Cathy Frye
Recent Stories by Cathy Frye
State park long time in making
posted: 05/19/2013 4:36 a.m. Discuss
MARIANNA — For more than 40 years, Arkansas officials scrutinized land along the Mississippi River, hoping to find an area to create a state park.
Phillip County court hears jail financing options
posted: 05/15/2013 5:20 a.m. Discuss
HELENA-WEST HELENA — Members of the Phillips County Quorum Court were overwhelmed Tuesday night by the amount of planning and money needed to reopen the county’s decrepit jail. As a result, the justices of the peace readily agreed to an architect’s suggestion that he put off his presentation until another meeting.
Ex-UCA official’s defense loses bid to put prosecutors on stand
posted: 05/11/2013 4:57 a.m. Discuss
Attorneys for Jack Gillean — the former chief of staff at the University of Central Arkansas charged with felony commercial burglary in a test-cheating scandal — weren’t allowed to put prosecutors on the witness stand during a change-of venue pretrial hearing Friday.
Henderson’s ex-chief adept administrator, loved the classroom
posted: 05/07/2013 3:44 a.m. Discuss
When Charles Dunn — who served as president of Henderson State University in Arkadelphia for 22 years — decided to retire in 2008, he did so with a specific goal in mind.
Closed four years, jail ready to reopen
posted: 05/05/2013 4:19 a.m. Discuss
ASHDOWN — The Little River County jail — which closed in January 2009 after failing a state inspection — has been extensively renovated and will reopen this week, much to the relief of the county judge, justices of the peace and the sheriff.
Sheriff closes lockup found unsafe, dirty
posted: 05/01/2013 12:03 a.m. Comments 3
HELENA-WEST HELENA — Phillips County closed its jail Tuesday after a state inspection last month found that some of the jail’s locks didn’t work, inmates had easy access to materials they could fashion into weapons and human waste was overflowing onto cell floors.
’99 crash victim’s family gives burn unit $700,000
posted: 04/24/2013 3:33 a.m. Comment 1
For two weeks, she lay in the Burn Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the youngest victim of the 1999 American Airlines Flight 1420 crash.
Democrat-Gazette wins 1st for editorial writing
posted: 04/23/2013 3:46 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette won first place in editorial writing in the 79th National Headliner Awards.
Albert Porter: LR social activist had civil-rights ties
posted: 04/20/2013 4:28 a.m. Discuss
After earning a doctorate in communication at Ohio University in 1960, Allan Ward knew that he wanted to find a teaching position at a college in the South, where he hoped to get involved in the civil-rights movement.
LR racer finished just minutes ahead of blast
posted: 04/16/2013 12:35 a.m.
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The race clock showed 3:58:23 when Cortney Allison, 47, crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday.
