Stories by Nikki Wentling

  • 15 recruits sworn in at 9/11 ceremony

    Fifteen recruits, dressed in jeans and U.S. Army or Marine Corps T-shirts, stood in the MacArthur Museum of Military History on Thursday, raised their right ha…

  • State police agent's sex-on-job firing upheld

    The Arkansas State Police Commission unanimously upheld Wednesday the firing of a special agent who was caught in January having sexual contact in his office w…

  • Shots fired near LR club; one man hurt

    Shots fired near LR club; one man hurt One man was shot early Monday after someone fired multiple rounds near a club in downtown Little Rock, according to poli…

  • Man ingests bag of crack cocaine

    Man ingests bag of crack cocaine A North Little Rock man swallowed a bag of crack cocaine after police stopped the car he was in Sunday, according to a police …

  • Radio broadcast tells sub's WWII story

    Using a metal storage container as a makeshift seat, a U.S. Navy veteran positioned himself in the cramped radio room of the USS Razorback submarine Wednesday …

  • Silver Star awarded at last for 'terrible day'

    A Vietnam War veteran from Star City flashed a small smile at his wife the moment a Silver Star medal was pinned to his suit jacket in front of a room full of …

  • Family to bury GI after 45 years

    Forty-five years after he was declared missing, the remains of a soldier killed in the Vietnam War will be buried today in Mountain View, not far from his fami…

  • LR-area VA units tout health care strides

    Administrators at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System said Thursday that adding staff and offering more services in rural communities have led to i…

  • Berryville's veterans say goodbye to 1959 armory

    Standing outside the entrance to an Arkansas National Guard armory Tuesday, two former soldiers reminisced about their time spent there -- about the lack of ai…

  • Fight at parking lot ends in LR stabbing

    Little Rock police were investigating Sunday after a man was stabbed with a pocketknife at a convenience store parking lot, according to a police report.

  • Judge faces domestic battery count

    A Cabot District Court judge was arrested Friday night and charged with assaulting his girlfriend at a home in Lonoke, grabbing her by the throat and throwing …

  • Park honors crashed B-17 crew

    SHERIDAN -- When a member of Sheridan's American Legion chapter decided in 2011 to spearhead the construction of a memorial park at the site where a World War …

  • Tired 1853 home gets some love

    In an industrial pocket of Little Rock between Hanger Hill Historic District and Heifer Village, an imposing, 2½-story antebellum home peeks out from behi…

  • Park honors crashed B-17 crew

    SHERIDAN -- When a member of Sheridan's American Legion chapter decided in 2011 to spearhead the construction of a memorial park at the site where a World War …

  • Minor infractions found in vets' home inspection

    A recent annual inspection of the state's only veterans home revealed several violations, but the home's administrator said they were minor and that the facili…

  • C-130 mission changes National Guard wing

    The Arkansas Air National Guard is close to completely taking over a new mission that has prompted growth in its number of personnel and aircraft over the past…

  • Arkansas WWII veterans honored in Little Rock

    LITTLE ROCK -- A veteran sporting a Navy cap wiped away tears Friday as Taps played inside the state Capitol, marking the end of a ceremony that celebrated the…

  • VA sends 5 to help resolve care claims

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs took another step Thursday in helping Arkansas health care providers receive millions of dollars in payments for treati…

  • Tired 1853 home gets some love

    In an industrial pocket of Little Rock between Hanger Hill Historic District and Heifer Village, an imposing, 2 1/2-story antebellum home peeks out from behind…

  • Vigil honors fallen Russellville Marine

    The hot air hung heavy -- and so, too, did the mood -- in the Russellville High School stadium Friday night as family, friends and community members gathered t…

  • For Marine, hometown respects

    The hot air hung heavy -- and so, too, did the mood -- inside the Russellville High School stadium Friday night as family, friends and community members gather…

  • Building to start soon at vets home in NLR

    More than three years after Arkansas veterans rallied at the state Capitol and called for a new state-run veterans home, their plea is being fulfilled.

  • Guardsmen get training on using guns

    Hundreds of Arkansas National Guard soldiers were tested Tuesday on how and when to use firearms some will now carry at Guard installations across the state.

  • Workshop keys on vets' stories

    About 65 people learned at a Little Rock workshop Monday how to collect, share and preserve the stories of Arkansas veterans.

  • State expecting VA-shift delays

    A plan to better help Arkansas veterans obtain government benefits by opening regional veterans affairs offices will likely mean delays in the short run but be…

  • Must move recruiters, Guard told

    Gov. Asa Hutchinson directed the head of the Arkansas National Guard on Monday to temporarily empty the state's nine National Guard storefront recruiting cente…

  • Must move recruiters, Guard told

    Gov. Asa Hutchinson directed the head of the Arkansas National Guard on Monday to temporarily empty the state's nine National Guard storefront recruiting cente…

  • Navy to christen, launch USS Little Rock today

    During a ceremony steeped in Navy tradition, a state-of-the-art combat ship bearing the name of Arkansas' capital city will launch today into Wisconsin's Menom…

  • Arkansas' own 1 of slain

    Arkansans sent out messages of condolence Friday for the family of Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, a Marine with ties to Russellville who was killed in a shooting ramp…

  • 700 GIs notified to get set to deploy

    The Arkansas National Guard told approximately 700 soldiers this week to prepare for possible 2016 deployment to the Horn of Africa.

  • Legion Post 1 unpacks in NLR

    The state's oldest American Legion post relocated Wednesday from downtown Little Rock -- its home for nearly 50 years -- to a smaller, more cost-efficient buil…

  • 6 killed, 4 injured on state highways

    Six people died and four more were injured on Arkansas roads over a four-day period, authorities reported Monday.

  • Pregnant woman held in theft, chase

    A pregnant woman brandished a pocketknife and ran out of a Little Rock dollar store with more than $100 in stolen items Friday, police reported.

  • GI amputee fights Army, wins

    For three years after losing an arm in a motorcycle accident, a soldier from Dallas contested the U.S. Army's decision that he was unfit for active duty.

  • New bird lands at Air Force base

    Little Rock Air Force Base's primary unit welcomed a brand-new C-130J to its fleet Thursday, signaling the near completion of its full transition to the newest…

  • Governor files intent to pare life term

    Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday his intention to commute the sentence of a Grady man who is serving life in prison for possessing methamphetamine.

  • Governor files intent to commute life sentence

    LITTLE ROCK -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday his intention to commute the sentence of a Grady man who is serving life in prison for possessing methamphe…

  • Researchers screen vets' health online

    An investigator with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a research coordinator from the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System are workin…

  • Farmer veterans get Heroes brand

    LITTLE ROCK -- A new program announced Thursday by the state's Veterans Affairs and Agriculture departments will assist veterans and military members who run a…

  • Farmer veterans get Heroes brand

    A new program announced Thursday by the state's Veterans Affairs and Agriculture departments will assist veterans and military members who run agricultural ope…

  • LR housing chief appeals sentence

    The director of Little Rock's Metropolitan Housing Alliance appealed Wednesday his conviction of failing to comply with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act…

  • 2 shot in LR awarded medals

    The parents of a slain soldier stood shoulder to shoulder, grasping hands, as they were presented a Purple Heart medal Wednesday on their son's behalf.

  • Museum to restore war-scarred copter

    The director of the Jacksonville Museum of Military History opened a thick white binder and landed on a photograph of a U.S. Army soldier, dressed in a flight …

  • Firm gets go-ahead to build VA home

    A contract signed Friday between the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs and a contractor clears the way for work to start on a $24 million veterans home i…

  • Firm gets go-ahead to build VA home

    LITTLE ROCK -- A contract signed Friday between the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs and a contractor clears the way for work to start on a $24 million …

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