LITTLE ROCK Nick and Gina Redford of Mabelvale are caught in the middle. Her salary is too high to qualify for public assistance but does not cover the bills associated with his liver disease and the rising cost of gasoline and food.

LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance (AHRA) announced that approximately 149,700 citizens served by the Arkansas Foodbank Network in central and southern Arkansas receive emergency food assistance each year. Funded by the Alliance, the Arkansas Food Bank report was a sub-set of a national study released in February ...