Efforts to secure funding for a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County has come to a halt.On Tuesday, Senate Bill ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, a supporter of the prison, said Thursday that he doesn't plan to hold a vote on the ...

After three failed votes, Arkansas lawmakers remain divided over SB354, a $750M prison plan backed by the governor but facing ...

This comes as the $750 million funding bill failed for a fifth time in the Senate on Tuesday and wasn't heard at all on ...

Darnell Jones, who also goes by Darnell Ogletree, has to face charges in Franklin County before he'll be extradited back to Toledo.

A Tri-Cities man admitted to shooting a man because of an $800 drug debt and then helping to hide his body. Prosecutors agreed to a deal with Javier J. Santana, 48, after he helped police uncover what ...

THE FIRST FOUR TIMES THE BILL WAS READ AND VOTED ON THE VOTES FOR IT HOVERED AROUND 18 OR 19 VOTES BUT TODAY THE "YAYS" REACHED 21---STILL FALLING SHORT OF THE 27 OR THREE-FOURTHS OF THE SENATE NEEDED ...

CHARLESTON -- Members of the Chickamauga Nation are now asking for help from the public in their fight against the state's planned prison in Franklin County. Representatives from the native ...

The Franklin County Common Pleas Court is starting a new program to help inmatres freed under judicial release better ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Arkansas — The Chickamauga Nation is seeking an archeological study to be done on the Franklin County prison site. At a press conference Monday, Chief Jimmie Kersh of the ...