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UA mourns deaths of 3 students in 1 week

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas community is mourning after the deaths of three students this week. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: May 17, 2013 at 7:28 a.m.

Preliminary injunction ordered in abortion-ban case

LITTLE ROCK — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction stopping a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions at 12 weeks from going into effect. Continue reading...

By Gavin Lesnick Updated: May 17, 2013 12:02 p.m.

Man hit by truck after fall from car

Subscriber onlyA Fayetteville man died late Wednesday after falling out of a moving car and getting struck by a truck. Continue reading...

By ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Posted: May 17, 2013 at 4:54 a.m.

Other days

Subscriber only100 YEARS AGO May 17, 1913 A model sanitary code, recently drafted by the Arkansas State Board of Health under the guidance of Dr. R.H. von Ezdorf, a surgeon in the United States Public Health Service, and with the assistance of Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana State Board of Health, was adopted here yesterday at a special meeting of the state board. Continue reading...

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Posted: May 17, 2013 at 4:41 a.m.

Spent shells found near slain man, 33

Subscriber onlyLogan County sheriff ’s investigators found spent shell casings around a man found dead Tuesday outside his home just north of Paris, an investigator in the case said Thursday. Continue reading...

By -Dave Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

Researcher finds benefits in museum trips

Subscriber onlySchool field trips to art museums hone critical thinking skills in students and cultivate their long-term interest in the arts, a University of Arkansas at Fayetteville professor said Wednesday about his two-year study of the issue. Continue reading...

By Cynthia Howell Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

Arkansas Court Of Appeals

Subscriber onlyThe 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. Continue reading...

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

Arkansas Supreme Court

Subscriber onlyThe Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court’s rulings 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. Continue reading...

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

The state/region in brief

Subscriber onlyBody found that of Camden man - Authorities have recovered the body of a Camden man who drowned in the Ouachita River this week. Continue reading...

By Rich Polikoff Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

Justices favor retrial in ’11 killing

Subscriber onlyA Pulaski County man who was convicted of killing his grandfather should receive a new trial because the jury instructions were flawed, the Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday. Continue reading...

By = Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

Ex-UCA official wins venue shift

Clinton now site of Gillean’s trial

Subscriber onlyThe trial of Jack Gillean, a former University of Central Arkansas chief of staff charged in a test-cheating scandal, will be moved to Van Buren County from Faulkner County because of pretrial publicity about several former UCA officials who became “involved in the criminal justice system,” a judge has ruled. Continue reading...

By Debra Hale-Shelton Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

2 more 4-year schools to flesh out lottery aid

SAU, Central Baptist bolster scholarships

Subscriber onlyTwo four-year colleges are joining six other schools in providing special onetime scholarships this fall to freshman recipients of the Academic Challenge Scholarship, a few months after the Legislature cut the size of those students’ scholarships from $4,500 to $2,000. Continue reading...

By Michael Wickline Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

Pipeline fissure still a mystery

Three weeks added to find cause

Subscriber onlyAlmost two months after an aging pipeline split open and spilled an estimated 210,000 gallons of crude oil into a Mayflower neighborhood, forcing scores of residents to evacuate their homes, injuring wildlife and contaminating a cove of Lake Conway, Exxon Mobil said Thursday that it still does not know what caused the spill. Continue reading...

By Debra Hale-Shelton Posted: May 17, 2013 at 2:40 a.m.

State now at helm of a record 4 districts

Subscriber onlyArkansas Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell on Thursday took control of the financially troubled Mineral Springs School District in Howard County, immediately dissolving the elected School Board but retaining acting Superintendent Bill Blackwood until a successor gets on board. Continue reading...

By Cynthia Howell Posted: May 17, 2013 at 12:12 a.m.

Two groups to ask judge to hold off state abortion law

Subscriber onlyEyes across the nation are focused on Arkansas as abortion-rights proponents and attorneys for the state prepare to face off in the first hearing on a lawsuit challenging a state law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Continue reading...

By Linda Satter Posted: May 17, 2013 at 12:11 a.m.