sick patients for the great outdoors. His new life started six years ago, after he secured about US$1.3 million in financing for a Case combine and…
A man found dead several yards outside an Arkansas campsite had sent pictures of a bear to his family Tuesday, the Newton County Sheriff’s office said in a statement Thursday. Sheriff Glenn Wheeler said his office was called on Thursday from the man’s son. He told law enforcement his father – a 60-year-old man from…
A family visiting Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas found a nearly 3-carat brown diamond on the park’s north side, park officials said in a statement. Raynae Madison and her family traveled from Oklahoma to Arkansas for her nephew’s birthday and decided to visit the park, buying shovels and screens to hunt for stones….
EL DORADO, Ark. (KNOE) – A new, health-focused eatery in downtown El Dorado is serving up more than just meals — it’s delivering a bold new approach to clean eating. Swole Food, co-founded by local entrepreneurs Jason and Kelly Shanas offers high-protein bowls, wraps, smoothies, snacks and meal prep options designed to fuel the body…
A Texas law restricting property ownership and leasing by Chinese citizens came into effect this week, thrusting affected residents into legal limbo with no path to relief before November. The law, which restricts real estate purchases by companies, individuals and government entities linked to countries that the federal government deems a threat to the US,…
This summer, the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) opened in Bentonville, Arkansas, attracting attention both for its striking architecture and revolutionary ideas about medicine. The four-storey building with its angular facade is clad in earth-tone precast concrete and brass panels, reflecting the geology of the surrounding landscape and the Ozark Mountains. Unusually for…
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The early returns are trickling in on the state’s efforts to remove cell phones from the school day and help students focus on their education. Channel 7 spoke with the superintendent of Little Rock public schools to get an update. Almost three weeks into the new school year, superintendent Dr. Jermall…
A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed the convicted murderer to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review. The Arkansas Department of Corrections’ critical incident review of Grant…
The teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas last month pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Thursday. Andrew James McGann, 28, entered the plea during a brief hearing before a state judge at Washington County’s jail Thursday morning. Circuit Judge Joanna Taylor scheduled McGann’s…
The Boar’s Head deli meat plant at the heart of last year’s deadly food poisoning outbreak is set to reopen in the coming months, company officials said. But recent inspections at Boar’s Head sites in three states documented sanitation problems similar to those that led to the listeria contamination that killed 10 people and sickened…