Division to honor Betty Bumpers with award
Betty Bumpers, the wife of former governor and former U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers, will receive the 2012 Billie Ann Myers Paragon Award for her promotion of volunteerism in the state and for her work ...
View ArticleStar City man gets 4 years in hired-killer plot
A Star City truck driver who agreed to pay someone $500 to kill his girlfriend's husband must serve four years in federal prison, a judge decided ...
View ArticleLawsuit filed on court’s funding
A lawsuit filed against Madison County District Judge Orville Clift is the next step in the debate over how to fund the district court, Huntsville Mayor Kevin Hatfield said ...
View ArticleLottery rules aim to rein in counsel’s hourly fee
Before doing work for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, its outside $200-perhour legal counsel would have to get approval from two of three senior lottery officials or a majority of the lottery ...
View ArticleJacksonville firefighter killing from March has Ohio angle
The man charged in the March 19 slaying of a Jacksonville firefighter is under investigation in a similar vehicular assault in Ohio, Jacksonville police said. Capt. Kenny Boyd said Bryce Allen, 47, ...
View ArticleHigher collections cause for optimism
The state's Administration of Justice Fund took in more money in March than in the same month last year, a cause for cautious optimism among some state ...
View ArticleMore advocates moved to step up for rural children
The death of a 14-monthold boy in Waldron provoked Scott County Judge James Forbes to action, he said. He's on a mission to eliminate child abuse and neglect in the rural county of about ...
View ArticleActivists Bring Acclaimed Anti-Coal Film to Arkansas
Arkansas residents will get a chance this week to see how they can stand up to proposed coal-fired power plants with special screenings in Fayetteville, Little Rock and Hope of the documentary ...
View ArticleHobbs To Host A Boating Education Class
A free Arkansas Game & Fish Commission boating education class will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday at the Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area visitor ...
View ArticleNew Fire Marshal Sees Challenges
Even 14 years as a firefighter and fire investigator didn't quite prepare Marc Trollinger for his first few days as Benton County's new fire ...
View ArticleParents Give To Band
Andy Shupe Wil Church, center, plays a trumpet Friday during practice for the Central Junior High School band in the school's band room in ...
View ArticleCity To Begin Online Outage Reporting
Who To Call Bentonville will switch to a new outage notification system on Monday. Power outages can be reported on the city's website at www.bentonvillear.com anytime or by calling the ...
View ArticleMan Appeals Murder Sentence
A Bentonville man now serving life in prison for his role in the 2006 murder of Daniel Francis is appealing his conviction in federal ...
View ArticleLandlord Reportedly Assaults Man
A Boone County man was placed on state-supervised probation for five years after pleading guilty to forgery charges in connection with using a dead man's ...
View ArticleMarshall Placed On Probation For Forgery
A Boone County man was placed on state-supervised probation for five years after pleading guilty to forgery charges in connection with using a dead man's ...
View ArticleProsecutor Files New FIOA Charges
A Washington County prosecutor filed new charges related to a alleged state Freedom of Information Act violation in West Fork and dropped a misdemeanor charge against the city's ...
View ArticleElkins Given Extra Money
The Elkins School District received a pleasant surprise this week when the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation Division provided another $1.2 million for the ...
View ArticleCounty Hall Meeting Set For Monday
Benton County's elected officials will host another "county hall" meeting Monday during an open house at the new Westside Road Department facility in ...
View ArticleSurvivor Speaks On Abuse
Samantha Baker Shelly Mayhugh sits on a bench Friday at the Children's Advocacy Center in Little Flock. Mayhugh is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and now works as the house mother at ...
View ArticleHow Petrino Helped Alleged Mistress Get Hired
The University of Arkansas is releasing new details about the hiring process that led to Bobby Petrino's 25-year-old mistress receiving an office just down the hallway from his own at the ...
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