May 23, 2017 Arkansas man charged in slaying of 2 adults, 2 children A 37-year-old man has been charged with four counts of capital murder in the deaths of two adults and two children in western Arkansas.
May 1, 2017 Body of missing Arkansas boy, 9, found in woods; suspect in custody A missing 9-year-old boy has been found dead in western Arkansas, authorities said Saturday. His 2-year-old sister was found dead Friday.
May 1, 2017 Second of 2 missing Arkansas children dead, suspect held The second of two missing children has been found dead in western Arkansas.
April 30, 2017 9 killed by storms and flooding in South and Midwest At least nine people have been killed by tornadoes or flooding in the South and Midwest by a storm that also dumped a rare late-season blizzard in western Kansas on Sunday.
April 29, 2017 Arkansas boy, 9, missing after mother and baby sister found dead in woods Search teams in western Arkansas were scouring Saturday for any sign of a 9-year-old boy missing for nearly a week -- as investigators found the bodies of at least three relatives killed, including his mother and baby sister.
April 29, 2017 Writhing and gasping: AP reporters view problem executions The sedative midazolam is supposed to prevent condemned prisoners from suffering while they die, but opponents say several problematic executions involving the drug are evidence that it does not work consistently.
April 29, 2017 Arkansas will face challenges replenishing execution supply Experts say Arkansas will have a harder time getting more lethal injection drugs after an unprecedented court challenge by a drug distributor and possible complications during at least one of the four executions the state carried out this month.
April 29, 2017 2nd relative of missing Arkansas children is found dead Arkansas authorities say the great-uncle of two missing children has been found dead in his home not far from where the body of the children's mother was found in a creek earlier this week.
April 28, 2017 Arkansas gov rejects call for probe after inmate convulses during execution The fourth death row inmate executed in Arkansas in eight days lurched and convulsed before he died, witnesses said, prompting critics and the man's legal team to demand an investigation Friday, which the state's governor rejected.
April 28, 2017 The Latest: ACLU: Did Arkansas torture death row inmate? The Latest on the final execution in Arkansas before the state's supply of a lethal injection drug expires at the end of the month (all times local): 6:25 a.m.