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Advertise Subscriber Help ADG Staff List FAQ Contact Us iPad Covers Our Core Values ADG Store Promotions Special Pubs Best of the Best Wedding Show Pops on the River Job Fair Reader Rewards All Arkansas Preps Open user options menu Manage Subscription Sign Out Sign In Subscribe Today’s Paper Home LEARNS News Sports Politics Business Opinion Lifestyle Podcasts Obits Newsletters Games Advertisement Advertisement Subscriber Exclusive UAPB chancellor Alexander leaving for university in Michigan Laurence B. Alexander, who has been chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for more than a decade, is leaving to lead a university in Michigan. by Ryan Anderson May 13, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive ESG Oversight Committee keeps 2 more financial service providers on list of those that discriminate against fossil fuel, energy companies Arkansas’ ESG Oversight Committee voted Monday to keep the financial service providers TD Bank Group and TD Securities on the committee’s list of such firms th… by Michael R. Wickline May 13, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive To bolster nursing staffs, Arkansas schools are receiving $20.4 million in federal grant funds The Arkansas Department of Commerce announced on Monday it was awarding $20.4 million in federal grant funds to boost the state’s nursing pipeline at its two- … by Neal Earley May 13, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive State Supreme Court removes Pulaski County Circuit Court judge from guns-in-courthouse case The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday removed Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chip Welch from a case regarding lawyers carrying guns into state and local courthous… by Bill Bowden May 13, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive Testimony in civil trial over Little Rock restaurant’s response to covid-19 fight to begin Tuesday Opening statements and testimony are set to begin Tuesday morning in a lawsuit filed by a Little Rock couple against a local restaurant in connection with a Ju… by Dale Ellis May 13, 2024 Arkansas News Hot Springs Convention Center back on power grid HOT SPRINGSHot Springs Convention Center is back on the local power grid more than a month after severe weather damaged the building’s electrical system. by James Leigh May 14, 2024 Other days 100 years ago by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette May 14, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive Little Rock Animal Village celebrates animal relocation milestone After sending animals to Humane Indiana in Munster, Ind., and the Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan in St. Josephs, Mich., on Monday morning, the Little … by Amir Mahmoud May 14, 2024 Sports Free swinging: White tweaks mechanics, heats up for Hogs FAYETTEVILLEThe University of Arkansas baseball team’s batting average leader in SEC play probably comes as a surprise. by Bob Holt May 14, 2024 Red Wolves outperform Hogs in first round of regional The No. 8 University of Arkansas men’s golf team has a load of making up to do for the next 36 holes at the NCAA Austin Regional after a disastrous start on Mo… by Tom Murphy , Mike Harley May 14, 2024 Celtics beat ailing, resilient Cavaliers CLEVELANDEven when it’s supposed to be somewhat easy, the Boston Celtics have a weird way of making things hard. by TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer May 14, 2024 Features Subscriber Exclusive ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: New exhibit honors novelist Charles Portis, who grew up in Hamburg This southeast Arkansas town celebrated a renowned author with local roots during this month’s World Famous Armadillo Festival. by Jack Schnedler May 13, 2024 Turnpike Troubadours to play First Security Amphitheater on LR’s riverfront in August Turnpike Troubadours perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Little Rock’s First Security Amphitheater, on the riverfront behind the River Market’s Ottenhei… by Eric E. Harrison May 13, 2024 ‘Disney Jr. Live On Tour: Let’s Play’ tour sets Dec. 1 stop at North Little Rock arena Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and characters from other Disney Jr. series, including "Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends" and "SuperKitties," will drop by North L… by Eric E. Harrison May 13, 2024 Business Subscriber Exclusive North Little Rock mayor: Hilton hotel planned for Argenta district North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick says Hilton Hotels plans to open a property at the site of the former Greyhound bus station in the city’s Argenta neighb… by Aaron Gettinger May 13, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive Electric transmission corridor in Arkansas in consideration for redevelopment funding An electric transmission corridor that runs east from Oklahoma and north of Fort Smith before branching into Central and northeast Arkansasone of 10 such c… by Aaron Gettinger May 13, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive New cold storage facility coming to Conway: $42 million investment, 40 jobs Construction will begin soon on a 134,030-square-foot cold storage facility on 38 acres of the East Conway Guy Murphy Industrial Park, with subzero temperature… by Aaron Gettinger May 13, 2024 Opinion Subscriber Exclusive EDITORIAL: Field of Dreams The Arkansas Travelers have been a mainstay for central Arkansas sports fans for well more than a century. May 14, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive OPINION | PHILIP MARTIN: To the class of 2024 It looks like a lot of members of the class of 2024 will be denied commencement pomp and foolery. I don’t see much wrong with that. So you miss the opportunity… by Philip Martin May 14, 2024 Subscriber Exclusive EDITORIAL: Going home early Last week, the Ledge adjourned its fiscal session. Great. It can do less harm from home. The problem is that lawmakers didn’t get the one thing done that they’… May 14, 2024 Nation/World Louisiana abortion bill recategorizes two pills Louisiana could become the first state in the country to categorize mifepristone and misoprostolthe drugs used to induce an abortionas controlled dange… by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux The Washington Post May 14, 2024 Cohen ties Trump to payoffs NEW YORKDonald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his for… by MICHAEL R. SISAK, JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ The Associated Press May 14, 2024 2nd Menendez trial begins in N.Y. NEW YORKSen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat, went on trial in Manhattan federal court Monday, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence t… by LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press May 14, 2024 Featured Galleries Daily Photos 05.14.2024 Leading a university: Laurence B. 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