Arkansas

A 7-year-old Arkansas girl celebrating her birthday on a trip to the state's Crater of Diamonds State Park took home a big present after she found a nearly 3-carat diamond.

Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, was arrested along with his wife, his mother and his mother’s boyfriend.

Jeremy Tillman, 45, tragically passed away while helping his son move into an Arkansas college dormitory. He collapsed, and despite attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

It was possibly the cheesiest highway shutdown in history. 

Authorities said Layton Boyster had gone underwater but did not resurface. His body was found later that evening.

A monster storm system has torn through the South and Midwest spawning tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted as people raced for shelter.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monument near the state Capitol.

Park rangers said it's the largest diamond found at the park this year and the largest since last September.

Five people died when a small airplane crashed near a Little Rock factory on Wednesday shortly after taking off, authorities said.

An Arkansas teenager drove miles to find the owner of a lost wallet. Little did he know the road would lead to a beautiful beginning.

If convicted, each deputy faces up to 10 years in prison.

“The sheriff reported that the man had wanted to break into the tabernacle, but looked up at the statue of Mary and decided he couldn't do that to her."

The dog, a 3-year-old Siberian Husky, was subsequently euthanized in accordance with state law, according to reports.

Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected Arkansas governor on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to lead the state and the highest profile Trump administration official in elected office.

The fight happened in a parking garage after a college football game, and the executive was said to have also punched through the car's back windshield.

The boy was playing near the retention pond during heavy rain and fell in, getting pulled into the storm drain due to the fast current.

The video shows one Arkansas police officer punching the suspect with a clenched fist, while another can be seen hitting the man with his knee and a third holds him against the pavement.

Prosecutors were seeking a maximum sentence for Duggar, whose large family was the focus of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" reality show.