A Louisiana sheriff says Mitchell Guist, a cast member of the reality TV show "Swamp People," has died.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, Mr. President. After nearly single-handedly pushing gay marriage to the forefront of the presidential campaign and inadvertently pressuring President Barack Obama to declare his support for same-sex unions, there was only one thing left for Vice President Joe Biden to do: ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House. Obama's announcement, after refusing to take a clear ...

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has announced the settlement of two cases involving the pharmaceutical company Abbot Laboratories.

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich all but conceded Wednesday that his White House campaign is over. He said he expects Mitt Romney will be the nominee and called on the party to unite behind the former Massachusetts governor. "You have to at some point be honest ...

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Eager to move on from the Bobby Petrino scandal, Arkansas announced Monday that popular former assistant John L. Smith will return as head coach of the Razorbacks next season....

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Levon Helm, The Band's commanding drummer and singer, whose solid beat and Arkansas twang helped define classics from the tragic "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" to the playful "Up on Cripple Creek," died Thursday. He was 71. Helm, who was found to have throat ca...

Slideshow: Dick Clark Remembered   LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and tireless entrepreneur who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," and later produce...

HOPE (AP) - Cattle ranchers in southwest Arkansas are being warned to watch out for rustlers.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long says the affair that cost Bobby Petrino his job lasted for "a period of several months" before the coach recommended hiring his mistress. The detail is disclosed in the letter that Long sent to Petrino on Tuesday to tell him he had bee...