CONWAY, Ark. (UCA) - Fish-writer and University of Central Arkansas writing professor Mark Spitzer is driving around Arkansas with a 12-foot-long alligator gar on top of his car to promote his new book, Return of the Gar, just out from the University of North Texas Press.

The last stop on his statewide tour will be at Hastings Books and Music in Conway on Saturday, May 9, from 1-3 p.m. Return of the Gar continues the conservationist crusade Spitzer began 13 years ago to de-stigmatize this monstrous-looking prehistoric fish. Alligator gar, the largest member of the gar family, can grow 11 feet long and weigh more than 300 pounds ― and they’re right here in Arkansas.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Believe it or not, Mother's Day is right around the corner, and for some, it will the first of many. That means new tips and gadgets.

Ginger Daril with Verizon stopped by THV11 This Morning to share some high tech ways to help moms take care of their little ones.

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MAUMELLE, Ark. (KTHV) – A Maumelle man has been arrested for attempted murder and arson.

On Saturday, April 11 at 6:22 p.m., the Maumelle police and fire departments were dispatched to a residential fire on Prince Dr. Police reportedly found a woman stabbed in the forearm and her 6-year-old daughter uninjured.

Officers found that there was reason to believe that the man who lived in the home had stabbed his wife and then lit the home on fire. He left the scene before officers arrived.

According to police, the home was a total loss in the fire.

On Wednesday, Daniel Earl Cecil, 43, was arrested in Little Rock and transported to the Maumelle Police Department. He was charged with two counts of Attempted Murder, 1st Degree Domestic Battery, Arson, and Interference with Emergency Communication.