EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussions of domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. An Arkansas lawmaker was arrested over the weekend after punching his wife in the face and repeatedly slamming her head against the ground, investigators said in an affidavit filed […]

Republican state Rep. Austin McCollum was arrested Saturday on domestic battering charges, prompting Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to call for his resignation and House Speaker Brian Evans to strip his leadership positions. McCollum was being held without bond in the Benton County jail on 3rd degree domestic battering charges, an online inmate roster showed. […]