The Arkansas Highway Commission has green-lighted several area road improvements.

Included are projects in Independence, Izard, Sharp and White Counties.

WASHINGTON – To help end housing discrimination, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday awarded an additional $15 million to support dozens of fair housing organizations working to confront violations of the nation’s landmark Fair Housing Act.

Legal Aid of Arkansas received a $281,396 three year grant.

Beebe Police are asking for the public’s help identifying theft suspects.

The individuals stole four mowers from Bull Creek Outdoors early Sunday morning around 3:00am.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation will hold a public involvement meeting in Cabot today to present and discuss the proposed plans to reconfigure the U.S. Highway 67 interchanges at State Highway 5 (Exit 16) and State Highway 89 (Exit 19) to Single-Point Urban Interchanges.

Community Action Program for Central Arkansas will be distributing commodities in Faulkner County today.

Commodities will be given on a first come first served basis, with each household receiving 1 to 3 of each item while supplies last.

LITTLE ROCK — Farmers and landowners in 14 northern Arkansas counties have until May 17 to submit applications to receive financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to implement conservation practices in the North Arkansas Quail Focal Landscape Regional Conservation Partnership Program project.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) sent a letter to President Trump urging his administration to take several steps to implement his decision recognizing the Golan Heights as part of the State of Israel.