(NewsNation) — New details have emerged about convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin‘s escape from an Arkansas prison, including his use of Sharpies and a Bible cover. The former police chief ...

Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old inmate and former police chief, is on the run after escaping the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on Sunday, May 25, according to the Arkansas Department of ...

The search for Grant Hardin, 56, sparked urgent warnings from local law enforcement, put residents of a small northwest Arkansas town on edge, and reignited feelings of hurt and pain that the ...

Convicted murderer Grant Hardin, nicknamed 'Devil in the Ozarks,' captured 1.5 miles from prison after escaping on May 25, ending a weeks-long manhunt by multiple agencies ...

Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old inmate and former police chief, is on the run after escaping the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on Sunday, May 25, according to the Arkansas Department of ...

Staff errors, complacency led to Grant Hardin’s escape from prison, officials say July 10, 2025 by Brett Barrouquere | Updated July 11, 2025 at 9:42 a.m.

Hardin was arrested in February 2017 after James Appleton, a 59-year-old city employee for the Gateway, Arkansas, water department, was shot and killed in his white Chevy truck.