3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (201+ words) Mountain Home’s latest sales tax report reflects mixed results, with city sales tax collections increasing for the month and still ahead of last year’s pace. Figures released by Mountain Home Finance and Treasury Director Alma Clark show the city’s sales…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago   (432+ words) By: Ainsley Platt/ Arkansas Advocate The 3,000-bed Franklin County prison project that’s faced legislative resistance hasn’t been canceled and remains an option, the head of the Arkansas Department of Corrections told lawmakers Tuesday. Following the story, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (163+ words) Mountain Home’s tennis team caused quite the racket against Alma and Greenwood on Tuesday, winning 16 of 17 scheduled games in Siloam Springs. The Bombers began the day against Greenwood. Mountain Home’s Addison Decker, Mary Charles McConnell, Oakley Recktenwald, and Chandler Jones…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (747+ words) Arkansas lawmakers and community members expressed frustration with the State Police director’s absence from Tuesday’s Legislative Black Caucus meeting about a state trooper punching an 18-year-old during a traffic stop. Col. Mike Hagar had been expected to appear before the…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (290+ words) Chris Bassitt (5-4) allowed one run on six hits in 6 2/3 innings, matching his longest start of the season. He struck out five and walked none as the Orioles, who are chasing an AL wild-card spot, won for the third time in…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (132+ words) A western Arkansas man died over the weekend after he became stuck in the window of his camper after becoming locked out. Law enforcement identified the man as 66-year-old David Leon Smith of Van Buren who was camping at the…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (344+ words) U.S. News & World Report has released their Best High School Rankings for the 2026-27 school year and several area schools did well. Out of 339 public schools in Arkansas, four area schools, Valley Springs, Cotter, Melbourne and Harrison, ranked in the top 50. Missouri…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago   (453+ words) Twenty-one-year-old Bryce Wilson Riggan was charged with residential burglary, aggravated assault, theft of property and third-degree battery. He was put on probation for seven years. The state dismissed the residential burglary charge. Circuit Judge Andrew Bailey noted that Riggan was…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (162+ words) The Lady Bomber volleyball program opened up the regular season against it’s longtime rival Harrison on Tuesday night. In Goblin Arena the high school matches got off to a good start with a 2-0 junior varsity victory of the Goblins....

17+ hour, 14+ min ago   (181+ words) (NEW YORK) — Target is apologizing for selling a children’s Halloween costume that some described as reminiscent of racist minstrel caricatures. “As a company, we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry,” the statement continued. “We know this is especially…...