NC couple sought in theft
Printer friendly page A man and a woman from North Carolina are wanted by the Ashley County ...
View ArticleWalmart Plans Simple Label to Identify Healthier Foods
Walmart is unveiling a simple icon that it says will help consumers make a snap decision about whether a food is healthy, without delving into the nitty-gritty of the nutrition label.The move by the ...
View ArticleArkansas Has Highest Teen Birth Rate in New Study
Sex education is failing to reduce adolescent birthrates in conservative states, according to a new study.Perhaps paradoxically, states with a majority conservative population and higher degree of ...
View ArticleSWAT Team Uses Force to Get Armed Man to Surrender in Hot Springs Standoff
A Hot Springs Police Department SWAT team had to use force this afternoon when an armed man threatening to kill himself held police at bay and refused to surrender.The man was taken to the hospital ...
View ArticleLarge Grant Given to Mid America Museum
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation awarded the museum a $7.8 million dollar grant. It will be used to renovate the museum's buildings and exhibits. In 2009, the Reynolds Foundation gave 286 ...
View ArticleMagnolia Teen Arrested for Stabbing Classmate
A student in Magnolia is arrested, accused of stabbing another student at school. Police say the 14-year-old boy stabbed a 13-year-old boy "multiple times" at Magnolia Junior High School ...
View ArticleTraffic Stop Leads to Discovery of Illegal Gator Sales
A traffic stop in Miller County leads to several people being charged for possessing and selling baby alligators. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says a State Trooper discovered a baby ...
View ArticleState sen. pleads no contest to car chase charges
PERRYVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- A state senator pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges brought after he allegedly led law officers on a high-speed car chase through two counties early last ...
View ArticleAttorney questions lack of plea deal for Ark. mom
VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) -- A defense attorney for an Arkansas woman whose 1-year-old was shot during an apparent robbery is asking prosecutors to dismiss the ...
View Article3 men get prison for hate crime at La. school
MONROE, La. (AP) -- Three men have been sentenced to prison terms for tying a noose around a dead raccoon's neck and hanging it from a flagpole to intimidate black students at a north Louisiana ...
View ArticleCollen, Razorbacks meet with the media
FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas head women's basketball coach Tom Collen met with the media on Tuesdsayto preview the Razorbacks' Thursday night Southeastern Conference game ...
View ArticleStudent arrested after gun found in locker at LR school
-; A 16-year-old student at the Metropolitan Career-Technical Center in Little Rock was arrested Tuesday after a teacher saw him store a gun in another student's locker, police said. The ...
View ArticleLincoln Officer Shoots Teen After Chase
A Lincoln police officer is on paid administrative leave after he reportedly shot an armed teenager in the leg Monday night. According to a press release issued by the Lincoln Police Department, ...
View Article17-year-old girl hears gunfire, struck in neck
-; A 17-year-old girl was hit in the neck with a bullet after hearing gunfire outside her apartment early Tuesday, Fort Smith police said. Ronniesha Forrest was listed in stable condition Tuesday ...
View ArticleClad in pillowcase, man robs bank
-; A man wearing a pillowcase on his head and socks on his hands robbed a Fort Smith bank Monday, saying the money was for his daughter who was suffering from cancer, according to a Fort Smith ...
View ArticleLindsey didn't pay enough dump truck debt
U.S. District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren ruled Tuesday that a bankruptcy court erred when it let former real estate developer John David Lindsey pay only part of a debt owed to a heavy-equipment ...
View ArticleWar Memorial exploring expansion options
STEPHEN B. THORNTON 11/19/11 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STEPHEN B. THORNTON Arkansass Razorbacks runs out onto the field at the start of their game Saturday against Mississippi State at War ...
View ArticleCDI Employee Resource Help
click here ).The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), part of the United States Department of Labor (USDL), regulates pensions, health plans, and other employee ...
View ArticleGeena Davis Takes on Gender Stereotypes
In many of her films, like A League of Their Own or Thelma and Louise, Geena Davis portrays a strong female character. But she couldn't find many of those strong women in what her young ...
View ArticleCourt Rules Against Prop 8
A California court of appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that the state's voter approved Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. "Very soon Prop 8 will be gone ...
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