Fourth District Congressman Bruce Westerman is advancing legislation that would transfer the federally owned Crossett Experimental Forest in Ashley County to the State of Arkansas while preserving the property for forestry research and education. Westerman discussed the proposal Thursday following a congressional hearing on the [...]

The fast-food chain is partnering up with Portland-based ice cream maker Salt & Straw again for another chocolate treat.

The suspected killer was the boyfriend of one of the victims, authorities said. They lived together on the property in a rural area outside Portland.

Coming off a career-best scoring season, Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe is expected to miss six months after suffering a torn meniscus in...

Investigators are calling the deaths a quintuple homicide and say they do not believe the killings were random.

A Dermott man was killed and a Montrose man was injured Monday when a pickup collided with a combine on U.S. Highway 65 in McGehee and went over the side of an overpass. Arkansas State Police identified the man killed as 62-year-old Stanley Smith of [...]

Several planned highway projects across Southeast Arkansas have been moved into 2030 and 2031 under the Arkansas Department of Transportation's latest construction planning schedule, including improvements near Pine Bluff and a series of projects along Highway 82 between Hamburg and Lake Village. The changes appear [...]

On August 19th, 2026, an Ashley County jury found Rosario Ford Jr., a 34-year-old Crossett resident and violent habitual offender, guilty of multiple felony charges. The conviction stems from an investigation by the Crossett Police Department into a report from the victim regarding an incident [...]

A jury in Ashley County has found Michael Hicks guilty of sexual assault in the second degree following a trial in Ashley County Circuit Court before Judge Robert Gibson III. The conviction stems from a 2023 investigation by the Arkansas State Police Crime Against Children [...]

Jeeno Thitikul closed with an 8-under-par 64 on Sunday to capture the Standard Portland Classic by one stroke at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Po...