Aziza Musa
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After a blazing 2012, rural firefighters run into U.S. budget cuts
When a grass fire broke out on Arkansas 7 near Ola on June 25, the city’s volunteer firefighters saw the blaze spread quickly up a hill. Continue reading...
Accidents leave 4 dead
Four people died last week after accidents on state roads, according to preliminary Arkansas State Police fatality accident reports. Continue reading...
130 flee flames at LR complex
Crews battle blaze all night
After seeing a firetruck stationed outside his apartment building early Thursday, Andrew Deiser got dressed and packed his two laptop computers. Continue reading...
Drug-ring probe nets two more
3 in indictment still being sought
Two Little Rock men who were named Tuesday along with 14 other people in a federal indictment alleging participation in a drug-distribution ring that brought hundreds of kilograms of cocaine supplied by the Gulf Cartel in Mexico into Arkansas were taken into custody Wednesday, said a spokesman for the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Continue reading...
Pine Bluff man killed in Friday shooting
Pine Bluff police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead Friday, a spokesman said Saturday. Continue reading...
Train Crash Knocks Cars Off 2 Tracks
A Union Pacific train derailment Saturday in White County sent an engineer to a hospital and caused delays for Amtrak, officials said. Continue reading...
Pensioners Hold Hope For Police Fund To Join State Plan For Retirees
Jimmy Hardester was a 42-year-old Little Rock police detective when rheumatoid arthritis in his hands forced him to retire. Continue reading...
I-40 pileup kills 1, injures dozen
Construction-zone wreck starts when car stops after hit by debris
A multivehicle accident in a Prairie County construction zone on Interstate 40 left one person dead and at least a dozen injured Thursday, an Arkansas State Police spokesman said in a news release. Continue reading...
Panel tackles curbs to information law
A state senator said Friday that “abuse” of information obtained through Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act justifies creating exemptions to what’s publicly accessible under the law. Continue reading...
ACLU requests data on SWAT
The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union joined about two dozen other chapters Tuesday in a nationwide investigation to measure the scope of the so-called militarization of local police. Continue reading...
