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RSSPanel OKs health-consultant deal
Officials say firm helped slow Medicaid spending growth
With the growth of healthcare spending slowing, a legislative committee Tuesday signed off on a $29.6 million contract extension for a consulting firm that’s helping the Department of Human Services work on changing how the state pays Medicaid providers. Continue reading...
Avian-flu chicken spurs quarantine
Poultry within a 6.2-mile radius of where a chicken in a Scott County chicken house tested positive for avian flu has been quarantined, the governor’s office said in a Tuesday evening news release. Continue reading...
Mega Millions
The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night in Mega Millions: 6-17-34-40-48 Mega Ball: 30 Megaplier: 2 Estimated jackpot: $36 million Continue reading...
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100 YEARS AGO June 19, 1913 Catching an alligator on the rails of a street railway system at midnight a mile from any water, is an incident the like of which probably will not recur in a hundred years, but that is the performance of Conductor D.T. Poole and Motorman A.L. Thedford, who run on the Pulaski Heights line of the Little Rock Railway and Electric Company. Continue reading...
Prostitute is teen runaway, affidavit says
Filing details deputy’s links to girl, 17; hearing put off
The prostitute connected with the charges against a Garland County marine patrol officer is a teenager who ran away from a Boston-area foster home last year, court documents revealed. Continue reading...
Widow to complete term of sheriff killed in flood
Amie Carpenter was sworn in as Scott County sheriff Tuesday, succeeding her husband who died May 31 when he and a wildlife officer tried to save two women from rising flood waters. Continue reading...
Beebe: Lethal injections on hold
Lack of protocol stalls death dates
Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday that he will wait to set the execution dates for seven condemned prisoners until the Department of Correction creates a new death-penalty protocol. Continue reading...
McDaniel seeks to uphold verdict in drug case
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is asking the state's highest court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine leveled against Johnson and Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of an antipsychotic drug. Continue reading...
Beebe to hold off on scheduling executions
Gov. Mike Beebe doesn't have any immediate plans to schedule executions for seven death row inmates even though the attorney general had asked him to set dates. Continue reading...
Widow to serve as new Scott County sheriff
WALDRON — The widow of Scott County Sheriff Cody Carpenter will serve out the remainder of her husband's term in office. Continue reading...
Hobbs kicks off governor’s run
Rogers lawmaker promises to maintain ‘biblical truths’
State Rep. Debra Hobbs officially announced Monday that she is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Arkansas. Continue reading...
Arkansas native gets interim job
Exec to lead teacher agency
E.C. Walker, an Arkansas native who most recently headed operations for the Texas State Teachers Association for more than 10 years, will serve as interim executive director of the Arkansas Education Association, effective Monday. Continue reading...
Conway man dies in motorcycle crash
A Conway man died after he crashed his motorcycle in Pulaski County late Friday afternoon, according to a Pulaski County Sheriff’s report released Monday. Continue reading...
Education department names new chief of staff
Deborah Coffman, director of professional development in the Arkansas Department of Education, on Monday became the agency’s new chief of staff. Continue reading...
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100 YEARS AGO June 18, 1913 BATESVILLE — The lid was clamped on tighter than an old-fashioned fruit jar in Batesville when the City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of cigars, tobacco, cold drinks or anything except a sandwich, cup of coffee or glass of buttermilk on Sunday. Continue reading...
