By Jason Wiest Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences officially broke ground Wednesday on a $165 million, 500,000 square-foot hospital expansion.
Pryor recovering after surgery By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - Former U.S. Sen. David Pryor had quadruple bypass heart surgery Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery, his surgeon said.
David Pryor, a two-term Arkansas governor and three-term U.S. senator, had successful quadruple bypass surgery Wednesday after checking himself into a hospital with chest pains this week, doctors said.
It's the classic with a purpose. The Delta Football Classic for Literacy pits the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff against Grambling University . While each team will have its individual fan base together they will share a common goal tackling illiteracy.
To sum it up, doctors at University Arkansas Medical Sciences say so far, so good. According to the doctors former Senator David Pryor quadruple bypass surgery is doing extremely well.
BY LONNY ANDERSON What a turnaround. The South Dakota State University football team recorded its third consecutive win with a 20-7 defeat of Central Arkansas Saturday night, using a ball-hawking defense and some timely offense to captivate a Beef Bowl record crowd of 12,332.
FAYETTEVILLE - A Nashville man accused of the locked room murder of a popular University of Arkansas coed from Hope is to stand trial in circuit court here beginning today.
Surplus hot topic at fall budget hearings By Jason Wiest LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas lawmakers began fall budget hearings Tuesday, knowing they will have a surplus to work with but not knowing how large it will be or who will be governor when budget begins in earnest next year.
Legislator questions legality of UA-Fort Smith By Betsy Turner LITTLE ROCK - An influential state senator is questioning the constitutionality of the transformation of a former Fort Smith community college into a four-year campus of the University of Arkansas.