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Police are investigating as a possible suicide the death of a man whose body was found hanging from a tree in Helena-West Helena on Wednesday, according to a news release from Helena-West Helena police.

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Arkansas' fetal mortality rate in 2024 narrowly improved from the previous year, although the state still ranked among the 10 worst in the nation, a report released Wednesday from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed.

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A Cleburne County circuit judge wrote in a letter to attorneys on Tuesday that she is inclined to remand the case of a former head football coach at Quitman High School back to the Arkansas State Board of Education so it can rehear the case and render a decision "with adjudicators that are free of the unlawful taint of ex-parte communications."

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Propelled by stock market gains, the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System's investment portfolio increased by about $496 million in value during the quarter that ended Sept. 30, a system official reported Wednesday.

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A man facing misdemeanor charges as a result of an incident involving former Arkansas lawmaker William "Bill" Walker Jr. had one offense dropped and two others conditionally approved to be dismissed in early January on Wednesday.

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