Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on May 24 won the Arkansas Republican gubernatorial primary election. With 26 percent of the districts reporting at 9:19 p.m. ET, Sanders drew more than 80 percent of the vote and was projected as the winner by Decision Desk HQ. Sanders ran against Francis Washburn, a former conservative…
Arkansas Primary: A Preview of Key Midterm Races
Arkansas voters will decide on May 24 the primary winners in the gubernatorial and congressional races. In the open gubernatorial race, Sarah Sanders, a former White House press secretary and daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, will face former talk radio host Doc Washburn in the Republican primary. Sanders said on the campaign trail…
Arkansas Primary: An Overview of Key 2022 Midterm Races
In Arkansas, a solidly red state where pro-life and pro-gun values reign, the Republican primary candidates compete based on how conservative they are or how supportive they are of former President Donald Trump. Sarah Sanders, former White House press secretary for Trump, holds a firm lead in the gubernatorial Republican primary, with a massive 72.5 percent…
Arkansas Primary: An Overview of Key Midterm Races
In Arkansas, a solidly red state where pro-life and pro-gun values reign, the Republican primary candidates compete based on how conservative they are or how supportive they are of former President Donald Trump. Sarah Sanders, a former White House press secretary for Trump, holds a solid lead in the gubernatorial Republican primary with 72.5 percent support,…
Arkansas State Attorney General Sues Family Dollar Over Rodent Infestation in Distribution Facility
The Arkansas state attorney general is suing Family Dollar over its “reckless” and “intentional” actions of selling products to customers despite a rodent infestation and unsanitary conditions at its West Memphis distribution center. Filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Thursday, the lawsuit (pdf) seeks actual and punitive damages, disgorgement, restitution, civil penalties, and injunctive relief against Family…
Suspects Arrested in Connection With Arkansas Teen’s Kidnapping Being Held Without Bond
Two people suspected of kidnapping 17-year-old Trynytee Case of Arkansas near her workplace in downtown Hot Springs earlier this week were taken into custody on Tuesday, authorities say. The Hot Springs Police Department announced in an April 20 press release that Tennessee natives Samuel Wayne Bolling, 38, of Nashville and Dayla Diane Ferrer, 19, of Memphis…
Man Who Woke From 19-Year Coma Dies at Age 57: Obituary
A man who survived a deadly car crash and awoke from a 19-year coma nearly 20 years ago has died, according to an obituary last week. Terry Wayne Wallis, 57, died last week in Searcy, Arkansas, the obituary confirmed. It noted that Wallis “was in an automobile accident in 1984, just six weeks after the birth…
7 Hurt in Arkansas Tornado; Storms Move Into Deep South
Severe storms that included at least two tornadoes injured several people, damaged homes and businesses and downed power lines in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas overnight before moving to the Deep South. No deaths had been reported from the storms as of Wednesday evening, officials said. A tornado that struck Springdale, Arkansas, and the adjoining town…
Former Arkansas Sen. Kaneaster Hodges, Who Served Just Over a Year, Dies
NEWPORT, Ark.—Former Arkansas U.S. Sen. Kaneaster Hodges Jr., who served just more than one year in office in the 1970s, has died. Hodges died of natural causes Wednesday, according to Jackson Funeral Home in his hometown of Newport. He was 83. Hodges, a Democrat, served in office from December 1977 until January 1979 after being…
Notae, Arkansas Muscle Top Overall Seed Gonzaga out of NCAAs
SAN FRANCISCO—For 40 frenzied minutes, JD Notae, Jaylin Williams, and Arkansas played a maddening, muscular style on both ends that took Gonzaga out of its game—and right out of the NCAA Tournament far earlier than these Zags expected. Notae scored 21 points despite missing 20 shots and the determined, fourth-seeded Razorbacks dashed the No. 1…
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