CONWAY — The Conway Police Department released little information Tuesday about its completed internal investigation into the death in February of a Black man who was being arrested after a shoplifting accusation. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Suit targets files in ex-senator’s killing; family aims to halt release
The children and ex-husband of slain former state Sen. Linda Collins filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to halt the release of an archive of records from the investigation into the lawmaker’s death. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
State police investigate after bodies found in Scott County home
Arkansas State Police are investigating the murders of two Scott County residents. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Governor praises efforts to curb state’s virus cases
The number of new covid-19 cases in the state continued to decline Monday, a welcome sign on the first day of school for many of the state’s K-12 students and teachers, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
School year’s start full of firsts in Arkansas
Monday’s start of the 2020-21 school year was like no other first day before. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Cases slow in Arkansas ahead of schools’ start
The Arkansas Department of Health reported 375 new covid-19 cases on Sunday, a decline from recent daily case numbers just before K-12 schools around the state begin the 2020-21 school year. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Incident reporting said to lag at Arkansas youth lockups
The company that manages Arkansas’ four youth lockups was delayed in reporting at least 110 incidents involving children in its care since the firm took over management of all facilities July 1. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Lockup-hiring process scrutinized
State officials last month admonished a private company that manages Arkansas’ youth lockup centers for contract violations in hiring a sitting state legislator as director of the largest facility, at Alexander. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Little Rock officer stable after he’s shot in leg
A Little Rock police officer was shot Saturday about 8:30 p.m. while working in the area of Doyle Springs Road in southwest Little Rock, according to a police Twitter post shortly before 10:30 p.m. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
POLICE BEAT: Little Rock traffic stop leads to drug charges
An Arkansas State Police trooper arrested a Jacksonville man on drug charges Friday evening in Little Rock, according to an arrest report. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Save-the-post-office rally draws crowd of supporters in Little Rock
Little Rock residents lined the street Saturday outside the Brady Post Office at 8509 W. Markham St. demonstrating their opposition to changes implemented and planned at the U.S. Postal Service, joining in Saturday’s national #SaveThePostOffice demonstrations. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
DRIVETIME MAHATMA: In 3 lanes, passing is two-sided
Dear Mahatma: Arkansas is now blessed with six lanes on Interstate 40 between Conway and Little Rock. Unfortunately, a few drivers believe they should spread out and assure that all lanes are used at the same speed. When will signage announce and troopers enforce that inside lanes are for passing only? Some people apparently think…
Man sentenced to 35 years in Arkansas killing
A 26-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to more than three decades in prison after he was found guilty of killing a 23-year-old man in Blytheville and trying to hide the evidence. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Jackson County sheriff says woman’s body found; suspect in custody
Jackson County Sheriff David Lucas said Friday that a body believed to be a missing woman was found by deputies at 2 p.m. in an area north of her residence and that a man is in custody. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Governor pushing sales tax for roads
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday asked several hundred people participating in the Arkansas Municipal League’s online convention to support a proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot to make permanent the state’s half-cent sales tax for highways and roads. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
19 school districts in state deemed high-risk for virus
Nineteen school districts in Arkansas are considered at high risk of coronavirus outbreaks based on the number of cases among residents within the districts’ boundaries over a recent two-week span, according to information released Thursday by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Little Rock landlord facing ban for 1 year
The Metropolitan Housing Alliance will ban a landlord at a Little Rock apartment complex from participating in its voucher program for a year, the board of commissioners decided Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Infections likely to increase at school, governor concedes
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday didn’t dispute University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences projections indicating that reopening schools to in-person classes would lead to more coronavirus infections. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Infections likely to increase at school, governor concedes
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday didn’t dispute University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences projections indicating that reopening schools to in-person classes would lead to more coronavirus infections. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Little Rock district shifts course for opening schools
The Little Rock School District has altered plans for the start of school next week by going to a phased reentry schedule, Superintendent Mike Poore announced late Wednesday afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
State’s testing rate sufficient to inform, Hutchinson asserts
Despite a recent slowdown in coronavirus testing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that the amount is sufficient “to give us a good idea as to the level of the spread of the virus” in the state. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
State’s testing rate sufficient to inform, Hutchinson asserts
Despite a recent slowdown in coronavirus testing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday that the amount is sufficient “to give us a good idea as to the level of the spread of the virus” in the state. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service
