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…
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas students will have to adjust to a new school year without their trusty cell phones, thanks to the “Bell to Bell, No Cell Act.” This new state law requires students to store their phones away from the opening bell to the closing bell of the school day. Many students are…
An Arkansas man who killed four people and injured 11 others in a mass shooting at a grocery store last year was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole. A state judge sentenced Travis Eugene Posey to four life sentences for each count of capital murder. Posey was also sentenced to 220 years in prison for…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A new report shows the U.S. has lost about 75% of its local journalists over the past two decades — where does Arkansas stack up? The 2025 Local Journalist Index, released by media data firm Muck Rack and nonprofit Rebuild Local News, measures local news coverage using “local journalist equivalents” (LJEs)….
The wife who was killed in the double homicide at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas went back to “help her husband” before the couple were both stabbed to death, authorities said Thursday. Officials said Clinton David Brink, 43, was the first to be attacked. His wife, Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, guided their two…
Arkansas State Police have arrested a suspect after a couple was killed while hiking with their two young daughters over the weekend at Devil’s Den State Park. James Andrew McGann, 28, of Springdale, was taken into custody on Wednesday and has been charged with two counts of capital murder, police said. Clinton David Brink, 43,…
Manhunt for suspect wanted for double murder on Arkansas hiking trail – CBS News Watch CBS News Police say a couple was attacked and killed while hiking with their two young daughters inside a state park in Arkansas on Saturday. Officials say the children were not hurt. CBS News’ Omar Villafranca has more on the…
The Arkansas State Police said they believe the suspect in the murder of a couple hiking with their daughters at Devil’s Den State Park was injured while attacking the pair. Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, were hiking with their young daughters when they were attacked, the ASP said. The couple were…
Two people were found dead along a walking trail in a state park in Arkansas, authorities said Sunday. A 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead at Devil’s Den State Park in Washington County, according to the Arkansas State Police. Its criminal investigation unit is handling what it calls a “suspected homicide.” The…