A tourniquet was used to control bleeding, and the owner was taken to the hospital. Franklin County Sheriff Steven Pelton ...

The burning question of whether there's a source of water for the proposed state prison in Franklin County may soon be ...

The lawsuit followed an eventful week for the 44-year-old mayor, who was arrested on tax charges on June 25 and has been ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections unanimously approved $50,000 for water drilling at the Franklin County prison site.

Despite decades of evidence that these wells won't work, none of the three backup plans mentioned by corrections officials ...

TODAY THE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MET TO DISCUSS WATER TESTING AND WATER SOURCE FOR THE FRANKLIN COUNTY PRISON. >> THE COMMITTEE ...

The mayor of Helena-West Helena was removed from office less than a week after he was arrested for failing to pay or file ...

A teenager has died in an ATV crash in Franklin County that left two others injured last week, according to a crash report.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark. — After months of talk regarding the construction of a prison in Franklin County, we now have an idea of how much the project is expected to cost. The Arkansas Department ...

Franklin County anti-prison group claims ‘significant victory’ as Arkansas lawmakers fail to approve funding for new 3,000-bed facility Franklin County groups, individuals take different tacks ...

The proposed facility in Franklin County would be built on an 815-acre site purchased by the state late last year and would add 3,000 beds to Arkansas' prison system, if completed.

The Board of Corrections unanimously authorized up to $50,000 for the exploration of water sources for the 815-acre Franklin ...