Veterans care system pathologist sentenced
FAYETTEVILLE -- Judy Gibbs Velosky dropped plans for a November wedding so she could marry in her father's hospital room while John Ray Gibbs still lived.
Gibbs died days later at 61 on July 26, 2014...
January 23, 2021
Veterans care system pathologist sentenced
FAYETTEVILLE -- Judy Gibbs Velosky dropped plans for a November wedding so she could marry in her father's hospital room while John Ray Gibbs still lived.
Gibbs died days later at 61 on July 26, 2014...
January 23, 2021
Drunk VA pathologist gets 20 years in veteran’s death
FAYETTEVILLE — Judy Gibbs Velosky of Fort Smith, a self-described daddy’s girl, dropped plans for a November wedding so she and her groom could marry in her father’s hospital room while John Ray Gibbs...
January 22, 2021
Veterans system pathologist draws 20-year prison sentence for manslaughter
FAYETTEVILLE -- Judy Gibbs Velosky dropped plans for a November wedding so she could marry in her father's hospital room while John Ray Gibbs still lived.
Gibbs died days later at 61 on July 26, 2014 ...
January 22, 2021
Hidden errors of doctor told in courtroom
FAYETTEVILLE -- The errors of a former pathologist at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks who now faces sentencing for involuntary manslaughter went undiscovered for years, in part, because ...
January 22, 2021
Hidden errors of doctor told in courtroom
FAYETTEVILLE -- The errors of a former pathologist at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks who now faces sentencing for involuntary manslaughter went undiscovered for years, in part, because ...
January 22, 2021
Sentencing underway for former VA pathologist in manslaughter charge
FAYETTEVILLE -- Sentencing is under way Thursday morning for a former pathologist at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks who plead guilty to being drunk when he misdiagnosed a man who later ...
January 21, 2021
Attorney in Marshallese adoption scheme to head to prison
An attorney convicted in an illegal adoption scheme in Arkansas and two other states states involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands must report to prison by midday today to begin serving th...
January 20, 2021
Springdale Advertising and Promotion Board authorizes spending reserve money if needed
SPRINGDALE -- The city's Advertising and Promotion Commission authorized the use of reserve money if needed in its 2021 budget, the first time it's taken such a step in at least 22 years.
The covid-1...
January 20, 2021
Colleges fret over accuracy of virus-interrupted census count
FAYETTEVILLE -- Experts fear a serious undercount in college and university towns in the 2020 U.S. Census because covid-19 sent students scurrying home just as the decennial survey started in March, a...
January 17, 2021
National Guardsmen from region to join presidential inauguration security
Five hundred members of the Arkansas National Guard will join forces protecting President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, the guard confirmed Thursday.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson approved the mission, accor...
January 14, 2021
Dotson predicts push for higher rural teacher pay
Expect a serious attempt in the legislative session that started Monday to redirect state education spending for teacher salaries to smaller, rural school districts and away from Northwest Arkansas, w...
January 12, 2021
"Stand your ground" gun law's support is strong enough to override any committee vote, sponsor claims
Its author confidently predicts the Legislature will pass a revised version of his "stand your ground" bill this year.
Opponents of the bill by Sen. Bob Ballinger, R-Berryville, hope he is wrong, but...
January 10, 2021
Bentonville state Senate race nearly breaks the region's spending record
State Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, and Democratic challenger Ronetta Francis of Bentonville spent $262,260 in the race for Bentonville's Senate District 1, just short of breaking the record for s...
January 10, 2021
Renewing 'Arkansas Works' health care will pose a challenge, lawmakers say
Expect the fight to renew the "Arkansas Works" health care program in this year's legislative session to be tougher than in 2019, said the incoming chairwoman of the Senate Public Health, Welfare and ...
January 10, 2021