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Lawson leads Little Rock against Arkansas State after 27-point game

Nov. 12, 2024 03:32 AM EST

Little Rock Trojans (1-1) at Arkansas State Red Wolves (1-1) Jonesboro, Arkansas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Wolves -14.5; over/under is 157.5 BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock takes on Arkansas State after Johnathan Lawson scored 27 points...

Julien leads Arkansas State against Little Rock after 20-point game

Nov. 11, 2024 03:51 AM EST

Little Rock Trojans (1-1) at Arkansas State Red Wolves (1-1) Jonesboro, Arkansas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Arkansas State hosts Little Rock after Kobe Julien scored 20 points in Arkansas State's 88-79 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Arkansas...

Doucet scores 17 as Winthrop knocks off Little Rock 82-67

Nov. 09, 2024 17:06 PM EST

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — KJ Doucet had 17 points in Winthrop's 82-67 victory over Little Rock on Saturday. Doucet added seven rebounds for the Eagles (2-0). Tommy Kamarad added 13 points while going 4 of 6 from the floor, including 3 for 4 from 3-point range, and 2 for 5 from the...

Winthrop hosts Little Rock after Wilkinson's 21-point showing

Nov. 09, 2024 03:52 AM EST

Little Rock Trojans (1-0) at Winthrop Eagles (1-0) Rock Hill, South Carolina; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -8.5; over/under is 152.5 BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock faces Winthrop after Mwani Wilkinson scored 21 points in Little Rock's...

Wilkinson leads Little Rock against Winthrop after 21-point performance

Nov. 08, 2024 03:30 AM EST

Little Rock Trojans (1-0) at Winthrop Eagles (1-0) Rock Hill, South Carolina; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock plays Winthrop after Mwani Wilkinson scored 21 points in Little Rock's 84-64 win against the Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes. Winthrop...

AP Race Call: Republican French Hill wins reelection to U.S. House in Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District

Nov. 05, 2024 23:08 PM EST

Republican Rep. French Hill won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arkansas on Tuesday. Hill, a former banking executive, was first elected to the U.S. House in 2014. He defeated Marcus Jones, a retired Army colonel who served as senior Army advisor to the Arkansas Army National Guard at Camp Robinson....

Thelma Mothershed Wair, a member of the Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas school, has died

Oct. 21, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas' capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, has died at age 83. Mothershed Wair died Saturday at a hospital in Little Rock after...

Bank OZK: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Oct. 17, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Bank OZK (OZK) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $181.2 million. The Little Rock, Arkansas-based bank said it had earnings of $1.55 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average...

A second ex-Arkansas deputy was sentenced for a 2022 violent arrest

Oct. 10, 2024 19:34 PM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A second former Arkansas law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he kicked during a violent arrest in 2022 that was caught on video has been sentenced to one year in prison. U.S. District Judge Susan O. Hickey on...

A former Arkansas deputy is sentenced for a charge stemming from a violent arrest caught on video

Oct. 09, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he repeatedly punched during a violent arrest caught on video in 2022 will be serving time in a federal prisons medical facility. U.S. District Judge Susan O....