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Is your smart TV spying on you?
12/21/2025

Is your smart TV spying on you?

From Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Instagram account.
12/20/2025

From Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Instagram account.

In Cleveland County
12/20/2025

In Cleveland County

Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Grant County Man on Child Po*******hy ChargesGriffin: ‘My office will not w...
12/18/2025

Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Grant County Man on Child Po*******hy Charges

Griffin: ‘My office will not waver in its commitment to bringing these perpetrators to justice and protecting our most vulnerable population”

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after agents in his Special Investigations Division (SID) arrested Mark Allen Cagle, 62, of Grant County on 20 felony counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a minor:

“This morning, special agents from my office arrested Cagle following an investigation thanks to a cybertip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). On November 4, special agents from SID served a search warrant on Cagle’s residence in Grant County, where evidence was seized for forensic examination. After the forensic examination, a warrant was obtained, and Cagle was arrested. He was booked into the Sheridan Detention Center, where he is currently being held on a $500,000 bond.

“I am thankful for the tip from NCMEC that led to this arrest and for the valuable assistance of the Grant County Sheriff’s Office in this case. My office will not waver in its commitment to bringing these perpetrators to justice and protecting our most vulnerable population.”

If you believe you or someone you know is a victim of exploitation, call the NCMEC CyberTipline at (800) 422-4453 or visit https://report.cybertip.org.

From Fordyce School District
12/18/2025

From Fordyce School District

From the Facebook account of Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester
12/18/2025

From the Facebook account of Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester

From Pine Bluff Police Department
12/16/2025

From Pine Bluff Police Department

Sanders Closes State Offices on Friday, December 26 in Celebration of ChristmasTO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME – GREE...
12/16/2025

Sanders Closes State Offices on Friday, December 26 in Celebration of Christmas

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME – GREETINGS:

WHEREAS: More than two millennia ago in the little town of Bethlehem, far from the centers of power in first-century Rome, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born in a humble manger;

WHEREAS: Jesus was the Messiah and became a teacher and leader, and He would be crucified, suffer for the sins of all mankind, die and be buried, and rise again on the third day to sit at the right hand of the Father;

WHEREAS: But on that first Christmas, Christ’s arrival was unassuming, witnessed only by Mary and Joseph, humble shepherds guided by angels, and three wise men from the East. It presaged his ministry, which was not focused on the wealthy or powerful but rather on the poor, powerless, and meek; and

WHEREAS: We give thanks for the arrival of Christ the Savior, who will come again in glory and whose kingdom will have no end, by celebrating His birth each year on Christmas Day.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the State of Arkansas, do hereby proclaim December 25, 2025, as
“CHRISTMAS DAY”
in the State of Arkansas, and in order that state employees may spend this holiday with their families giving thanks for Christ’s birth, I further declare the State Capitol and state offices will be closed on Friday, December 26, 2025, as well.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas to be affixed this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord 2025.

OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN BRYANT UNDER ASP CID INVESTIGATIONDecember 16, 2025BRYANT, Ark. — On Tuesday, December 16, ...
12/16/2025

OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN BRYANT UNDER ASP CID INVESTIGATION

December 16, 2025
BRYANT, Ark. — On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the Bryant Police Department (BPD) requested the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate a fatal officer-involved shooting.

On Monday, December 15, around 10:20 p.m., BPD responded to a disturbance with a weapon call in the 1100 block of S.W. 4th Street. Upon arrival, officers found that the suspect refused to exit the home. BPD and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office Joint SWAT team were called to the scene and began negotiations.

After several hours and attempts to have the subject surrender, the subject exited with a weapon, firing at officers. SWAT team members returned fire, resulting in the fatal shooting of the individual.

No officers were injured in the incident.
The deceased will be transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to determine the manner and cause of death.

The investigation is ongoing.

PHILLIPS COUNTY JURY CONVICTS LATARIUS QUAYSHUN HOWARD OF CAPITAL MURDER IN 2020 KILLING OF HELENA-WEST HELENA POLICE OF...
12/16/2025

PHILLIPS COUNTY JURY CONVICTS LATARIUS QUAYSHUN HOWARD OF CAPITAL MURDER IN 2020 KILLING OF HELENA-WEST HELENA POLICE OFFICER

December 16, 2025
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — On Monday, December 15, 2025, a Phillips County jury found Latarius Quayshun Howard, 34, guilty of Capital Murder in the 2020 shooting death of Helena-West Helena Police Officer Travis Wallace, 41. The jury sentenced Howard to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Corrections without the possibility of parole, plus 15 years for a firearm enhancement.

Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division and the U.S. Marshals Service, apprehended Howard in Mississippi in November 2020 in connection with Officer Wallace’s murder. Howard surrendered without resistance in Shaw, Mississippi.

On November 12, 2020, Officer Wallace was struck by gunfire during an exchange of shots with Howard outside the Delta Inn, located at 1207 U.S. Highway 49 in Helena-West Helena. Officer Wallace and other local officers had been searching for Howard, who was wanted on charges stemming from a separate shooting incident in Helena-West Helena approximately a week earlier.

Officer Wallace observed Howard riding in a sport utility vehicle attempting to exit the motel parking lot onto U.S. Highway 49. Using his patrol vehicle, Officer Wallace blocked the SUV’s exit.

Howard then exited the vehicle and advanced on Officer Wallace while firing a handgun. Officer Wallace returned fire. Howard and the driver then fled the scene after Officer Wallace was wounded.
Officer Wallace was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

12/15/2025

Grant County Quorum Court, Dec. 15, 2025

Justice of the Peace Scott Wells, who is running for County Judge, asked at the end of the meeting if there was an update on the data center. County Judge Randy Pruitt said there had been no communication since the resolutions were sent to Clean Cloud.

12/15/2025

Grant County Data Center Protest, Dec. 15, 2025

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