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24+ min ago (253+ words) Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with the PBS network, a move that will take shows like "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" and "Antiques Roadshow" off the air for tens of thousands of viewers. The decision makes Arkansas PBS the first statewide public TV system to break from PBS since Congress voted this summer to strip $500 million in annual funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which backs TV and radio stations across the United States. The loss of federal funding has put enormous pressure on the public media system, sending stations scrambling for ways to fill big budget gaps. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission, which oversees public television in the state, voted 6 to 2 to disaffiliate with PBS, citing concerns about the cost of membership since the recent loss of federal funding. Arkansas PBS is also changing its name to Arkansas TV....

54+ min ago (474+ words) FARGO (KFGO) " The mother of a Fargo man who had been charged with murder in a downtown Fargo shooting but later cleared says she never doubted her son. Tyrque Jones, 20, has been released from the Hennepin County Jail after his arrest in Minneapolis four months after the shooting death of 19-year-Azeem Holmes outside a downtown bar. Shannon Jackson, appearing on KFGO Afternoons Live with guest host Dane DeKrey, said she pleaded with police to further investigate. "I advised them (police) that my son would be willing to talk to them in order to show faith and to prove that fact that we able to at the same time, review the evidence that they had against him, so we took that into account that those were ignored, and the fact that his life was in danger," said Jackson. Jackson said her…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago (391+ words) The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Robin Myers to serve once again as interim system president, effective immediately. Myers, the retired ASU-Mountain Home chancellor who previously served in the interim role in 2024, succeeds Dr." Myers Returns to Lead ASU System, Board Approves $23.7M in Projects The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Robin Myers to serve once again as interim system president, effective immediately. Myers, the retired ASU-Mountain Home chancellor who previously served in the interim role in 2024, succeeds Dr. Brendan Kelly. Kelly will assist with the transition through Dec. 31 before departing to become president of his alma mater, Eastern Michigan University. Following an executive session, trustees voted to reinstate Myers under contract terms consistent with his prior interim service. No action was taken regarding a future presidential search. Myers retired in…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago (180+ words) Allen Jerkens winner Echo Town has been purchased by Tyree Wolesensky, and has relocated to her Leadem Farm in Arkansas for the 2026 breeding season. The son of sire of sires, Speightstown, Echo Town ... Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens winner Echo Town has been purchased by Tyree Wolesensky, and has relocated to her Leadem Farm in Arkansas for the 2026 breeding season. Echo Sound, a first crop filly of Echo Town's, followed in her father's footsteps starting off her career three-for-three with a stakes win followed by back to back Grade 3 wins in the Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico and the Victory Ride at Saratoga. Echo Town has also sired the precocious stakes winning filly, Elegant Echo, who started off her career two-for-two with a win in the Oklahoma Classic Stakes. Three Echoes, another progeny of Echo Town's, broke his maiden as a 2-year-old…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago (539+ words) A New Hampshire woman is facing multiple criminal charges after her 6-year-old daughter ingested a THC gummy and later tested positive for both cannabinoids and cocaine, according to law enforcement officials, as reported by the New York Post. The investigation began after the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families notified the Nashua Police Department on Nov. 3 about a hospitalized child. According to a release issued by the Nashua Police Department, detectives learned that the young girl had been taken to a hospital after ingesting a THC-infused edible. " AFONE (@AFONE1963) December 12, 2025 MORE NEWS: Illegals in Minnesota to Get $107 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Healthcare Benefits This Year [WATCH] While receiving medical treatment, the child underwent testing that revealed the presence of illegal substances in her system. "While at the hospital, the juvenile victim tested positive for the illegal drugs, cannabinoids, and cocaine,…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago (743+ words) SPRINGDALE -- The Springdale School District continues to lead the state in the number of bilingual students after 189 high school students earned an Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy in fall 2025. Erin Kemp, a French teacher and the chair of the world languages department at Springdale High School, told School Board members about the achievement and the seal on Tuesday. Students earn biliteracy seals by passing an exam that tests students' reading, writing and speaking skills in a language other than English, she said. "They use the seal as evidence on professional resumes, portfolios, college efforts, job interviews, things like that," Kemp said. All 50 states and the District of Columbia award the Seal of Biliteracy. California adopted the program first in 2011. Arkansas piloted the program in 2017, and the state Department of Education officially endorsed the Seal of Biliteracy in June 2018. Arkansas awards the…...

6+ hour, 27+ min ago (305+ words) Today at 11:18 a.m. Saturday at 11 a.m. at American Airlines Center (20,000) in Dallas. Arkansas: John Calipari " 29-16 in second season at Arkansas and 884-279 in 34th season overall. Texas Tech: Grant McCasland " 58-22 in third season at Texas Tech and 213-99 in 10th Division I season overall. Texas Tech leads 41-40. Texas Tech defeated Arkansas 85-83 in overtime at the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 on March 27 in San Francisco. Arkansas is a 1 1/2-point favorite, according to DraftKings. Chuck Barrett (play-by-play) and Matt Zimmerman (analyst) will call the game on Razorback Sports Network, which can be accessed through local FM and AM affiliates, and through the Varsity Network app. Blackouts may apply. " Saturday's game is a rematch of last season's Sweet 16, in which Texas Tech came back from a 16-point second-half deficit to defeat Arkansas in San Francisco. The Red Raiders were eliminated by Florida, the eventual national champion, in the Elite Eight....

7+ hour, 50+ min ago (304+ words) Arkansas has become the first state to cut ties with PBS after a state commission voted to end the public television partnership on Thursday. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission said it plans to disaffiliate from the public broadcaster because its annual membership dues were simply "not feasible." The dues cost around $2.5 million per year. The commission also pointed to the loss of federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which was defunded by Congress over the summer. The corporation's loss in federal funding was caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Donald Trump in July. The law clawed back $1.1 billion allocated for public broadcasting through fiscal 2027, forcing the corporation to wind down operations by the end of September. Created by Congress in 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting once provided federal funding to PBS and NPR....

8+ hour, 22+ min ago (80+ words) A couple of days after Arkansas State University System President Brendan Kelly announced his plans to take over as president of his alma mater, Eastern Michigan University, early next year, the ASU ... Ryan Anderson covers higher education across the state. He joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in August 2022 after covering education " and other topics " for a decade at four newspapers in three states. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ryan attended DePaul University in Chicago and now resides in Fayetteville....

8+ hour, 25+ min ago (81+ words) The Arkansas State University System is seeking a loan from the College Savings Bond Revolving Loan Fund in order to construct an equine barn and a bovine barn at Arkansas State University, and ... Ryan Anderson covers higher education across the state. He joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in August 2022 after covering education " and other topics " for a decade at four newspapers in three states. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ryan attended DePaul University in Chicago and now resides in Fayetteville....