C.S. Murphy

Conway layoffs cut deep

Bus plant part of city since ’33

For weeks, rumors flew down the assembly line at one of the city’s oldest employers — a bus plant that’s been tightly woven into the fabric of Conway since 1933.
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Long Time Gone: Modern tools, hope for old cases

Bonnie Taylor, now Carpenter, was 7 when the woman she knew as her mother disappeared in 1967.
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The forgotten and the found: 2 girls, 1 mystery remains

Disappearance of small-town teens highlights value of accurate records on unidentified human remains as well as the missing.

First of two parts At first, no one panicked when Robin Lynn Farnsworth left her Bald Knob home on Jan. 27, 1995, and didn’t return.
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ACORN in state lays off 4 workers

Chapter leader says grants fell through

Four of seven Arkansas ACORN employees were laid off earlier this week as the activist group struggles to meet payroll in the sagging economy.
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ACORN in state lays off 4 workers

Chapter leader says grants fell through

Four of seven Arkansas ACORN employees were laid off earlier this week as the activist group struggles to meet payroll in the sagging economy.
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National scandal upsetting to Arkansas group's leaders

At a time when ACORN is grabbing national headlines amid allegations of voterregistration fraud and illegal tax-filing advice, the organization's Arkansas chapter has fallen under the radar.
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Medical examiner's action chafes board

State Crime Laboratory board members made clear Friday that they're irked by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Charles Kokes' decision last summer to let the office's national accreditation lapse.
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SEC eases its rules on how news outlets cover athletic events

The Southeastern Conference bent to a storm of complaints from news outlets and organizations Thursday by softening rules affecting how media and fans write about, film and photograph SEC athletic events.
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News media protest SEC sports rules

Conference policy restricts real-time reports, use of photos, video

News outlets and organizations are rallying to fight new Southeastern Conference rules affecting how media and fans write about, film and photograph SEC athletic events.
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Examiners' accreditation lapsed in '08

Doesn't affect job, medical prober says

Arkansas Chief Medical Examiner Charles Kokes decided last year to allow his office's long-lauded National Association of Medical Examiners accreditation to lapse.
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