Here is the latest Arkansas news from The Associated Press
RUSSELLVILLE POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR SEARCH FOR A SUSPECT IN AN ARMED ROBBERY, FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE CITY. PATROLMEN RESPONDED JUST AFTER 7:30 PM TO THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST 4TH STREET, THE TOBACCO ROW STORE, IN REFERENCE TO AN ARMED ROBBERY. AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS TAKEN IN THAT INCIDENT, BUT, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's White House colleagues are gathering this weekend in Arkansas amid a swirl of 2016 presidential politics. The reunion celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Clinton presidential center in Little Rock includes a symposium looking at the 42nd president's legacy.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A billboard that drew the ire of some for its racially charged message is coming down over the next few days in Harrison. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the billboard, which is along the Harrison Bypass, went up in last October and reads, "Anti-Racist is a Code Word for Anti-White." City leaders decried the billboard after it went on display along the U.S. 62/65 bypass.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Board of Education has approved the formation of a new school district in Jacksonville. The Democrat-Gazette reports in September, voters in Jacksonville approved splitting off from the Pulaski County Special School District to form a separate district. On Thursday, the Board of Education signed off on that plan to create the Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District.
