Multiple officials with the Arkansas Department of Corrections and Board of Corrections are set to speak next week at a ...

The meeting will include discussion of the investigation into Hardin's escape and a review of the Arkansas Department of ...

Grant Hardin, known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," made his first court appearance through a video call on June 17, according to court records.

Several state prison officials will testify before an Arkansas Legislative Council subcommittee next week concerning the ...

A former police chief serving 50 years in prison for rape and murder pleaded innocent Tuesday to a charge that he escaped from custody.

Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.

Grant Hardin, 56, walked out of the North Central Unit on May 25 after authorities say he disguised himself in a "makeshift" ...

Though Hardin was thought to have left Arkansas, investigators now believe he never got very far from the prison.

On June 6, 2025, officials with the Stone County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Grant Hardin, who was once the police chief of a small Arkansas town, had been found and taken into custody.

Grant Hardin, former police chief of the small town of Gateway, Arkansas, who was convicted of murder, has been recaptured after his escape from prison on May 25.

Multiple state prison officials are set to testify in front of a legislative subcommittee about the escape of convicted ...

Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.