Stocks are trading in a narrow range Thursday after a fresh batch of economic reports showed the economy continues to slowly regain its strength.

USA Drug of Pine Bluff announced Wednesday that it was selling its 17 Memphis area Super-D and Ike’s stores to Walgreens of Deerfield, Ill., for an undisclosed amount.

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says he is joining a probe that’s exploring whether FedEx has properly classified its drivers as independent contractors.

St. Vincent Health System and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville on Thursday opened their latest in-store health clinic, The Clinic at Wal-mart, at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Maumelle.

Cinemark Holdings Inc. says it will open a 12-screen movie theater at the Conway Town Centre in Conway.

Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the third straight week as the Federal Reserve prepares to end a program that has kept rates at or near record lows.

Home sales in Arkansas fell 1.3 percent in January, according to a report from the Arkansas Realtors Association.

The students won a $20,000 investment in their proposed company, InnerVision, and $20,000 in legal fees. Carol Reeves, associate professor of management, was mentor for the team.

NanoMech, a designer and manufacturer of application-specific nanoparticle additives, coatings and coating deposition systems based in Springdale, has named Keith Blakely as its new chief executive officer.

Two men charged in the murder of a father and his 1-year old daughter both enter not guilty pleas in court. The attorney for one of the men speaks only…

A fatal dispute has left the popular chain divided into two factions. The chain, which once had international ambitions, remains confined to the Southland. Everyone loves Zankou Chicken.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca argued with a Republican congressman from Indiana during a hearing Wednesday when the lawmaker questioned his relationship with an Islamic nonprofit group.

Man hit drugstore near 83rd and Glendale avenues.

A Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed and abandoned Monday in Yavapai County led authorities to solve a 3-year-old theft that happened some 100 miles away in Phoenix, authorities said.

Willie D. Stevens overturned his car in a Buckeye canal last summer, killing one passenger.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that his next ”crime-suppression operation” would start Thursday afternoon but offered no details about the scope or target of the sweep.

Police: Victim hit on no-crossing section of road.

Reptiles and fish at Tropical Treasures were unharmed during a fire at the Phoenix store on Thursday morning.

A man who authorities say attempted to cross the Verde River to reach Verde Hot Springs on Wednesday was swept away and drowned.

Toyota owner told authorities that’s what caused him to drive into a light pole, officials said.

Two golfers alerted police after discovering the remains near the 18th tee of South Golf Course.

The U.S. Attorney announced Thursday that a Phoenix real estate agent has pleaded guilty for her role in a fraud scheme.

Pilot who crashed an experimental airplane in the Arizona desert had two previous accidents.

LAKE HAVASU CITY - Mohave County authorities arrested five Phoenix area female minors and a female minor from Washington State for illegally drinking alcohol at Lake Havasu Wednesday.

Measure would allow faculty to carry a gun.

FARGO, N.D. - Before this flood season, officials in Fargo asked homeowners to clear paths in their yards so that firm and straight walls of sandbags could be placed to protect their homes. One resident cut down his tree. Another went so far to use a torch to melt the ice off his ground.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - With the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers surrounding Fort Snelling State Park on the rise, officials are warning that they may need to close the park.

Hudson, Wis., man hit by truck dies - A man with a bicycle was killed Wednesday morning in Hudson, Wis., after he was hit by a truck. More St. Paul moves to protect island park from river - The flood barriers are going up on Harriet Island in St. Paul as the city prepares for the Mississippi River to rise to one of its highest levels on record.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The flood barriers are going up on Harriet Island in St. Paul as the city prepares for the Mississippi River to rise to one of its highest levels on record.

Justin Busch watched quietly Thursday morning as a four-man crew worked with a tall crane to dismantle a bulbous, stainless-steel sculpture. “Muscle” had stood on the sidewalk where 4th and Broadway streets meet, across from the farmer’s market, for the past six years.