Stories by Holly West

  • University polishes its doctoral program

    RUSSELLVILLE -- Arkansas Tech University will spend the new academic year on the final step of a major initiative: its first doctoral degree program.

  • Program helps 96 rev up for school

    Davion Williams dreaded taking math classes in high school, but he talks excitedly about working out algebra equations on a white board on a recent summer afte…

  • Police beat

    Car accident ends with gunfire in LR Road rage turned a vehicle accident into a shooting Sunday night, according to Little Rock police.

  • Plan speeds babies' blood tests

    State health leaders took the first step to reduce the amount of time it takes for families to find out if their children have disorders that require immediate…

  • Ex-justice noted for love of people

    Former Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice Conley F. Byrd Sr. accomplished a lot in his 89 years, but family members said it is the way he interacted with…

  • Junior League creating enclave

    The Junior League of Little Rock is making a home for nonprofit organizations in downtown Little Rock.

  • LR plans facilities for park

    The Big Dam Bridge Foundation and the city of Little Rock are developing plans to put restrooms and a pavilion on the Little Rock side of the bridge.

  • Police Beat

    Police arrest teensat NLR hotel party

  • $24.6 million sports hub floated for district

    A firm working on the facilities plan for the Little Rock School District is proposing a $24.6 million sports complex that would host athletic events for schoo…

  • Counties verifying alcohol signings

    Clerks in Saline and Craighead counties are working to verify signatures on petitions to put the issue of alcohol sales on county ballots in November.

  • Restorers taking panes at Capitol

    In a workshop off Maumelle Boulevard in North Little Rock, Nathan Cathey and Lynn Fitzgerald spend their days meticulously chipping caulk off multicolored, sta…

  • Vision for Clinton home as boy grows

    HOPE -- A group working to conserve the early childhood home of former President Bill Clinton wants to make Hope a destination location.

  • July 4's gas costs highest since '08

    Drivers who hit the road to celebrate the Fourth of July are expected to face the highest gas prices in six years and almost 50 miles of lane closures on major…

  • LR student nabs perfect ACT score

    Chandler Smith has done a lot for a person who just turned 17. He built his own computer. He taught himself Java computer programming. And this spring, he scor…

  • Police beat

    Medic tries to helpman, is attacked

  • Police beat

    Locked doors stop bank robbery try Police say a diligent bank teller thwarted a would-be bank robber early Tuesday morning.

  • Child left in car during theft attempt

    A man is accused of leaving his 3-year-old child in a car when he and two other men fled the scene of an attempted burglary Sunday, according to a news release…

  • Police beat

    Traffic stop leads to cocaine arrest Four men were arrested early Saturday morning after Little Rock police officers found guns and cocaine in their car during…

  • Generator push enters picture

    Arkansas Arts Center officials are looking for a way to finance the purchase of a generator -- a move that would help prevent its art from becoming damaged whe…

  • Wright wins GOP sheriff runoff

    Rodney Wright won Tuesday's Republican runoff for Saline County sheriff, beating out opponent Simon Haynes.

  • SAU panel to find top job applicants

    Southern Arkansas University trustees have assembled a committee that will search for a successor to President David Rankin, who will retire in June 2015 after…

  • U.S. was founded by deal-makers, Clinton says

    Former President Bill Clinton said when he was president, both parties worked together to find solutions to issues that mattered to Americans, but intense part…

  • HSU, SAU become latest to raise prices

    Henderson State University and Southern Arkansas University trustees voted to increase tuition and mandatory fees at board meetings Thursday, citing many of th…

  • Saline County race to see GOP's Arey

    Haskell Mayor Jeff Arey beat out Benton Alderman Kerry Murphy in Tuesday's primary election to become the Republican county judge candidate for Saline County.

  • Tuition, fees rise in plans for UA

    Students at the University of Arkansas System's four-year colleges will likely see tuition and fees rise anywhere from 3.5 percent to 6 percent for next year.

  • ASU set for a rise in tuition

    NEWPORT -- Trustees for the Arkansas State University System approved increases in tuition for all four of the system's institutions Friday.

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