Arkansas’ State government passed two campus related bills today. One bill would allow college campuses to decide whether to allow faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns. The other would change the amounts of the state’s lottery-funded college scholarships. Schools that opt out of the faculty and staff law for concelaed carry would be required…

One of Fayetteville’s oldest running bars is closing for re-modling and will be re-opened under new management. Located at 107 North Block avenue, Maxine’s Tap Room will soon be run by local business owners Rebekah and Matt Champagne, Ben Gitchel and Hannah Withers. The group signed for the lease last Friday and the bar will…

Florida running back Alex Collins announced Monday night that he will be playing football next year at the University of Arkansas. Collins is a top 150 player in the 2013 football class no matter what recruiting site you look at. Collins brings great speed and size to an Arkansas offense that needed depth at the…

The search for a former ex-Los Angeles police officer who is accused of killing three people has stretched all the way to the Las Vegas area, where he has a home. Clark County property records show Christopher Dorner owns a home about nine miles southeast of the Las Vegas strip. Las Vegas police recieved information…

Governor Mike Beebe says he will sign into a law legislation that would ban coverage of most abortions in a health insurance exchange. The Senate, on a 25 to 9 vote today, gave final approval to a bill that would ban abortion coverage. Beebe said after the vote that he believes the measure restates existing…

The deadline for University of Arkansas students to apply for a journalism scholarship is fast approaching. It is just a general journalism scholarship for anyone in a journalism major and there is no specific gpa needed. To pick up application forms, you can visit the journalism office in Kimpel 116, or visit journalism.uark.edu Application materials…