Latest Arkansas Headlines
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Arkansas’ G4S Youth Services Hit with Pay Discrimination Lawsuit
Jun 15 2017 // G4S Youth Services, a former manager of programs and services at a juvenile correction and detention facility in Alexander, Ark., violated federal law by paying a female facility investigator less than it paid the male...
5-Year-Old Dies After Being Left in Arkansas Day Care Vehicle
Jun 15 2017 // A 5-year-old boy with developmental disabilities was found dead inside a daycare van where police said he’d been left all day in the sweltering heat, and an Arkansas agency has launched an investigation into why a...
Arkansas’ Tyson Foods Recalls Nearly 2.5M Pounds of Chicken Products
Jun 13 2017 // Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 2.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat breaded chicken due to an unlabeled allergen. The company, based in Springdale, Arkansas, says the recall was made after it was notified June 6 by a...
Pair in Arkansas Staged Crash Scams Get Jail Terms for Insurance Fraud
Jun 13 2017 // An Arkansas duo behind two fake crashes and false insurance claims have each received three-year prison sentences, the Arkansas Insurance Department announced. Jeremy Fisher, 36, and Teneshia White, 34, both of Pine Bluff,...
Arkansas City, County Included in Duggar Family Privacy Suits
Jun 9 2017 // Reality TV personality Josh Duggar faced “unwarranted public scrutiny” after a magazine disclosed that sisters told police they had been molested by him years earlier, lawyers for Duggar said in a complaint in...
Properties of Arkansas Police, Firefighters Target of Suspicious Fires
Jun 5 2017 // Authorities in a small Arkansas town say local police and firefighters are being targeted by suspicious fires and vandalism. No suspects have been arrested for the fires and property damage in Cotton Plant that began in...
Louisiana, Arkansas Enact Flooding Emergency Rules
Jun 5 2017 // Both Louisiana and Arkansas recently enacted emergency regulations aimed at protecting insureds in the aftermath of devastating floods in those states. Louisiana’s action extends an emergency rule put in place...
Fake Arkansas Insurance Broker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Jun 1 2017 // An Arkansas man who pretended to be an insurance broker and collected more than $1 million selling fake insurance policies in three states has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, the Arkansas Insurance...
12 States Have Advanced Tougher Distracted Driving Bills This Year
Jun 1 2017 // As auto accidents and fatalities increase on America’s roads, a dozen states have taken legislative action this year to further combat distracted driving. According to an analysis by the Property Casualty Insurers...
Suspicious Fires in Arkansas Targeting Police, Firefighter Properties
May 25 2017 // Authorities in a small Arkansas town say local police and firefighters are being targeted by suspicious fires and vandalism. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the incidents in Cotton Plant began in February, when a...
Agricultural Flood Damage in Arkansas Estimated at $175M
May 18 2017 // Officials say the estimated impact of agricultural flood damage in Arkansas due to recent severe weather is about $175 million. The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture says the April flooding affected...
Storm-Related Arkansas Crop Losses Estimated at $64.5M
May 15 2017 // Flooding and severe weather this year have caused an estimated $64.5 million in damage to Arkansas croplands, according to the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Some 937,000 acres of cropland have been...
Arkansas Woman Pleads Guilty in Fake U-Haul Crash Case
May 8 2017 // An Little Rock woman has negotiated a plea in an insurance fraud case involving a 2015 reported car accident involving a U-Haul rental vehicle and fraudulent insurance claims, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr...
Arkansas Crop Damage from Floods Pegged at $64.5M
May 8 2017 // Preliminary estimates show that flooding and severe weather have affected more than 900,000 acres of farmland in Arkansas. A report released by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture puts preliminary...
Arkansas Implements 60-Day Premium Payment Extension for Flood Victims
May 8 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr announced a 60-day moratorium on the cancellation/non-renewal of insurance policies for the non-payment of premiums by Arkansans residing in counties declared a disaster by Gov....
Midwest Flood Crisis Remains as Officials Warn of Floodwater Risks
May 5 2017 // River levels fell on May 4 after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from over. Officials have not said when hundreds of residents displaced from flooded properties in suburban...
Number of Arkansas Storm-Related Fatalities Rises to 5
May 2 2017 // A north-central Arkansas volunteer fire chief died after being struck by a vehicle early on April 30 while working as heavy thunderstorms moved through, one of five confirmed storm-related fatalities in the state, an...
Storms Leave Trail of Destruction in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
May 1 2017 // Severe storms including tornadoes have swept through several small towns in East Texas, leaving a trail of overturned vehicles, mangled trees and damaged homes. Authorities believe as many as five people were killed and...
NFP Acquires Arkansas’ Thomas Insurance Agency
Apr 10 2017 // National insurance broker and consultant, NFP, has acquired The Thomas Insurance Agency of Benton Inc. in Benton, Ark. Thomas Insurance Agency is a property/casualty insurance broker that provides commercial and personal...
Arkansas Health Plan Panel Recommends Limits on Coverage for Opioids
Apr 6 2017 // An Arkansas health panel has recommended limiting coverage of opioid prescriptions in health plans that cover tens of thousands of state employees and teachers. The recommendations, which are aimed at curbing drug...
