Proposal for courts puts kink in budget
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to recommend a $3 million transfer from the Tobacco Settlement Commission fund to pay for drug courts, but then declined to let the proposal out of committee over concerns ...
View ArticleMurder-Suicide in Calhoun County
Coroner Johnnie Davis says Rhonda Tacker went to her ex-husband's house on Calhoun Highway 182 in Hampton around midnight Friday night, upset by something he'd put on ...
View ArticleA Teen's Take On the Topic and Teen Pregnancy
"A lot of times teens aren't spoken to as adults, they're spoken to as children. We should be able to talk about it openly," she said, with a "Sex Ed" button fastened ...
View ArticleSilver Alert for 67 Year Old Johnny Williams
Silver Alert Name: Johnny Williams; (B/M,02/21/44) Last Known Address: 5714 Greenwood Acres Blvd. Little Rock, AR. Description: 5-06, 230lbs. Vehicle Description: None, subject usually rides ...
View ArticleNow-vanished Bryant vendor faces charges in theft from city
The Saline County prosecuting attorney's office issued a warrant Thursday for the arrest of a vendor accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from the city of ...
View Article23 indicted in federal prescription-drug case
Federal authorities unsealed a 65-count indictment Friday afternoon that linked 23 Arkansans to a prescription-drug conspiracy based out of the Little Rock ...
View ArticleRatings of schools statewide go online
A system in which Arkansas' public schools are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 on the basis of overall student achievement is now in place, and the ratings are posted for parents to check as they ...
View ArticleArea duo makes supercomputer
Ryan McGeeney Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/RYAN MCGEENEY --01-17-2012-- Jimmy Smith, left, a computer information systems instructor with the Northwest Technical Institute, and student Chris Smith (no ...
View ArticleHispanics Have Yet To Make Inroads In Arkansas Politics
Despite rapidly growing numbers, Hispanics are largely absent from government offices in Arkansas, a situation some are working to ...
View ArticleLitter Program Seeks Volunteers
Sylvia Camacho-Green, community outreach manager for the Property Owners Association, needs volunteers to help pick up litter along U.S. ...
View ArticleMan Repeatedly Punched Girlfriend
SANTAQUIN, Utah - A Utah man who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store chain's contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got ...
View ArticleWomen Learn To Fight Back
Justin Wedgworth Lynette McClelland of Springdale fights to get away from an attacker Thursday during the self-defense class hosted by the Bentonville Police Department. Nearly 30 women joined ...
View ArticleUSA Metal Attorney Sends Email To Lowell Officials
An attorney for USA Metal Recycling has written an email asking a City Council member not to forward an anonymous email that contained allegations about the ...
View ArticleSeminar offers tips for qualifying exam
If time is running short during the Advanced Placement exam and a student still must finish the final essay, he should at least paraphrase, advised a teacher who spent part of her summer scoring ...
View ArticleArea transit system on edge
Jason Ivester Credit: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER --01/20/12-- An Ozark Regional Transit bus stops in front of the Harps store in the Fiesta Square shopping ...
View ArticleThird High School Could Be Decade Away
Elementary school students could be attending a third high school next decade. Administrators estimate student enrollment will not force the school district to open another high school until about ...
View ArticleCollege Gets Look At Community Perception
Justin Wedgworth Randy Lawson, a NorthWest Arkansas Community College trustee, looks over a map of the student center's bookstore and food court area during a presentation about proposed ...
View ArticleQuorum Court To Examine Transit Tax
Samantha Baker Eil Keffer, lead technician for Ozark Regional Transit, works Thursday on fixing a bus wiring issue causing a rear power window to not operate correctly at the authority's ...
View ArticleState, Federal Prosecutions Possible
A Fayetteville man arrested on charges of possession of child pornography will face a judge in a state court, according to law enforcement officials who had to decide whether to pursue federal or ...
View ArticleGOP victory in S.C. goes to Gingrich
Credit: AP Newt Gingrich prepares to walk off stage Saturday with his granddaughter Maggie Cushman after his speech to supporters in Columbia, S.C., following his victory in the South Carolina ...
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