Chris Counts

4 days ago | kark.com | Chris Counts

by: Chris Counts Posted: May 11, 2025 / 09:16 AM CDT Updated: May 11, 2025 / 09:16 AM CDT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – One of the bigger issues over this last legislative session was addressing Arkansas’s maternal healthcare crisis.

5 days ago | kark.com | Chris Counts

LONOKE COUNTY, Ark. – Lonoke County authorities arrested a man Friday evening for public sexual indecency at a popular fishing spot. According to a Facebook post from the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a man who was fully nude dancing next to his truck at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. Witnesses said the man was touching himself inappropriately in full view of families and others fishing at Lake Pickthorne.

1 week ago | fox16.com | Chris Counts

CAVE CITY, Ark. – For some communities that were directly hit by strong storms in March the rebuilding process is taking longer than they hoped. The first federal aid request sent by the office of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was denied by the federal government. Now they are waiting for a response to their appeal, which was sent in April. Sam Manuel, pastor of Soul’s Harbor Pentecostal Church in Cave City, says his church was brought to its foundation after an EF3 tornado ripped through the city.

1 week ago | kark.com | Chris Counts

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Miss Diamond Lake Tori-Beth Poland is competing in the upcoming 2025 Miss Arkansas Pageant. Poland joined KARK 4 News at 4 to speak about competing in Miss Arkansas this year. She is a Central Arkansas American Heart Association survivor, and her community service initiative is 3D-YOU: Disabilities Don’t Define YOU!She spoke about her talent that will be on display on the big night, lyrical dance to the sound of Whitney Houston, and spoke of her pet squirrel.

1 week ago | myarklamiss.com | Brandon Ringo |Chris Counts

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – In recent years, May 4 has become celebrated internationally as “Star Wars Day” as a nod to the quote “May the force be with you” from the influential 1977 film “Star Wars.” Since the franchise was acquired by Disney, several new movies and TV shows have been released with some featuring actors and actresses with ties to the Natural State.