Arkansas Online

Bertman, who won five national championships as the head coach at LSU, died Friday at the age of 88.

The Arkansas Department of Health on Friday reported a dozen new cases of cyclosporiasis in the past two days, at least two-thirds of which were in Northwest Arkansas.

Traveling at more than 130 mph on Interstate 555 near Trumann last week, Arkansas State Police Trooper Logan Hall made contact with the rear driver's side of a fleeing Hyundai Sonata, causing it to veer toward the left shoulder before sliding right again and skidding hood-first into the rear driver's side of a black SUV.

Tyson Foods' closure of two beef processing facilities, and exploration of selling a third, will cause significant challenges and uncertainty in the affected communities, according to beef organizations and local elected officials.

Malvern, 1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, came to Arkansas to mark the 100th birthday of the state, at the behest of Congressman John L. McClellan. He and Eleanor paraded down Main Street in his open-topped Packard before an estimated crowd of 10,000, the largest in Malvern's history.