MOORE, Okla. — Thousands of volunteers have descended on this Oklahoma City suburb to help victims of a tornado that devastated much of the area Monday.Three Fayetteville residents — Logan J. Webster, Saba Naseem and Jeff Sherwood — decided Tuesday to drive the 238 miles to Moore a...

In light of the devastation from the tornado that struck Moore, Okla., this week, Ouachita County Judge Mike Hesterly and Andrea Tippitt, coordinator of the Ouachita County Office of Emergency Management, are encouraging local residents to review their personal plans in the event a tornado strikes t...

Broker Steele Stephens, from whom the state treasurer’s office purchased $1.69 billion in bonds during the past several years, resigned Tuesday night from his job with St. Bernard Financial Services, the firm’s chief said Wednesday.Stephens didn’t cite a reason for his resignation...

Bearden Elementary School will hold registration for kindergarten students through Friday. At least one legal guardian must be present to sign legal documents. For more information on records and forms needed to register a child, call 870-687-2237.

Members of Troop C of the 1st Squadron, 151st Calvary Regiment of the Arkansas Army National Guard, participate in a training exercise Saturday. The group conducted a tactual road march through Camden to Sandy Beach Park, where it held Zodiac 470 Rubber Raiding Craft training and other exercises. Th...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Chechen immigrant shot to death in Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent implicated himself in a triple slaying that officials believe may have been connected to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, authorities said.Ibragim Todashev’s Chechen...

AAHCC will havemeeting todayThe African American Historical Commission of Camden will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Ida B. Moore Center at Ivra Clark Park. CERT program will have meeting The Ouachita County CERT program will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Ouachita County Medical Center, Green Confer...

Arrest is made in teen’s death near Central HighLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the kidnapping and shooting death of a teenager whose body was found in the street near historic Little Rock Central High School.Little Rock police said 46-year-old Daryl Dennis was booked in...

Deputies arrest man they say posed as a DisneySANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid Disneyland passes.Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials say the man called himself “St...

NEW YORK (AP) — A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City “ghetto” has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood.Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx &ldq...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims.Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night’s episode of “The Voice.” Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday...

Tommy and Gemeta Purifoy and Frank McDore, all of Chidester, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lydia McDore, to Carlos LeRon Davis, son of Robert and Rosemary Davis, of Camden.The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Rev. Daniel and Arlyne Dunn and Frankie McDore.She is a graduate o...

By DEAN FOSDICKAssociated PressEllen Zachos is a modern-day forager, gathering wild foods to enrich her cuisine. New York’s Central Park provides the fixings for much of her larder, which includes wines, pickles, jams and jellies made from flavorful weeds.“Many of the most delicious wild...

NEW YORK (AP) — Looking out the office window, wearing a tight, slick bun to go with that skirt suit and heels, do you long for the other side — the one where your hair could be tousled, wavy and full from the salt and humidity that comes from a day at the beach?Seems so tempting —...