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Samuel Conway (from left), Marvin Stringer and Jeremy Pickney were identified by Garland County authorities as the suspects in the deaths of five people in Pearcy. Stringer was killed in a shootout with officers at a Hot Springs hotel.

PHOTO GALLERY: Fatal fire in Pearcy

ADVERSTISMENT

Ward man arrested on drug charges

By ArkansasOnline
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:59 p.m.

Authorities arrested a Ward man Friday after a search of his property revealed drugs, guns and paraphernalia, according to a report.
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Agencies to receive $18 million for homes

By The Associated Press
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:50 p.m.

Housing agencies and developers in five Arkansas cities will get nearly $18 million in loans from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority to build more than 200 homes for low-income households.
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Gaines resigns as NLR alderman

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:31 p.m.

Cary Gaines resigned from the North Little Rock City Council on Friday, four days after being tied to a scheme to defraud the city that was revealed in a federal indictment of a Cabot man.
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Clinton tours his library with schoolchildren

By The Associated Press
Posted: November 20, 2009 3:11 p.m.

Former President Bill Clinton was joined by a couple of busloads of school children Friday when he toured the exhibits in the museum at his presidential library.
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UPDATE: Suspects identified in Pearcy deaths

By The Associated Press
Posted: November 20, 2009 3:08 p.m.

A man sought as a suspect in last week’s shooting deaths of five people near Pearcy was shot and killed as police tried to arrest him at a Hot Springs hotel, sheriff’s officials say.
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PB probation office set aflame

By The Associated Press
Posted: November 20, 2009 2:17 p.m.

Authorities are investigating an apparent arson at a probation office in Pine Bluff.
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FBI investigating taser use on 10-year-old

By The Associated Press
Posted: November 20, 2009 1:33 p.m.

The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer’s use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl who refused to take a shower.
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New boss to take over Air Mobility Command

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Posted: November 20, 2009 11:27 a.m.

Air Mobility Command is getting a new boss Friday, with Lt. Gen. Raymond Johns replacing Gen. Arthur Lichte.
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UA fraternity chapter under investigation

By The Associated Press
Posted: November 20, 2009 7:20 a.m.

An alcohol incident involving a pledge has led to an investigation of a fraternity chapter at the University of Arkansas.
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Hotel gunfight kills suspect in 5 deaths

Deputy wounded as team tries to make arrest in Hot Springs

By STEVEN MROSS THE SENTINEL-RECORD
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:20 a.m.

A suspect in the five homicides last week in Pearcy was shot and killed Thursday night when authorities attempted to arrest him at a Hot Springs hotel.
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Fight health bill, ex-Clinton adviser urges

By L. Lamor Williams
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:19 a.m.

The health-care overhaul bill being considered in the U.S. Senate is “the most serious threat to our lives and our liberties we Americans have faced since World War II,” former Clinton adviser Dick Morris told about 250 Arkansans who rallied against the legislation.
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Prosecutor seeks inquiry in Taser case

State police probe solicited at behest of Ozark officials

By Dave Hughes
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:18 a.m.

David Gibbons, prosecuting attorney for the 5th Judicial District, has requested the Arkansas State Police conduct a criminal investigation into an Ozark police officer’s use of a Taser on a 10-year-old girl.
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Coke-can DNA leads to arrest

Year after burglary, police say evidence points to LR man

By Chad Day
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:17 a.m.

A soda can led police to arrest a Little Rock man Thursday in connection with a burglary that occurred more than a year ago, according to an arrest report.
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Oklahoma chided for litter-trial additions

By Robert J. Smith
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:16 a.m.

U.S. District Judge Greg Frizzell on Thursday chastised an attorney working for the state of Oklahoma for overloading its poultry-litter lawsuit with paperwork.
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Clinton: Promote study of sciences

Tech fields key in U.S., he says

By John Krupa
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:15 a.m.

Encouraging the nation’s brightest students to pursue careers in mathematics and the sciences is pivotal to America’s future, former President Bill Clinton said Thursday.
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