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Boy, 7, hit in arm in Little Rock drive-by shooting
Others gunfire’s targets, police say
A 7-year-old boy was wounded Tuesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting in Little Rock, according to a police spokesman. Continue reading...
Teen's guilty plea sends her to prison in killing of Arkansas couple
Her long hair was braided into pigtails as she entered the small courtroom. Yards away, her mother sat quietly. On the other side of the room, another woman wiped away tears. Continue reading...
I-630 crash fatal to Arkansas driver; vehicle drifted off highway, flipped into trees
A 49-year-old Arkansas man was killed when his vehicle veered off Interstate 630 on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Injured in drive-by shooting, driver on I-630 says
A victim drove to a McDonald's restaurant in North Little Rock after being hit in a drive-by shooting on Interstate 630 Tuesday evening, authorities said.
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Funding proposal rejected for 65-mile trail between Little Rock, Hot Springs
Grant requires county match
The Pulaski County Quorum Court rejected a funding proposal that would have been the first step toward constructing a recreational trail between Little Rock and Hot Springs. Continue reading...
Arkansans visit D.C. to urge 'no' on Senate health care bill
3 activists get no promises
Members of the American Heart Association from Arkansas spent Tuesday on Capitol Hill, urging their Republican lawmakers not to pass the Senate version of the American Health Care Act. Continue reading...
Reward raised to $50,000 in Little Rock missing-woman case
Behind black sunglasses, Laurie Jernigan sniffled and raised a tissue to her face Tuesday as her husband announced a $50,000 reward in the case of her daughter, Ebby Steppach, who disappeared more than a year and a half ago. Continue reading...
PHOTOS: Fiery truck crash shuts interstate overpass, kills Arkansas driver
Highway officials closed an Interstate 555 overpass in west Jonesboro on Tuesday after a tractor-trailer rig struck its supports and burst into flames, killing the driver. Continue reading...
Former Arkansas police officer gets 11 years in drug case
A former Dumas police officer, James Ivory Edgerson, has been sentenced to just over 11 years in federal prison for buying and selling drugs in 2015, when he was an officer. Continue reading...
Little Rock murder suspect, victim both called defenders at trial's start
A Little Rock man accused of first-degree murder only opened fire to save his friends, the 20-year-old defendant's lawyer told a Pulaski County jury on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Arkansas woman, beau held in father's beating
Jacob Boivin, 32, of Fayetteville and Dustye Stamps, 34, of Springdale were arrested Monday on aggravated robbery, aggravated residential burglary, kidnapping and battery charges. Continue reading...
Arkansas man, 28, gets 30 years for child-porn images
A Gentry man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday for possessing child pornography. Continue reading...
OBITUARY: PR leader, activist, ‘centrifugal force’ Robert Kenneth 'Bob' Sells
Two thousand poor children in St. Louis were turned away because Santa Claus ran out of Christmas presents. Continue reading...
2 women reported missing while riding ATV in Arkansas found safe
Searchers found two women in western Drew County on Tuesday after they were reported missing Sunday. Continue reading...
Arkansas woman sentenced in old man's death
A Pine Bluff woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to causing the 2015 death of an elderly man. Continue reading...
