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  • - Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services

GIS BOARD CALLS SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY

MEDIA ADVISORYJuly 9, 2025  GIS BOARD CALLS SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Board has called a special meeting on Thursday, July 10, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The GIS Board will review and discuss technical specifications and procurement aspects of licensed digital aerial imagery with state gover…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

RUSSELLVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR FATAL DRUNK DRIVING CRASH 

July 9, 2025 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — On Monday, July 7, 2025, Washington County Circuit Judge Joanna Taylor sentenced Alexander Rios-Rodriguez, 28, of Russellville, to 20 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections following his guilty plea to Negligent Homicide and three counts of Second-Degree Battery stemming from a fatal drunk driving accident…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

FORMER AIRPORT TREASURER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT AND ABUSE OF OFFICE

July 9, 2025 YELLVILLE, Ark. — On May 20, 2025, Douglas Starkey, 66, of Yellville, pleaded guilty in Marion County Circuit Court to one count of felony Theft of Property and one count of felony Abuse of Office. This plea followed an investigation that was initiated at the request of the 14th Judicial Prosecutor’s Office due to concerns about missin…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

TEXAS MAN ARRESTED IN ROAD RAGE INCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 40

July 8, 2025 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State Police (ASP) is investigating a road rage incident involving gunfire that occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, on Interstate 40 near Galloway. The victim reported that a tractor-trailer had fired shots at their vehicle while traveling westbound on I-40. ASP Troopers responde…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ASP ICAC TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES MAJOR RESULTS FROM NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE OPERATIONS TARGETING ONLINE CHILD EXPLOITATION

July 8, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, in partnership with local, state, and federal agencies, has announced the successful completion of two primary operations, Operation Safe Online Summer (SOS) and Operation Cookie Crumbs, targeting online child exploitation. These ini…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Human Services

DHS encourages SNAP recipients to take steps to keep accounts secure

The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) is encouraging Arkansans who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to take steps to secure their accounts. There are reports of various scams circulating in Arkansas and around the country that aim to trick SNAP recipients into revealing the Personal Identificat…

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  • - Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS)

APERS Amendment to Board Rule 24 CAR § 1-218

Please take notice that the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System (APERS), 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 400, Little Rock, AR 72201 has voted to amend board rule “24 CAR § 1-218. Termination of covered employment required for retirement” to clarify that a judge’s appointment to serve as a special judge does not cons…

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  • - Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS)

Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Outside Legal Counsel

APERS.RFQ.Securities Litigation Counsel. JULY 2025.FINALDownload The post Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Outside Legal Counsel appeared first on APERS.…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ARKANSAS LAW ENFORCEMENT URGES DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN

July 7, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As part of the high-visibility enforcement campaign, Speeding Slows You Down, the Arkansas Highway Safety Office along with Arkansas law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reminds everyone that speeding has life-threatening consequences and …

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOOTING

July 6, 2025 POPLAR GROVE, Ark. – A Poplar Grove man has been charged in the death of another man after an early Saturday morning shooting that left a third man hospitalized. The Phillips County Sheriff’s Office requested the assistance of the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) with a shooting that occurred in the 300…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

PROSECUTOR FINDS OFFICERS JUSTIFIED IN USE OF DEADLY FORCE IN MARCH LITTLE ROCK SHOOTING

July 3, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —   The Sixth Judicial Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has concluded that the use of deadly force by officers was justified in a March shooting that resulted in the death of a Jacksonville man. Willie Joe Larry-Purdiman, 23, of Jacksonville, died in the incident, which occurred on March 24, 2025, in the 7900 block of Ba…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

Ramp Closures Scheduled Along Interstate 40 to Test Wrong-Way Detection Systems

PULASKI & PRAIRIE COUNTIES | July 3, 2025 Temporary overnight ramp closures along Interstate 40 are expected to occur intermittently from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly on the following dates: Tuesday night, July 8 Wednesday night, July 9 Thursday night, July 10 Weather permitting, crews will close the off-ramps listed below in two-hour intervals…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ASP ARRESTS POCAHONTAS MAN IN FATAL I-555 CRASH

July 1, 2025 TRUMANN, ARK. — On Friday, June 27, 2025, Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested Taylor David Rhoades, 25, of Pocahontas, in connection with a fatal crash on Interstate 555 near Trumann that resulted in the deaths of two Paragould residents. The wreck occurred on Thursday, June 26, 2025, …

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

REMAINS OF VICTIM KILLED 36 YEARS AGO IDENTIFIED AS VILONIA MAN

July 1, 2025 Remains of a man found in White County 36 years ago have been identified as 30-year-old Karl Brian Hooten of Vilonia. The remains had been unidentified since they were discovered on April 20, 1989, off Swinging Bridge Road in Antioch. An autopsy performed at the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory determined the victim had been shot. Inves…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

Striping Work Requires Overnight Alternating Exit Ramp Closures on Interstate 30 in Saline County

SALINE COUNTY | June 30, 2025 Pavement operations on Interstate 30 (I-30) in Saline County require intermittent exit ramp closures from 9 p.m. Monday, June 30 through 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 1. Weather permitting, overnight striping work will require alternating, temporary closures of several exit ramps along I-30. The work will begin on the westbound…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Transportation

UPDATE: Scheduled Overnight Closures on Highway 67/167 (Interstate 57) in Jacksonville

PULASKI COUNTY | June 30, 2025 Due to weather delays, construction to widen Highway 67/167 (Interstate 57) to six lanes between Main Street and Vandenberg Boulevard in Jacksonville requires overnight full highway and frontage road closures between North James Street and Vandenberg Boulevard. The closures will occur in 15-minute increments from 8 p.…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Human Services

Baby & Me program expands to additional counties

(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — An innovative program that provides parenting education to pregnant women and parents of newborns who receive benefits at Women, Infants & Children (WIC) clinics is expanding to additional counties, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the Arkansas Department o…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ARKANSAS HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE WARNS DRIVERS: DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER

June 30, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On this Independence Day, make the honorable choice to drive sober or get a sober ride home. The Arkansas Highway Safety Office (AHSO) along with Arkansas law enforcement will partner with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the Drive Sober or Get Pulle…

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  • - Arkansas Department of Public Safety

ARKANSAS FIRE FATALITIES SURPASS LAST YEAR’S TOTAL

STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE URGES RESIDENTS TO INSTALL,  MAINTAIN SMOKE DETECTORS June 30, 2025 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas State Fire Marshal’s Office reports a concerning rise in fire-related fatalities in 2025. As of today, 34 deaths have been recorded, surpassing the total of 27 fire-related fatalities in 2024. Arkansas fire deaths …

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Workforce development board committee to meet July 1

Workforce development board committee to meet July 1 The Arkansas Workforce Development Board’s Program and Performance Evaluation Committee will meet virtually on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, from 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. AGENDA Microsoft Teams Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 211 126 431 449 8 Passcode: HH9Y9qg6 Dial in by phone +1 501-244-3310,,4298389# Unite…

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