A family in Helena – West Helena is looking to grow a successful crop of customers, raising sweet potatoes and spirits as they work to revitalize the eastern Arkansas town.

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New family distillery hopes to bring sweet sip of success to Helena – West Helena

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Friday that Arkansas will opt out of a federal supplemental unemployment assistance program late next month.

Gov. Hutchinson: Arkansas to opt-out of federal unemployment supplemental program

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – If you have seen something unusual in the sky over Arkansas this week, you’re not alone.The “lights” in the sky are SpaceX Starlink satellites.They were launched and placed into orbit to provide internet to underserved areas. The light is actually reflected sunlight.The satellites are launched and deployed in batches of 60.

Little Rock

Satellite string spotted over Arkansas Thursday night

A police chase in Arkansas ended with a naked woman getting tackled by an officer.

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Dashcam video: Naked woman leads police on wild chase in Arkansas

The man's gunshot wounds are believed to be self-inflicted, but police did not say whether the woman's injuries were self-inflicted or if the deaths are being investigated as a murder-suicide.

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Madison.com

NW Arkansas Democrat gazzette

Update: Sun Prairie police investigating deaths of 37-year-old woman, 35-year-old man found with gunshot wounds

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The first known black-owned bakery is opening at the Reading Terminal Market and it has some sweet offerings! Sweet T’s Bakery celebrated its grand opening on Thursday.They offer a line of sweet potato-based baked goods. Pie and cheesecake are their specialties.Owners Tia and Mark El also created four signature lemonade and iced teas as part of their menu.

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CBS Local

FOX5 Las Vegas

Black-Owned Bakery 'Sweet T's' Opens At Reading Terminal Market

BEEBE, Ark. (KARK) — A mother searching for answers after her son went missing almost two years ago, has new hope. Nathan Allen disappeared in June of 2019. The City of Beebe is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to Allen.Sunny Hendrix flips through her photos on her phone of her son Nathan Allen and talked about the kind of man he is.

Beebe mother still searching for answers on missing son

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) - Two Little Rock Police officers are out of the hospital after they were both hit by a car on Colonel Glenn Road. It happened Saturday night just after 9:00 pm at the intersection of Colonel Glenn and Western Hills. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident and what exactly happened.

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