Arkansas State Police said the police presence in Fort Smith Friday night was not related to the search for Grant Hardin.They said the it was part of a planned operation with no specific target, but the exact details were not provided.

The crimes of Grant Hardin, a former police chief turned prison escapee, were the subject of a 2023 documentary. Here's how to watch it.

Communications director for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Rand Champion, joins NewsNation to discuss the manhunt for escapee Grant Hardin. Hardin, who was serving time for rape and murder. He escaped by disguising himself as a prison guard,

Possible sightings have been reported out of Faulkner County, Arkansas, and Howell County, Missouri. CALICO ROCK, Ark. — Law enforcement agencies have begun reporting possible sightings of escaped Arkansas prisoner Grant Hardin as the manhunt now enters its fifth day.

It’s been two days since convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin escaped from prison, and in Gateway, Arkansas, the news has reopened deep wounds — especially for Cheryl Tillman, the sister of James Appleton, the man Hardin killed in 2017.

Records that document Grant Hardin's time training at the Fayetteville Police Department say he had not improved in "control of conflict" skills.

As the search for escaped prisoner Grant Hardin enters a fifth day, authorities pursuing the convicted murderer and rapist in northern Arkansas face various challenges from the landscape that could give Hardin an advantage in eluding capture.

It took barely more than 24 hours for the FBI to double its reward for information leading to the capture of an escaped Arkansas prison inmate.