Varner is described as the most secure unit in the Arkansas prison system and is where death row inmates are held.

The former Arkansas police chief who escaped prison on Sunday may have an "edge" compared to other escapees due to his past in law enforcement, experts say. Former Gateway Police Department Chief ...

Former Gateway Police Department Chief Grant Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit, a medium-security prison, Sunday afternoon in Calico Rock, according to the Arkansas Department of ...

Hardin, originally from Garfield, Arkansas, was hired as police chief in the small town of Gateway in 2016. He resigned just months after taking the position. Grant Hardin, dubbed the “Devil in ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — After more than 40 years working throughout Northwest Arkansas’ law enforcement agencies, Former Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder has many memories of his ...

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — The manhunt continues in Izard County for escapee Grant Hardin, a convicted rapist and murderer who walked out of the North Central Unit prison wearing what officials say appeared ...

The town where Arkansas prison escapee and convicted murderer Grant Hardin once served as police chief remains on edge, according to its mayor who is also the sister of Hardin's victim.

BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — Editor's Note: On June 6, almost two weeks after escaping from the North Central Unit near Calico Rock, Grant Hardin was taken into custody by officials just a ...