April 8, 2021

Dr. Jose Romero LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Arkansas’ top health official was confirmed by the state Senate on Thursday despite pushback from some Republican lawmakers over the state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate voted 25-8…

Flores Reynaldo, 33, of Progreso, Texas was arrested by Arkansas State Troopers on Thursday afternoon following a five hour stand-off with law enforcement officers near Hope. Reynaldo is charged with aggravated assault and is being held at…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s top Republican state senator on Thursday said he doesn’t want lawmakers to pay for government health care for thousands of newly eligible low-income adults. Missouri voters last year amended the state…

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) – Two people died in a wrong-way crash near Mount Vernon in southwestern Missouri, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. The crash happened Wednesday morning on Interstate 44 when a pickup truck traveling…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in his first gun control measures since taking office, announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic…

Providing COVID-19 vaccines for patients awaiting elective surgery could save 58,687 lives worldwide over the next year, according to results of an international study in which the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) participated. The study…