Johnson, Arkansas

Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday he plans to ask state lawmakers to increase Arkansas' cigarette tax to raise money for a trauma system and other health-related needs.

Operators point you in the right direction for energy assistance, disaster relief, childcare, you name it.

ANDY SHUPE Northwest Arkansas Times Firefighters from the Johnson, Fayetteville and Tontitown fire departments work to control a fire Sunday at the home of Ralph and Rhonda Maxwell at 4376 Clear Creek Blvd.

Virginia Abel worked for two Washington County judges during her 28 years as an executive assistant, juggling schedules and coordinating events.

Changes in ambulance service for one local county have several private providers up in arms.

As 2008 comes to an end, it's only fitting that we take a look back at the biggest stories that made headlines this year.

The Top 10 stories in Arkansas during 2008, as selected by Associated Press-member broadcasters and newspapers, as well as AP's Arkansas staff.

FAYETTEVILLE - Jessra Johnson scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Missouri to a 56-55 win over Arkansas on Sunday.

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport is ready with projects for any stimulus package from the federal government but the major highway to the airport is not, the airport's chief governing body said Friday.

Authorities say they've arrested a second suspect in connection with last year's theft of $140,000 from the home of Tyson Foods Inc.

ANTHONY REYES Northwest Arkansas Times Fayetteville firefighters vent the roof of Hog Haus Brewing Company Restaurant and Bar while battling a fire Tuesday in Fayetteville.

Emma Johnson does not want to go. It's not hard to blame her. The man's boots alone, black and wide, are about half as tall as the 3-year old is.

A man who as a child joined a classmate in gunning down four students and a teacher in a 1998 Jonesboro middle school shooting applied for a concealed-carry permit under another name, but regulators denied his ...

Andrew Golden, who sat silently as a juvenile judge sentenced him into state custody for the deaths of four students and a teacher in a 1998 Jonesboro middle school shooting, disappeared just as quietly after a ...

Frank Broyles said Monday that the state needs a "two-minute offense" to educate Arkansans about the effects of Alzheimer's disease and to fund research for a cure.

A YOUNG GOLDEN: At the time of his arrest. An application for a concealed handgun permit filed by one of the shooters in 1998's Westside Middle School Massacre in Jonesboro has been denied by the Arkansas State ...

Felonies Kimberly Dale, deputy prosecuting attorney for the 2nd Judicial District, filed felony charges Nov.

Ousted Superintendent Ron Brawner won't get paid for the final two years on his contract -- at least for now -- the Arkansas Department of Education has determined.

'ON A WHITE HORSE': Jonesboro attorney Bobby McDaniel. In his cluttered office in Jonesboro - "a working lawyer's office," he said with a smile - Bobby McDaniel keeps an assortment of trigger locks.