With a running back out Friday night, the offense looked a little different for Lake Hamilton. But the Wolves turned to senior Tevin Hughes early and often with a lot of success at Blakemore Field.

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Lake Hamilton pulls away from Van Buren

Federal taxpayer money entrusted to state and local governments isn't flowing down to meet the needs of Arkansans, Democratic candidates for governor said Friday.

Arkansas

Too much taxpayer money not flowing down to needs, Democratic governor hopefuls say

Arkansas appears to be returning to full-employment status with Friday's report that the statewide unemployment rate dipped to 4%, the lowest since the pandemic began ripping apart the global economy in March 2020.

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State jobless rate decreases to 4%

A Pope County anti-casino group is moving full steam ahead on a petition drive to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the state's general election ballot next year that would remove the county as one of the locations for a casino.

Casino

Foes pressing their bet on Pope County casino

Beginning Sunday, landline users with a telephone number in the 501 area code will have to dial the 10-digit number — the area code plus the telephone number — for local calls to be completed. Mobile callers will be unaffected. The 501 area code is the only area code in Arkansas that will be affected by the change.

Dialing change: 501 area code

The numbers of covid-19 patients in Arkansas who were hospitalized and in intensive care continued falling Friday, reaching new three-month lows, as health care providers began administering vaccine booster shots to a wider group of people.

Hospital cases decline again; 18 more deaths

Simmons Bank is in negotiations for naming rights to the field at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, the Pine Bluff bank said in an announcement with state officials Friday.

Little Rock

Bank seeks to rebrand LR stadium

As litigants in a federal lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument placed on the grounds of the Arkansas state Capitol continue to spar over legal issues surrounding the case, U.S. District Judge Kristine G. Baker made it clear Friday that she is ready to move the case to a resolution.

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