Paris makes last-minute effort to stay out of prison
FAYETTEVILLE -- Former Ecclesia College President Oren Paris III will report to federal prison at 1 p.m. today in Marion, Ill. unless the U.S. Court of Appeals…
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Shelton reports to prison to serve corruption sentence
FAYETTEVILLE -- Randell Shelton, Jr., reported to a federal prison in Texas today to begin serving his sentence on corruption charges related to a kickback sch…
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Governor asks state to sue Arkansas college for return of kickback-tainted grants
The Department of Finance and Administration has asked state Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's office to sue Ecclesia College to reclaim at least $600,000 of …
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Neal avoids jail time in kickback case
FAYETTEVILLE — Former state Rep. Micah Neal will spend the next year confined to his home, but avoided jail time for his role in the kickback case involving st…
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Ecclesia's Paris receives three-year sentence
Former Ecclesia College President Oren Paris III received a three-year prison sentence Wednesday for a kickback scheme the prosecutor and judge equated to a "d…
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Former Arkansas senator convicted in kickbacks case projected affluent ruse
As a state senator, Jon Woods had the best lodgings at the Capitol Hill Apartments in Little Rock, his rooms bestrewn with costly sports memorabilia, according…
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Sentence meant to deter others, judge rules
Randell Shelton Jr. will probably never defraud taxpayers again, U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks declared from the bench, but those who would must be det…
