Jennifer Godwin
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Jennifer Godwin is online news editor for Arkansas Online. She does a little bit of everything, from writing to coding to video editing to, yes, even tweeting.
Recent Stories
LR police fatally shoot man during raid
updated: 01/17/2012 3:49 p.m.
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The Little Rock house raided by SWAT officers early Tuesday had been under surveillance for weeks as a suspected drug house, authorities said as they released more details on the fatal shooting that drew anguished family members to the neighborhood where the raid took place.
DANCE REVIEW: Nutcracker dazzles, enchants
posted: 11/21/2011 5:43 a.m. Discuss
It snowed for a spell in central Arkansas on Sunday, even if it was just an early sprinkling of Christmas magic from the Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker.
Wal-Mart won't expand its health-care offerings
posted: 11/09/2011 1:31 p.m. Comments 35
Wal-Mart said Tuesday that it would not be expanding in the medical field after a report suggested that the world's largest retailer was planning to offer such services as chronic illness management and diagnostic care.
Evanescence’s hiatus fruitful
posted: 10/16/2011 4:35 a.m. Discuss
Amy Lee has kept busy these past five years. She has gotten hitched, taken up the harp, let the vastness of the ocean engulf her, nested in New York. Oh, and worked on a just-released Evanescence album, the much-awaited follow-up to the band’s 2006 colossal hit, The Open Door.
DANCE REVIEW: Graham dancers show her choreography still resonates
posted: 10/12/2011 2 a.m. Discuss
The Martha Graham Dance Company took a Conway audience down dance memory lane in a guided theatrical tour of the celebrated choreographer’s life Tuesday night, proving that pieces created generations ago still resonate in the modern world.
LR native to appear on penultimate Oprah show
posted: 05/24/2011 10:02 a.m. Discuss
An Arkansas native was among the thousands at Oprah Winfrey's "Surprise Spectacular" event last week, joining celebrities in wishing the talk-show queen farewell.
9/11 families react to bin Laden's death
updated: 05/02/2011 2:42 p.m.
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As the news sinks in that al-Qaida head Osama bin Laden has been killed, family members of those who died in in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have reacted with shock and relief.
Springdale detective finds success in screenwriting
posted: 04/08/2011 9:43 a.m. Discuss
Mark McCann is not your typical law enforcement type.
Home, not alone
posted: 03/23/2011 4:12 a.m. Discuss
Raising a family is challenging enough, but imagine the daunting prospect of doing it when one of the parents struggles with a debilitating condition. When a disease leaves a mother too tired to take her daughter to the park, or a father unable to play catch. Or when making dinner is a task too cumbersome some nights.
What (and when) to tell kids
posted: 03/23/2011 3:56 a.m. Discuss
When to tell a child about a parent’s illness is as important as what to say. Experts say patients must not hide the disease because even young children are perceptive and can pick up on emotional cues such as stress and depression in parents. Most importantly, said Jessica Fisher, a social worker, children should participate to the degree with which they are comfortable.
