Martin Killing A Dubious Hate Crime, Experts Say
President Barack Obama’s administration is considering a federal hate crime charge against George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, but the case lacks the racial animus that was...
View ArticleWorkers’ comp site to close in 2014
The state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission will close its Fort Smith satellite office by July 1, 2014, and keep its Springdale office open, the three-member commission decided Tuesday.
View ArticleEscapee on run from police dies in car crash
A man who escaped from the Jackson County jail in Newport died Tuesday afternoon near Mountain View, Mo., when his car crashed into a tree and caught on fire during a pursuit by officers, authorities...
View ArticleCurry bows out of race for lieutenant governor
Little Rock School Board member Dianne Curry said Tuesday that she’s dropping her bid for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in order to unite the party behind state Highway Commissioner...
View ArticleBridge inspection to shut I-40 lanes
Routine bridge inspections on Interstate 40 will require overnight lane closures today and Thursday, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department said.
View ArticleBank reports case of counterfeit cash
Deputies are investigating reports of counterfeit money in Baxter County after officials at a Mountain Home bank found three fake $20 bills passed as deposits, Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery said.
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Body in Las Vegas a Little Rock child Authorities identified the body of a 3-month-old boy who died Sunday in a Las Vegas home as a Little Rock child, a spokesman for the Clark County, Nev., coroner’s...
View ArticleMeetings to cover insurance options
State insurance officials will be holding town hall meetings in every county, starting this week, on the insurance options that will be available under the 2010 federal health-care overhaul.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think we need to direct the agitation toward the systemic problem of racial profiling rather than focusing on this particular case, which is not necessarily the best example of...
View ArticleBoy, 17, jailed in El Dorado killing
El Dorado police have arrested a teenage boy in the July 13 shooting death of a 27-year-old man.
View ArticleHighway work crews find body under overpass
Arkansas State Police are investigating a death Tuesday after highway crews found a body underneath an overpass in Saline County, a department spokesman said.
View ArticleRECORDS: July 31st
Arrests Springdale • Joseph Edwards, 37, of 1379 Castle View Drive was being held Tuesday in the Washington County Detention Center in connection with felony first-degree terroristic threatening and...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: July 31st
Today 9 a.m. Fayetteville Planning Commission Technical Plat Review — Room 326, City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain St.
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Generals’ duel set for re-enactment A re-enactment of a pistol duel between two Confederate brigadier generals highlights events scheduled for August by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial...
View ArticleNo objectors as input ends on Osceola steel-mill permit
The draft environmental permit for the proposed $1.1 billion Big River Steel mill to be built on the outskirts of this northeast Arkansas city met with no opposition during a public hearing Tuesday...
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Indian Creek is one of the most scenic, but also most treacherous sites in the Buffalo National River park.” Glenn Wheeler, an organizer and trainer with Newton County Search and...
View ArticleU.S. told to supply details in bid to seize assets
A federal judge threatened Friday to dismiss the federal government’s efforts to take about $8 million, two houses, several vehicles and one business from Little Rock businessman Stephen Parks and his...
View ArticleRECORDS: August 1st
Arrests Benton County Sheriff’s Office • Jeremy Scott Pennington, 31, of 4800 Springer Blvd. in Little Rock was arrested Wednesday in connection with two counts of breaking or entering, two counts...
View ArticlePUBLIC MEETINGS: August 1st
Today 9 a.m. Fayetteville Planning Commission Subdivision Committee — Room 326, City Administration Building, 113 W. Mountain St.
View ArticleMercy NWA Hiring New President
Scott Street is changing roles within the Mercy Health System.
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