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

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

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 ...

Efforts to secure funding for a proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County has come to a halt.On Tuesday, Senate Bill 354 failed to garner the 27 votes ...

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

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

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

LAWMAKERS ARE DEBATING DESIGNATING DOLLARS FOR THE PRISON IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SENATE BILL 354 WOULD DESIGNATE AN ADDITIONAL 750 MILLION DOLLARS FOR BUILDING A THREE THOUSAND BED PRISON IN THE VESTA ...

The Arkansas Legislature is back in session and lawmakers are debating funding for a prison in Franklin County ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has penned an op-ed urging legislators to "finish the job" in ...

The bill received three more “no” votes today than it did yesterday, when the Senate first considered the bill.