Deadly force was justified
A state trooper was justified in using deadly force when he shot and killed a man who fled from a traffic stop on U.S. 71 on Saturday night, Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney Marc McCune said ...
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Plotter admits his role in ring A man who stashed cocaine in the seats of an Arkansas State Police patrol car while peddling drugs for a multistate narcotics ring pleaded guilty in federal court ...
View ArticlePlotter admits his role in ring
A man who stashed cocaine in the seats of an Arkansas State Police patrol car while peddling drugs for a multistate narcotics ring pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to being part of the ...
View ArticleCrews suspend search for teenager who fell from I-430 river bridge
After more than four hours, rescue crews called off their search Wednesday for the body of a 13-year-old boy who fell from the Interstate 430 bridge over the Arkansas ...
View ArticleASU’s Convocation Center to host state’s annual Mission of Mercy...
Dentists and hygienists from across the state will volunteer their time Friday and Saturday in Jonesboro to provide free dental care to thousands of ...
View ArticleRoads are key, say three
MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities say they've found the bodies of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are at least 50 years ...
View ArticleHawaii trip out for band; funds missing
Southside High School band directors are shelving plans for 276 students and chaperones to travel to Hawaii to perform in June, after they said a travel agent absconded with $267,500 in ...
View ArticleRobbery plan known by mother
A Fort Smith man told a Sequoyah County District Court jury Wednesday that Heather Jones knew two men intended to rob an Oklahoma man when she drove them to his home in February ...
View ArticleArkansas Court of Appeals
The Arkansas Court of Appeals released opinions Wednesday. The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam ...
View ArticleArts School Focuses On Test Scores
A foreign language option for kindergarten through eighth-grade students will be replaced next year at Benton County School of the Arts with more academic backup for ...
View ArticleAstronomy Day Planned At Hobbs
Members of Sugar Creek Astronomical Society and the Northwest Arkansas Stargazers National will host Astronomy Day 2012 at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area on ...
View ArticleNative America Celebration Set
The Native American Advocacy Project will host a Native America Day from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 5 at NorthWest Arkansas Community College's Student Center in room ...
View ArticleSales Tax Revenue Increases
Sales tax revenue continues to improve compared with last year, according to figures released Tuesday from the Arkansas Department of Finance and ...
View ArticleOfficials See Benefits Of Growth
ASPEN, Colo. - Federal forest officials want visitors of a Colorado hot springs to be very careful about what's lurking inside a remote cabin nearby: Frozen ...
View ArticleDavis Gets 31 Years In Prison
MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities say they've found the bodies of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are at least 50 years ...
View ArticleSenate OKs bill to slow postal losses
The U.S. Senate passed legislation Wednesday designed to stanch the flow of financial losses at the Postal Service, and at the same time to scale back an aggressive set of proposed service cutbacks ...
View ArticleCity To Install Stoplight
Results of a city traffic study conducted Monday, March 12, Tuesday, March 13, and Wednesday, March 14, identified the following number of walkers, runners and cyclists on the Scull Creek Trail ...
View ArticleSix Plead Guilty To Drug Conspiracy
Six people pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in connection with laundering drug money through two Springdale businesses that also employed illegal ...
View Article$6K Missing from Benton City-Run Concession Stand
The Benton parks director and his assistant are on paid leave while police investigate mismanaged funds at a Tyndall Park concession stand.The city attorney says the parks department was running the ...
View ArticlePolice Lure Man Down from Top of UA Parking Garage
A man who climbed to the top of the Garland Avenue parking garage at the University of Arkansas came down overnight.UAPD says the man gave in to negotiators around 12:07 a.m. Thursday ...
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