 Here is this hour's news from the Arkansas Now Newsroom. Arkansas State Trooper Austin Duncan received the prestigious Arkansas State Trooper of the Year Award during the Arkansas State Police Foundation's annual award ceremony. Trooper Duncan was honored for his bravery and quick thinking on stopping a suspect vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 630 in Little Rock. Duncan placed his patrol unit in the vehicle's path, preventing a head-on collision with another motorist.