State sees dip in parched areas
Though dry conditions continue in portions of Arkansas, 17.34 percent of the state was in moderate drought Tuesday, a drop from 22.63 percent a week ago, accor…
Stories by Evie Blad
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Mom of 1 slain boy: Forgiveness first
Pam Hobbs committed to forgiving the three men convicted of killing her son and two of his friends before later coming to believe that they were innocent, she …
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Judge won’t delay desegregation trial
A federal judge refused Tuesday to delay a December trial to determine whether the state should be released from a desegregation settlement agreement that requ…
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Group urges apology for gay-wed teacher
The Human Rights Campaign urged Mount St. Mary Academy, a Catholic, all-girls high school in Little Rock, to create a nondiscrimination policy for its employee…
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LR Zoo welcomes 2 Illinois elephants to new stomping grounds
Two new elephants arrived at the Little Rock Zoo on Monday after an overnight trip on a tractor-trailer from their former home at the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley,…
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Remedial-class spending down
Arkansas’ public colleges and universities spent $43.2 million teaching noncredit, remedial classes last year to students who were not prepared for college-lev…
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Security firm to hold Texarkana school-safety sessions
Private consultants will visit the Texarkana School District on Monday to train employees — from teachers and cafeteria workers to bus drivers and custodians —…
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State lends hand to LR college
The Arkansas Department of Higher Education is trying to help Arkansas Baptist College dig out of a hole that developed when the Little Rock campus’ computer n…
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OBU giving 2 KIPP students paid spot each year
Ouachita Baptist University plans to offer two fully paid spots in every incoming class to graduates of KIPP schools in an effort designed to aid the charter s…
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UALR presents tech-park plan
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Joel Anderson presented a four phase building plan Tuesday that he said would allow for the gradual constructi…
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Elected county judge in ’92, Villines won’t seek new term
Pulaski County Judge Buddy Villines will not seek re-election to the position he’s held for 21 years, he said Monday.
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Broadway gets higher-ed post
The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board named Shane Broadway director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education on Monday, ending his term as int…
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Coverage hunters finding ARKids
Many parents who explore new health-insurance options made available through provisions of the 2010 federal healthcare overhaul will find that their uninsured …
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Committee backs Broadway
A search committee voted unanimously Thursday to recommend hiring interim Department of Higher Education Director Shane Broadway to become the agency’s officia…
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Secrets on Bosnia war aired at Clinton Center
More than 300 documents newly declassified by the CIA show how U.S. intervention in the Bosnian war led to a successful peace agreement, even though many decis…
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Clinton lauds school meal rules
Many people who criticize new federal school lunch guidelines are prioritizing the short-term interests of a few over the long-term health of a generation, for…
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‘Rogue juror’ cited in mistrial
A “rogue juror” sparked an unusual and unexpected mistrial in an aggravated-robbery case Friday when, after arriving at Pulaski County Circuit Court an hour la…
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2 considered for higher-education leader
A committee formed to find a director for the Arkansas Department of Higher Education voted Wednesday to interview interim Director Shane Broadway and Arizona …
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Progress great since LR 9, work remains, activist says
Fifty-six years after U.S. Army soldiers escorted nine teenagers into classes at Little Rock Central High School, making them the first black students to atten…
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Stay sought in LR school suit
Attorneys for the Little Rock School District and an intervenor group asked a federal judge Monday to delay a December trial to determine whether the state sho…
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College student figures fall off
Pulaski Technical College, the largest two-year college in the state, enrolled nearly 12 percent fewer students this semester than it did in the fall of 2012, …
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Education chiefs back path to aid immigrants
Leaders of eight Arkansas colleges and universities signed a letter asking the state’s senators and representatives to support immigration policy that would ad…
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Teacher pay on NLR agenda
The North Little Rock School Board plans to make budget adjustments to see if it can provide raises to the district’s employees.
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Resignation follows firearms vote
A member of a state board that commissions private security guards resigned Wednesday night, hours after the board voted to allow 13 school districts to contin…
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NLR high school renovation changes OK’d
The North Little Rock School Board approved changes to construction plans for North Little Rock High School on Thursday that will reduce the project’s overall …
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Board reverses, OKs school-staff gunmen
Teachers and staff members at 13 public school districts will be allowed to continue carrying firearms on their campuses after a split state licensing board re…
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Incumbent faces newcomer in NLR
The only contested North Little Rock School Board race will pit Zone 4 incumbent Ron Treat, on the board since 2007, against challenger Vincent Paul Myrick.
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State lawmakers seek school-safety quick fix
A group of state lawmakers will search for ways to allow several school districts to continue with their security plans after Arkansas Attorney General Dustin …
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NLR board approves revised school projects
The North Little Rock School Board approved revised plans for four elementary school buildings Monday after planners found construction costs for the schools w…
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Barges didn’t damage bridges, inspectors say
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department maintenance employees on Monday confirmed previous assessments that two bridges that span the Arkansas River tha…
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UALR bike patrols are back in bid to cut crime, build links
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s campus police have reintroduced bicycle patrols as part of a larger strategy designed to reduce campus crime by bui…
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Education notebook
LR School Board adopts new goals The Little Rock School Board last week officially adopted its five goals for the new school year and the 10 “Cultural Imperati…
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Higher Education notebook
3 more file to lead higher education The Arkansas Department of Higher Education on Thursday and Friday received three applications for director of the agency,…
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Jury plan to stay in Hastings trial
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen will continue with plans to limit the role of lawyers in jury selection for a trial in the Josh Hastings manslaugh…
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President to resign at Arkansas Tech
Arkansas Tech University President Robert Brown will step down at the end of the 2013-14 academic year, the Russellville university said Friday.
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Firm reimburses UAMS $300,000
University of Arkansas System auditors have recouped about $300,000 from Medical Assets Holding Co. as their investigation continues into the 2006-12 dealings …
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Board refuses to void schools’ transfer denials
The state Board of Education refused to overturn Friday the decisions of local school districts that had refused five families’ requests to transfer their chil…
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Specify issues, LR schools told
A federal judge overseeing a decades-old desegregation case wants the Little Rock School District to identify which of the state’s constitutional violations th…
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Board suspends arming of school staffs
A state board temporarily suspended the security-officer commissions of dozens of public-school employees Wednesday after concurring with an attorney general’s…
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3 new sites proposed for technology park
Three new, widely differing proposals for a planned technology park emerged Tuesday, a day before the Little Rock Technology Park Authority Board planned to me…
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Rule OK’d, shifts say-so on public charter schools
The Arkansas Board of Education approved an emergency rule Monday that gives Arkansas Department of Education staff members the primary authority to authorize …
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State board urges redo of School Choice Act
Members of the Arkansas Board of Education called on state lawmakers Monday to rewrite or replace the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 2013, calling severa…
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Medicare writes up readmission excess
Most Arkansas hospitals will face reductions to their Medicare reimbursements in the approaching fiscal year because they have had too many patient readmission…
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Girl with parasitic meningitis expected to live
Kali Hardig’s supporters wear shirts with a large “3” printed on the front as they pray and raise money for the 12-year-old Benton girl who contracted a rare f…
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UAMS seeks return of cash by Medicare
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will join with a group of other hospitals to challenge Medicare payments it says were improperly reduced over a…
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Ex-Sen. Steele to helm youth-services division
The Arkansas Department of Human Services hired former state Sen. Tracy Steele, D-North Little Rock, as the director of its Division of Youth Services, the dep…
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UAMS, St. Vincent tie-up dead
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has ended discussions with St. Vincent Health System about forming a “strategic alliance” designed to cut costs…
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State seeks education leader
The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board will once again advertise for the position of higher-education director, this time using new statutory require…
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School-choice appeal tossed by 8th Circuit
A federal appeals court Thursday tossed out appeals of a lower court’s decision to throw out the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 1989, calling the challen…
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UA Trustees notebook
Historic law office is donated to UAM The University of Arkansas at Monticello has accepted the donation of a former law office that is on the National Registe…
