8+ hour, 18+ min ago  (243+ words) Arkansas lawmakers on Friday approved tightened rules for the state's Educational Freedom Account program, concluding a yearlong effort to crack down on potential misuse of public funds while drawing sharp criticism from the homeschool families the program is designed to…...

22+ hour, 32+ min ago  (114+ words) White River Health has announced that Dr. Thomas Soehner, a urologist at the White River Health Surgery Clinic, has become a certified Space OAR physician. Space OAR is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a hydrogel to create a temporary…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (142+ words) Loud booms and a heavy law enforcement presence on a stretch of 14th Street in Batesville Thursday are part of a planned training exercise " not an emergency. The Batesville Police Department is conducting a multi-agency law enforcement training exercise in the…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (463+ words) Secretary of State Cole Jester has given final approval to the design for a "monument to the unborn" advocated by abortion opponents. "This has to be paid for completely before construction can start," he said. Arkansas was the first state…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (77+ words) White River Now 99. 5 Your FM - Your Mix Your Music 93 KZLE Where Everything Rocks Arkansas 103-3 - The Country Super Station 106. 5 Outlaw Country - Country the Way It Ought to Be 1340 KBTA - A Lifetime of Music and Memories The page you were looking for…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (309+ words) A law enforcement response to an informant's tip led to the arrest of six people on controlled substance charges in Izard County last week, authorities said. On the evening of June 9, special agents with the 16th Judicial District Drug Task Force…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (239+ words) Ronald Ray Kocher, born on July 9, 1948, in Fox, Arkansas, to Raymond & Jewel (Murray) Kocher, left this earth peacefully to be with Jesus on June 12, 2026. Ronnie was a family man who loved his wife and son more than anything. He put…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (143+ words) Charlotte Ann Clay, 69, of Sidney, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2026, at Batesville, Arkansas. She was born on October 5, 1956, in Ottowa, Kansas to Kenneth and Beverly Massengale. Charlotte enjoyed playing games on her phone, butterflies, her cat, Kensie, her fur babies,…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (225+ words) Wanda (Sanders) Vannatter was born on October 6, 1946, in Lebanon, Missouri, to Elbert and Goldie Sanders. She died on June 15, 2026, at 79 years of age. Wanda married R. L. Vannatter on May 29, 1965. One son, Tommy L. Vannatter, was born to this union. Wanda is survived…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (120+ words) Timothy Randall Turner, 61, of Southside, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2026. He was born on March 5, 1965, in Batesville, Arkansas, to Neil Edison and Peggy (Caldwell) Turner Survivors include one brother, Terry Turner (Erin) of Seattle, Washington, two sisters, Neilann Verdell (Randy)…...