22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms across multiple states

A series of powerful storms over the Memorial Day weekend caused at least 22 deaths and widespread destruction in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky, with severe weather warnings extending to the East Coast.

Latest: Deadly storms sweep through midwest, southwest
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In parts of the southwest and midwest, severe weather killed at least 21 people. Hundreds were also injured in powerful storms across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky. Here's the latest on those storms.

Storms kill more than a dozen across several states
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At least 15 people are dead after storms that battered parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Saturday night. It's the latest in what's been two months of an extremely active tornado season in the heart of the country. FOX's Kevin Uretsky has the latest.

Man finds 7-carat diamond in Arkansas state park

A man recently found a large diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Pike County, Arkansas. The tourist plans to cut the diamond into two for his daughter and future wife.

Watch: Quick-thinking officer rescues child from partially frozen pond in Arkansas

Body cam footage released by the Jonesboro Police Department showed the officer crawling on top of the ice to reach the child, who was clinging to the edge with his body submerged.

Officer pulls child out of frozen pond
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A quick-thinking police officer is being praised for rescuing a child who fell into a freezing Arkansas pond. Footage from the Jonesboro Police Department shows the officer running through a neighborhood. He then spots the child clinging to the ice with his body submerged. With the help of another officer and firefighters, the child was pulled from the ice and taken to a hospital.

Dog 'badly abused' finally finds forever home after nearly 500 days in shelter

After enduring nearly 500 days in an Arkansas animal shelter, Neo, an abused dog rescued by local police in 2022, has found a loving forever home.

Man discovers 4.87-carat diamond at Arkansas state park

“I thought it might be a piece of glass, it was so clear. I really didn’t know. “We were picking up everything thinking it was a diamond," the man said.

Arkansas military veteran receives world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant

Aaron James, a military veteran received the first-ever whole-eye and partial-face transplant at NYU Langone Health is speaking out about the life-changing surgery.

Inmate charged in decades-old cold case murder, Arkansas authorities say

In a significant development, the Arkansas State Police have charged 48-year-old inmate Rick Allen Headley with first-degree murder in a decades-old cold case.

Arkansas 7-year-old makes 2.95-carat diamond discovery on her birthday at state park

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.

Arkansas woman nearly gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law

An Arkansas woman, Paula Penn of Texarkana, narrowly avoided giving away a winning lottery ticket to her ex-father-in-law, almost missing out on a $75,000 prize from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

Tragedy strikes Arkansas college as father dies while helping son move into dorm

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.