Clark appointed to serve as Benton County prosecuting attorney

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Jim Clark was appointed Thursday to replace Van Stone as Benton County prosecuting attorney.

Clark will be sworn in at 1 p.m. today by retired Judge David Clinger.

Gov. Mike Beebe appointed Clark to serve the remainder of Stone's term which ends Dec. 31.

Stone announced a few weeks ago that he would not seek his third term. Stone is resigning in order to take a position with the legal department for Walmart Stores Inc.

Clark was a Rogers deputy city attorney and he retired from the city in January.

Nathan Smith, a deputy prosecutor, and Kimberly Weber, a Rogers attorney, are candidates for the prosecutor's position in the May 20 election.