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Arkansas School Board Member Will Wear Purple If Gay People Commit Suicide

An Arkansas school board member posted a message on his Facebook page implying that he wants gay people to commit suicide. To be more specific, this is what Clint McCance, who serves on the school board in the Midland school district in Arkansas, ...The Arkansas Department of Education quickly condemned Clint McCance's remarks.

Ontario to ban smoking in cars

It looks like Canadians are on the bandwagon with several states in the U.S. in the war against smoking. Authorities in Ontario are moving to ban smoking in cars when children are present. Offenders will be fined $247 if caught in the act of ...

Toddlers lose the right to marry in Arkansas

Return the rings and cancel the caterers. As of Wednesday, toddlers living in the state of Arkansas are no longer allowed to marry. A state law that allowed anyone of age to marry as long as they had parental consent has been repealed. It's not that ...

10-year-old's bus stealing 'prank'

When school officials in Dumas, Arkansas spotted lights coming from the school bus yard around 11 pm, they figured they had a bus thief on their hands. They were right and ultimately officers from three counties, four towns and the Arkansas State ...

Fiftieth anniversary of the Little Rock Nine

Fifty years ago, nine very brave children went to school. What made those nine different from every other student at Little Rock Central High was a minor physical characteristic -- the color of their skin. In the wake of a Supreme Court decision ...

Babies can legally wed in Arkansas

When I tell people that my entire extended family hails from Arkansas, they usually have a hillbilly joke or two to share with me. I'll laugh if the joke is funny, but in truth, I think the good people of Arkansas get a bad rap. They may be country, ...

Study: Rural kids more likely to be obese

Another study about overweight kids. This one says that children living in rural areas are 25 percent more likely than city kids to be overweight or obese. Researchers at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford reached this conclusion ...

Exclusive: Michelle Duggar is pregnant!

I recently wrote about a rumor going around online that Michelle Duggar, of the "Duggar Family" fame, is pregnant. For those of you who aren't up to date on the happenings on TLC, the Duggars are a family that lives in Arkansas and has 16 children. ...

City helps kids spot housing code violations

Fayetteville, AR has devised a plan to score free labor from local kids. Through a book called "Fayetteville's Dirty Dozen," they're teaching children how to spot building and property code violations. The hope is that these kids will go home and ...

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