Arkansas Electric Cooperative, an electric generation and transmission cooperative, generally follows the Uniform System of Accounts prescribed by the Rural Utilities Service and the Federal...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) announced its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per common share. This dividend is payable October 31, 2008 to shareholders of record as of October 24, 2008. Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is...
WASHINGTON -- The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Arkansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding associated with Hurricane Gustav during the period of September 2-8, 2008. Federal funding is...
CHEROKEE VILLAGE, Arkansas AFP — World Golf Hall of Fame legend Tommy Bolt, the 1958 US Open champion who had battled liver problems, died here on Saturday at age 92, the US PGA Tour announced Wednesday. Bolt won 15 PGA events and displayed a fiery attitude that earned him...
State Honorees Receive Cash Awards, Medallions and Trip to Washington, D.C., for National Events Bella Vista and Morrilton Youth Were Arkansas' Honorees in 2008 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Over the past 13 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to more than 800 middle and high...
WASHINGTON AFP — Police on Thursday sought to uncover what led a gunman to burst into the headquarters of the Arkansas Democratic Party and kill the chairman, a top ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton, US media said. Bill Gwatney, 48, was shot multiple times in the upper body...
WASHINGTON AFP — The chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas has been killed by a gunman who barged into the party's state headquarters and opened fire, police and Democratic leaders said. Bill Gwatney "was shot multiple times" in the upper body Wednesday and died of his wounds a...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - All the speculation about what was keeping Shawn Andrews from joining his Eagles teammates at training camp finally got to him, so yesterday the two-time Pro Bowl guard decided it was time to talk about his "personal issue." Depression that has required medical treatment prevented the 6-foot-5,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An AMBER Alert was recently issued in Arkansas urging citizens to be on the lookout for an abducted girl and her abductor. During these times, when a child's safety is in question, many people wonder if there is anything they can do individually to help. Your...
As of Monday morning, 4,105 U.S. servicemembers and 11 Defense Department civilians had been identified as having died in the Iraq war: 3,353 from hostile action and 763 from non-combat-related incidents. Latest death identified: *Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Woodham, 37,...
ROGERS, Arkansas AFP — South Korea's Lee Seon Hwa and Kristy McPherson are tied for the lead after the first round of the LPGA's Arkansas Championship was completed Saturday morning. Lee fired nine birdies and a bogey en route to an eight-under-par 64 on Friday at Pinnacle Country Club....
ROGERS, Arkansas AFP — With the absence of a defending champion, freshly-crowned US Women's Open winner Inbee Park will headline the field at the 1.25 million dollar LPGA Arkansas Championship. The 19-year-old Park fired a two-under 71 to capture the US Women's Open on the weekend, becoming the youngest...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) announced it expects to report second quarter earnings at the end of business Thursday, July 10, 2008. Management will conduct a conference call to review this information at 10:00 a.m. CDT (11:00 a.m. EDT) on Friday, July 11, 2008....
Pulaski Technical College received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to double the size of its aviation technology center, a project it expects to complete next year. The North Little Rock two-year college said the move would allow it to train more workers...
In June, the National Science Foundation awarded a $2.3 million grant to Arkansas State University at Jonesboro for its environmental and molecular biosciences program. The grant will be used to train ASU's environmental science graduate students to be better communicators of their science to the general public. The program will...
Scott Smith has been named director of the University of Central Arkansas' new Arkansas Public School Resource Center in Conway. Smith was the chief counsel for the Arkansas Department of Education in Little Rock.
WASHINGTON -- An AMBER Alert was recently issued in Arkansas urging citizens to be on the lookout for an abducted boy and his abductor. During these times, when a child's safety is in question, many people wonder if there is anything they can do individually to help. Your audience...
Depending on which NBA mock draft you check, the 76ers could be deciding on any number of prospects to be selected at No. 16. They are, in fact, scheduled to check out four more today at Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine. But today's session appears to be more about being...
