Arkansas State University

SHOFFNER ARRESTED Arkansas treasurer remains in Pulaski County Jail LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner is to appear in federal court to answer federal extortion charges but authorities are withholding details about the...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — So far, no Arkansas colleges or universities are permitting faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus. A law approved in the just-completed legislative session allows higher education institutions to decide...

Blake Short, who's been in the system for five years, has been promoted to head girls varsity basketball coach at McDonald County High School. LaDonna McClain recently stepped down after five years at the helm of the Class 4 Mustangs. Short, who'll be...

PARIS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities in western Arkansas are investigating after a man was found dead in his front yard. Logan County authorities say two neighbors discovered the man's body Tuesday at a home north of Paris. Chief Deputy David Spicer tells...

One could almost say that professor Brandon Goff of Francis Marion University just moonlights as a teacher because that's such a small part of what defines him. The 39-year-old Goff, who teaches music, specifically in the music industry discipline at...

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State University is warning Bill Halter that it owns the trademark to the "Arkansas Promise Scholarship" and says the Democrat needs to stop using a similar phrase in his campaign for governor. One of Halter's policy...

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Northwest Arkansas Community College is the latest institution to opt out of a state law that allows faculty and staff to carry concealed guns on campus. College spokesman Chris Holtman tells Fayetteville television station...

FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — Another Arkansas college has opted out of a new state law that allows faculty and staff members to carry concealed guns on campus. East Arkansas Community College's board of trustees voted last week to opt out of the law,...

Hundreds of students walked the graduation aisle Saturday over the course of two ceremonies at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. UAFS Chancellor Paul Beran urged the graduates to become lifelong learners. "Now is the time to pick up speed," he...

A famous actor revisited Arkansas to be part of the commemoration of two Japanese-American landmark sites in the Arkansas Delta. George Takei, best known for his role as Lt. Hikaru Sulu on the original "Star Trek" television series, was a special...

Virginia Western Community College has been voted as the safest college in Virginia, and one of the safest colleges in the country. The voting, compiled by StateUniversity.com, was based incidents of campus crime reported by safety officials....