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Benton police searching for missing youth

BENTON — Benton police are searching for a missing teen boy, who they believe ran away from home Monday morning. Continue reading...

By ArkansasOnline Posted: at 1:47 p.m.

State lawmakers propose federal debt ceiling amendment

LITTLE ROCK — A group of Arkansas lawmakers is calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require the backing of a majority of state legislatures before the nation’s debt ceiling can be raised. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 1:15 p.m.

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds man's murder conviction

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a Junction City man’s capital murder conviction in a 2009 slaying, despite arguments from his attorney that the jurors who convicted him were confused by state law. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 12:28 p.m.

Woman gets prison for plotting to bribe schools in 3 states

NEW ORLEANS — A former owner of Illinois-based technology companies has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for plotting to bribe school officials to get federal contracts for Internet access services at schools in Louisiana, Arkansas and Illinois. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 12:14 p.m.

Man exposes self to minor in Conway Wal-Mart restroom

CONWAY — Conway police are investigating a report of a man exposing himself to a 13-year-old boy around 6:30 p.m. Monday in a Wal-Mart restroom. Continue reading...

By ArkansasOnline Updated: 1:10 p.m.

Beebe says he's 'content' with interim agency chief

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he’s content to have his deputy chief of staff keep running the state Economic Development Commission but isn’t ready to name him the permanent director of the agency. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 10:48 a.m.

Beebe: Extra money not sign of inefficiency

LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe says that the additional, unused money officials found in the state’s budget to rehire 15 firefighters laid off by the Forestry Commission isn’t a sign that the state is operating inefficiently. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: at 10:37 a.m.

Rural roads’ 55 mph limit to be studied

Raising speeds on table for multilane, undivided paths

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will look at whether speed limits should be modified on rural four- and fivelane undivided highways, with an eye toward raising the speed limit beyond the 55 mph they are set at now. Continue reading...

By Noel E. Oman Posted: at 5:04 a.m.

Way found to rehire 15 forestry workers

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — State officials say they have found a way to provide money to the Forestry Commission to put 15 firefighters on the job and stay within the state’s projected budget, likely resolving one potential bone of contention in the fiscal session that starts Monday. Continue reading...

By Alison Sider Posted: at 5:03 a.m.

La Nina has state basking this winter

But bugs, twisters said to lie ahead

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — Daffodils are beginning to bloom, and winged pests have already been buzzing in the state thanks to an unseasonably warm winter. Continue reading...

By Kenneth Heard Posted: at 5:03 a.m.

Law offers exit from FEMA tab

Thanks to Pryor, forms go to 87,000

Subscriber onlyWASHINGTON — Thousands of people being dunned by a federal agency for money improperly paid out for disaster relief will get a chance to have their debts forgiven under a new federal law. Continue reading...

By Alex Daniels Posted: at 5:02 a.m.

Arkansas Court of Appeals

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — 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 decisions, orders and submissions, can be found on the Internet at courts.state.ar.us. PROCEEDINGS OF FEB. 8, 2012 CHIEF JUDGE LARRY D. VAUGHT CACR11-914. Howard Lynn Crowder v. Continue reading...

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Posted: at 4:31 a.m.

Other days

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — 100 YEARS AGO Feb. 9, 1912 In a response to a request from Collier’s Weekly, George R. Brown, secretary of the Board of Trade, sent to the publication a clipping from a local negro newspaper regarding the justice with which the negro race is treated in Little Rock. Mark Sullivan of Collier’s responded to the receipt of the clipping with this language: “Arkansas seems to be the only state in the Union which has solved that unhappy problem of justice.” Continue reading...

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Posted: at 4:29 a.m.

Deputy’s shopping trip turns into arrest

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — Pulaski County sheriff ’s Deputy Adam Baker went into a store to buy some “baby stuff” Tuesday night and ended up making a robbery arrest. Continue reading...

By Spencer Willems Posted: at 4:11 a.m.

Court says LR aunt is insane

Subscriber onlyLITTLE ROCK — A 23-year-old Little Rock woman who tried to drown her 3-year-old niece has been declared insane, acquitted of wrongdoing and committed to the State Hospital, where she will be held indefinitely. Continue reading...

By John Lynch Posted: at 4:01 a.m.

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