Arkansas Group Gets Extension for Anti-adoption Signatures (The Advocate)
A proposed measure prohibiting unmarried but cohabitating couples from adopting or fostering children in Arkansas has fallen short of the 61,794 signatures necessary to get it placed on the November ballot, according to a press release from the Arkansas News Bureau.

Entergy Arkansas Workers To Help In Texas (KTHV Little Rock)
Nearly 60 employees from Entergy Arkansas, Inc. are traveling to Texas to help areas hit by Hurricane Dolly. About 20 trucks and 40 linemen and support personnel are scheduled to travel in a caravan from the Baseline Service Center in Little Rock early Friday.

Heartland Payment Systems(TM) Teams with the Arkansas Community Bankers Association to Offer Members Full Suite of ... (Centre Daily Times)
Heartland Payment Systems(TM) (NYSE:HPY), a leading provider of credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments services, has teamed with the Arkansas Community Bankers Association (ACB) to provide its member banks with a full suite of payments solutions. The ACB is a trade association committed to serving the interests of Arkansas community banks and consists of 148 ...

Arkansas Man Accused In Four Boat Deaths Pleads Guilty (The Morning News)
MIAM - An Arkansas man accused along with another person of killing four people aboard a fishing charter last year pleaded guilty Thursday in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty.

Stolen Car Found in Arkansas River (KKTV 11 Colorado Springs)
The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office tells 11 News a car with bullet holes has been found in the Arkansas River.