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Mark Middleton, of Central Arkansas’ HVAC company Middleton Heat & Air, has died, according to a post on the company’s social media page. He was 59. “The Middleton family has lost an inspiring and dedicated leader, as well as a…

Wallace W. Fowler Sr., one of Arkansas’ most influential business leaders, has died. Wallace passed away Wednesday, May 4, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, according to Emerson Funeral Home. He was 87. Wallace’s wife of 65 years, Jama, passed…

Grant Tennille, Chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, has released a statement regarding the passing of longtime former State Senator Bobby Glover of Carlisle, who passed away on Wednesday Oct. 27 at the age of 85. Glover served Arkansas…

The Arkansas Hospice Foundation announced Monday that it has received a $50,000 grant from the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation to educate African American communities in rural Arkansas about the benefits of hospice and palliative care. Part of the Hillman…

The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has risen above 200,000 as of Tuesday. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been 200,477 confirmed deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, according to figures provided by Johns Hopkins…

Arkansas has reportedly had its first coronavirus-related death today. The individual was a patient at Conway Regional Medical Center and was a male in his nineties. The Faulkner County Coroner’s Office confirmed to Arkansas Money & Politics  that the man…

Crafton Tull announced today that Lem Tull, the co-founder of the engineering and planning firm, died on Thursday, January 31, at the age of 85. According to the Crafton Tull press release, Tull passed away around 2 a.m. on Thursday…