The state of Arkansas is one step closer to seeing a new prison in the River Valley, but many across the state are joining ...

CHARLESTON, Ark. — On Oct. 31 Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the purchase of land in Franklin County to serve as ...

THE SEBASTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF IS ... IT COST ME $66 TO HOUSE AN INMATE. IF I HAD 60 BEDS THAT WERE EMPTY, I COULD FILL THOSE WITH MISDEMEANORS. THAT SHOULD BE IN JAIL. THEFT OF PROPERTY.

The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted Friday morning to approve the purchase of land in Franklin County to build a new ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved an 815-acre site where it plans to build a new prison, despite objections from some residents.

In 2018, the state's voters authorized an amendment legalizing four casinos in Arkansas, including one in Pope County. Nobody ...

The announcement Thursday from state officials that the state had purchased an 815-acre property in Charleston to build a ...

The race for Hamilton County sheriff is one of the most talked about races in the area leading up to November, with current ...

The race for Hamilton County sheriff is one of the most talked ... KENTON | MASON | OWEN | PENDLETON | RIPLEY | SWITZERLAND | FRANKLIN | DEARBORN | UNIONNeil served two terms as sheriff before ...

inmates at the county's state-run prison hunkered down and waited it out. Taylor County was one of the few counties in the state, alongside Franklin and Wakulla, that issued a mandatory evacuation ...

Griffin-Bailey has been in Franklin County Jail since May 2021 ... so she "put (the inmate) on a wall to gain control," according to court documents. In the ensuing altercation, Griffin-Bailey ...