Andy Davis
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Legislator pleads no contest in police chase, gets fined
posted: 02/08/2012 6:09 a.m. Discuss
Five months after vowing to prove he didn’t knowingly flee from a Perry County sheriff’s deputy, state Sen. Bruce Holland did a U-turn, pleading no contest Tuesday to charges of fleeing, careless driving and improper passing in connection with the pursuit along Arkansas 10 that the deputy said reached 110 mph.
Former mayor, drugstore owner, legislator Wimberly dies at 92
posted: 02/07/2012 4:43 a.m. Discuss
George Wimberly, a former Little Rock mayor, state legislator and drugstore owner whose political career ended after criticism that followed the arrest of the city’s police chief in the theft of money from the drugstore cash register, died Sunday.
Ex-minister freed in sex-abuse case, must leave state
posted: 02/01/2012 6:33 a.m. Comments 6
A former music minister who admitted to sexual misconduct with members of a youth choir in Benton has been granted parole but will have to live outside Arkansas, the state Parole Board announced Tuesday.
Not racing, says driver in LR crash that killed 2
posted: 01/26/2012 5:53 a.m. Discuss
A driver involved in a fivecar accident on South University Avenue near Interstate 30 in Little Rock that killed two people Tuesday denied that he was racing another driver and said he was “just minding his business” when the accident happened, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
Priest gets probation in smuggling
posted: 01/25/2012 5:29 a.m. Discuss
A Morrilton priest accused of attempting to smuggle tobacco into a state prison in Lincoln County pleaded no contest last week to a felony charge and was sentenced to two years of probation, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Losing funds, Legal Aid to cut jobs, close office
posted: 01/24/2012 5:08 a.m. Discuss
Facing federal and state funding cuts, the organization that helps poor people with legal services in northern Arkansas plans to lay off eight employees and close its office in Mountain View, the organization’s director said Monday.
Man sought in murder, abduction
posted: 01/23/2012 4:31 a.m. Discuss
Police were searching Sunday for a man who they say abducted his ex-wife after fatally shooting her husband at her home in Arkadelphia.
Building an eyesore, neighbors say
posted: 01/20/2012 3:08 a.m. Comments 2
While they didn’t want the former Job Corps building on Vance Street in Little Rock to become a day resource center for the homeless, area residents said Thursday evening that they also don’t like what became of the building after the homeless center plans were scrapped.
Family suffers death of second brother in Afghanistan violence
posted: 01/18/2012 5:10 a.m. Discuss
When Benjamin Wise’s brother, a former Navy SEAL who was working as a defense contractor, was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, Wise returned from his deployment in that country, where he was stationed with an Army Special Forces unit.
Police probe how parolee ended up free
posted: 01/16/2012 5:07 a.m. Comments 2
The Arkansas State Police is investigating a lapse that led to a parolee’s release from jail just two days before a double killing at a home near Cabot that the parolee is accused of committing, a state police spokesman said.
