State News
RSSAlabama man dead after state police stop identified
State police have released the name of the suspected Alabama fugitive deputies think shot himself after a car chase that spanned two Arkansas counties Sunday afternoon. Continue reading...
Beebe asks group to help stir support for private option
Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday asked a group of electric cooperative directors to help him persuade the Legislature to approve appropriations for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas, ensuring it will continue next year. Continue reading...
Fire breaks out at Arkansas Nuclear One
A fire that had been reported Monday morning at an Entergy auxiliary transformer at Arkansas Nuclear One Unit Two in Russellville has been extinguished, a company official said. Continue reading...
Lights returning; ice still a road peril
Some schools remain shut as state’s freeze staying put
The majority of people who were without power as a result of the winter storm that swept across the state over the weekend were expected to have service restored by Sunday night, but officials said roads will remain icy through Monday morning. Continue reading...
Pulaski County school-transfer rules up in air
Desegregation deal seen forcing redo on 3 districts
The tentatively approved settlement in the Pulaski County school desegregation lawsuit does more than phase out state desegregation money — it will change all the rules for the longtime interdistrict student-transfer programs in the three districts, including the Little Rock magnet schools. Continue reading...
Mugshots have long life on Web
Laws lag behind issues of photo accessibility, publication
The mugshot, one of modern law enforcement’s oldest staples, remains an institution in modern-day policing, like fingerprints and rap sheets. Continue reading...
Teacher gains fans via video
‘Tipster’ spreads creative methods
CONWAY — First-grade teacher Dustin Smith is best known on the Internet as the “Teacher Tipster.” But even before he adopted that moniker, Smith, 31, was known as a teacher with plenty of creative ideas to share, and University of Central Arkansas professors often took classes of prospective teachers to observe him at work. Continue reading...
Other days
100 YEARS AGO Dec. 9, 1913 More than 150 couples and an equal number of lookers-on thronged the second floor of the new Leader store, at Third and Main streets, last night, the guests of the company at a dance given as a part of the formal opening of the new store. It was the second time the store has been opened at night and the new fixtures and trimmings of the various departments ; augmented by many bouquets of potted palms and ferns, presented one of the prettiest openings Little Rock has had in recent years. Continue reading...
Storm echoes war for veteran
Death, ruin in Philippines are things he’s seen before
When Hot Springs resident John Baran saw the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, particularly at Tacloban, he paused and reflected on the similar destruction he saw more than 69 years ago during the Leyte landings to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese in World War II. Continue reading...
Suspected fugitive said to shoot self
A driver thought to be wanted in connection with an Alabama murder died in Arkansas on Sunday from what officials suspect was a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a vehicle pursuit by Arkansas State Police, an agency spokesman said. Continue reading...
State digs out; cold to linger
Utility, road crews keep up the pace
After a storm that dropped freezing rain throughout Arkansas and as much as a foot of snow in some places, Arkansans can expect clearer roads and power to be restored within the next few days, officials said Saturday. Continue reading...
Insurer’s network subject of inquiry
State investigates plans’ limitations
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford said he is investigating whether a Little Rock company’s limited network of hospitals, doctors and other providers for some of the plans it is offering on the state’s health-insurance exchange are allowed under a state law. Continue reading...
UA division looks to erase deficit
Long-term fix is $2 million more in yearly revenue, chief says
The fundraising division at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will need an additional $2 million a year in revenue to operate without an annual deficit, said the division’s head. Continue reading...
Choate expected to air his side of what caused UA unit deficit
Brad Choate, one of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s most successful fundraisers, is expected to talk publicly this week for the first time about how the Division of University Advancement under his leadership last year became mired in a surprise, multimillion-dollar deficit. Continue reading...
4 UA issues under review
Washington County prosecutors are investigating four issues related to multimillion-dollar deficits in the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Division of University Advancement. Continue reading...
