Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, a supporter of the prison, said Thursday that he doesn't plan to hold a vote on the ...

Efforts to secure funding for a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County has come to a halt.On Tuesday, Senate Bill ...

After three failed votes, Arkansas lawmakers remain divided over SB354, a $750M prison plan backed by the governor but facing ...

"We need smaller, regional facilities rather than going down this mega-prison route," Sen. Bryan King said at Tuesday's ...

This comes as the $750 million funding bill failed for a fifth time in the Senate on Tuesday and wasn't heard at all on ...

A Tri-Cities man admitted to shooting a man because of an $800 drug debt and then helping to hide his body. Prosecutors agreed to a deal with Javier J. Santana, 48, after he helped police uncover what ...

Authorities arrested a woman they say absconded from Franklin County Jail custody. Kylaha Seman was at the Chambersburg Hospital when she escaped, Chambersburg ...

The Franklin County Common Pleas Court is starting a new program to help inmatres freed under judicial release better ...

THE FIRST FOUR TIMES THE BILL WAS READ AND VOTED ON THE VOTES FOR IT HOVERED AROUND 18 OR 19 VOTES BUT TODAY THE "YAYS" REACHED 21---STILL FALLING SHORT OF THE 27 OR THREE-FOURTHS OF THE SENATE NEEDED ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A $750 million appropriations bill for the planned Franklin County prison that has failed to pass in the Arkansas Senate for nearly two weeks is stalled. Senate President Pro ...