Recent stories by Maggie McNeary
Boy, 5, drowns; fell in Fort Smith pool
FORT SMITH -- A 5-year-old drowned in a family pool Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Officers responded shortly after 4 p.m. to a report of an accidental drowning at a residence in the 3300 block of ...
August 7, 2020
Child, 5, drowns in Fort Smith
A 5-year-old drowned in a family pool in Fort Smith on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Officers responded shortly after 4 p.m. to a report of an accidental drowning at a residence in the 3300 block...
August 6, 2020
Police ID victim, suspect killed in Russellville shooting
Russellville police have identified a victim and suspect who were killed in a shooting early Wednesday.
Police said that Christopher Brackin, 40, of Russellville fatally shot Adam Stogner, 36, also of...
June 5, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lecture moved to North Little Rock's Verizon Arena
Weeks after free tickets for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s lecture in Little Rock were snapped up in minutes, the talk was moved across the river to Verizon Arena in North Little Ro...
August 1, 2019
Dardanelle teacher fired after arrest in sex case
An Arkansas teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy who attended school in her district has been fired, an official with Dardanelle Public Schools confirmed on Tuesday.
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October 23, 2018
Former students at Bauxite charged with assault on bus
Two 18-year-olds accused of assaulting and hazing younger students on a school bus earlier this year during a trip with their high school baseball team were arrested Thursday, authorities said.
Greg L...
October 23, 2018
Ex-students arrested in bus-trip hazing case
Two 18-year-olds accused of assaulting and hazing younger students on a school bus earlier this year during a trip with their high school baseball team were arrested Thursday, authorities said.
Greg L...
October 21, 2018
Podcast exploring unsolved killing of a Northwest Arkansas college student airs 1st episode
A true-crime podcast centering on the 2004 disappearance and death of an Arkansas college student aired its first episode Wednesday.
Hell and Gone, which tells the story of 22-year-old Rebekah Gould’...
October 17, 2018
First Arkansas flu death reported
The first flu death of the season in Arkansas was reported Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health said.
The person who died was not vaccinated and was between the ages of 45 and 6...
October 17, 2018
Union County sheriff says Nike shirt not meant to demean suspects
THURSDAY UPDATE:
A day after mug shots from a south Arkansas jail drew social-media criticism, the sheriff said a Nike shirt some suspects was pictured was not meant to demean anyone.
Union County Sh...
October 11, 2018