Lauren Spencer

3 days ago | thv11.com | Lauren Spencer

ARKANSAS, USA — As the Senate eyes a vote on a sweeping federal budget bill later this week, a new analysis from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families shows the proposed changes could have major consequences for families across the state.

2 weeks ago | thv11.com | Lauren Spencer

GRAVETTE, Ark. — After more than eight decades listed as missing in action (MIA), Private Rodger Dean Andrews has finally returned home. The Gravette native was just 19 years old when he was killed during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. A member of the U.S. Army’s Company C, 37th Engineer Combat Battalion, Andrews was tasked with clearing German defenses on Omaha Beach to make way for Allied troops.

2 weeks ago | 5newsonline.com | Lauren Spencer

GRAVETTE, Ark. — After more than eight decades listed as missing in action (MIA), Private Rodger Dean Andrews has finally returned home. The Gravette native was just 19 years old when he was killed during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. A member of the U.S. Army’s Company C, 37th Engineer Combat Battalion, Andrews was tasked with clearing German defenses on Omaha Beach to make way for Allied troops.

1 month ago | thv11.com | Lauren Spencer

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Arkansas — Just steps from the proposed site of a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County, community members gathered Thursday night to shed light on the hidden costs of prison expansion — and to call for a different path forward. The event, hosted by the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition (AJRC), Gravel and Grit, and the MacArthur Justice Center's National Parole Transformation Project, featured a screening of Calls From Home, a moving short film by director Sylvia Ryerson.

1 month ago | 5newsonline.com | Lauren Spencer

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Arkansas — Just steps from the proposed site of a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County, community members gathered Thursday night to shed light on the hidden costs of prison expansion — and to call for a different path forward. The event, hosted by the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition (AJRC), Gravel and Grit, and the MacArthur Justice Center's National Parole Transformation Project, featured a screening of Calls From Home, a moving short film by director Sylvia Ryerson.