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Turner tapped to helm Mineral Springs district
posted: 05/17/2013 12:46 p.m. Discuss
Eureka Springs School District Superintendent Curtis Turner has been tapped to lead the financially troubled Mineral Springs School District, the state Department of Education said Friday.
2 robbed at gunpoint in Searcy; teen arrested
posted: 04/18/2013 9:59 a.m. Comments 5
Searcy police say a 19-year-old man has been arrested in an armed robbery after officers used applications on stolen smart phones to track him and a juvenile accomplice.
Bryant officer kills fugitive in shootout; state police investigate
updated: 04/03/2013 10:47 a.m. Comments 13
Arkansas State Police are investigating Wednesday an overnight shooting that left an Illinois fugitive dead and a Bryant police officer wounded.
UA financial aid director to retire
posted: 04/02/2013 9:24 a.m. Discuss
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville financial aid director Kattie Wing will retire affective April 12, UA officials said Tuesday.
Arkansas jobless rate ticks up to 7.2%
updated: 03/18/2013 9:41 a.m. Discuss
The state's unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point in January to 7.2 percent, the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services said Monday.
Wal-Mart posts 8.6% profit rise in 4th quarter
posted: 02/21/2013 6:45 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that it earned a fourth-quarter profit of $5.61 billion, an 8.6 percent increase over the $5.16 billion earned a year earlier.
Crime Lab confirms McCready death a suicide
posted: 02/20/2013 9:40 a.m. Comment 1
Preliminary autopsy results from the Arkansas Crime Laboratory have confirmed that Mindy McCready’s cause of death was suicide, the Cleburne County sheriff’s office said Wednesday.
Car-Mart posts 3rd-quarter rise in profit
posted: 02/19/2013 7:23 a.m. Discuss
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has reported net income of $8 million in its fiscal third quarter, up 9.6 percent from the $7.3 million earned in the same quarter the previous year.
Windstream to announce 4th-quarter earnings
posted: 02/18/2013 9:48 a.m. Discuss
Little Rock-based Windstream Corp. has set a conference call for Tuesday morning to review the company’s fourth-quarter and full-year earnings.
Car-Mart to release 3rd-quarter earnings
posted: 02/18/2013 9:29 a.m. Discuss
America’s Car-Mart Inc. will release its fiscal 2013 third-quarter financial results after the stock market closes Monday.
Man who vanished after argument now home safe
posted: 02/06/2013 9:13 a.m. Discuss
A 53-year-old man who disappeared after a Monday argument with his daughter has returned home safely, the Garland County sheriff’s office said Wednesday.
McDaniel files suit against S&P over mortgage ratings
posted: 02/05/2013 1:08 p.m. Comment 1
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against Standard and Poor’s on Tuesday, joining the U.S. government and other states in accusing the debt-rating agency of fraud for giving high ratings to risky mortgage bonds.
Garland County man disappears after argument
posted: 02/05/2013 9:09 a.m. Discuss
Deputies are searching for a 53-year-old man who disappeared after a Monday argument with his daughter, the Garland County sheriff’s office has said.
Tyson earnings call, shareholders meeting set for Friday
posted: 01/31/2013 8:41 a.m. Discuss
Tyson Foods Inc. will hold its first-quarter 2013 earnings conference call and its annual shareholders meeting Friday.
USA Truck narrows 4th-quarter loss
posted: 01/31/2013 7:15 a.m. Discuss
USA Truck Inc. reported Thursday a fourth-quarter net loss of $3.1 million, or 30 cents per share, an improvement from its net loss of $4.4 million, or 42 cents per share, in the same quarter of 2011.
Creditors approve Hawker’s bankruptcy exit plan
posted: 01/25/2013 12:41 p.m. Comment 1
Hawker Beechcraft Inc. said Friday that its key creditors have approved its reorganization plan for emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Simmons First posts 27% rise in 4th-quarter earnings
posted: 01/24/2013 8:37 a.m. Discuss
Simmons First National Corp. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income came to $8 million, up 27.4 percent over the $6.3 million earned in the fourth quarter of 2011.
AT&T: Outage affects 'less than 1%' of U-verse subscribers
posted: 01/23/2013 12:17 p.m. Comments 5
AT&T U-verse customers across central Arkansas continued to cite service outages Wednesday.
State’s unemployment rate ticks up to 7.1%
updated: 01/18/2013 9:14 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 7.1 percent in December, up from 7 percent the previous month, the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services said Friday.
Bald Knob man hit, killed while standing on U.S. 67 shoulder
posted: 01/16/2013 8:18 a.m. Comments 5
A Bald Knob man was hit and killed Tuesday by a truck that lost control on an icy White County road, Arkansas State Police said.
Schwartz named next Bowen School law dean
posted: 01/15/2013 9:48 a.m. Discuss
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Provost Zulma Toro announced Tuesday that Michael Hunter Schwartz has been named the new dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law.
Sheriff’s office visitor smells of ‘pot,’ is arrested
posted: 01/11/2013 9:25 a.m. Comments 10
A North Little Rock man was arrested this week after entering the Pulaski County sheriff’s office bearing “a very strong odor of marijuana,” deputies said.
Smithfield: On track for crate-free sows by ’17
updated: 01/03/2013 10:30 a.m. Discuss
Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday that it has moved 38 percent of the pregnant sows on its company-owned farms in the U.S. to group housing systems.
Freezing fog possible for swath of Arkansas
posted: 01/02/2013 7:59 a.m. Discuss
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook Wednesday for freezing fog over a large portion of the state.
Prescott driver struck, killed by train
posted: 01/02/2013 7:04 a.m. Comments 5
A Prescott man was killed Sunday night after his vehicle was struck by an oncoming train, the Arkansas State Police said.
Two pedestrians hit, killed in Pine Bluff
posted: 12/26/2012 8:15 a.m. Comment 1
An early morning wreck on Christmas killed two in Pine Bluff, the Arkansas State Police said Wednesday.
Christmas Day wreck kills two, hurts four
updated: 12/26/2012 8:36 a.m. Comment 1
A Christmas Day collision on Arkansas 36 in Faulkner County killed two and injured four, the Arkansas State Police said Wednesday.
State unemployment rate drops to 7%
posted: 12/21/2012 9:21 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas’ unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in November to 7.0 percent, the state Department of Workforce Services said Friday.
SWEPCO starts Turk plant's commercial operation
posted: 12/20/2012 2:03 p.m. Comment 1
Southwestern Electric Power Co. started commercial operation Thursday of the new 600-megawatt John W. Turk Jr. Power plant near Fulton in Hempstead County, the company said.
Wind blows out stoplights in west Little Rock
posted: 12/20/2012 1:35 p.m. Discuss
Traffic stoplights were malfunctioning across west Little Rock on Thursday afternoon because of high winds.
One-vehicle wreck kills one, hurts one
posted: 12/04/2012 7:43 a.m. Comment 1
A single-vehicle wreck Monday in Ashley County killed a Hamburg man and injured another, according to Arkansas State Police records.
Hope woman killed in one-car wreck
posted: 12/04/2012 7:27 a.m. Discuss
A Hope woman was killed Monday after her car ran off the road in Scott County, a preliminary Arkansas State Police crash report shows.
Smackover woman killed crossing highway
updated: 12/04/2012 7:17 a.m. Discuss
A Smackover woman was killed Monday evening while trying to cross Arkansas 7 on foot in Union County, authorities said.
Robbers target pair in LR eatery parking lot
posted: 12/03/2012 9:54 a.m. Comments 25
Little Rock police responded Sunday evening to a report of a robbery in the parking lot of an Outback Steakhouse restaurant.
State’s death certificates go online
posted: 12/03/2012 9:15 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Department of Health on Monday rolled out a service that allows users to search and state death certificates on the Web. Previously, the records were available only through in-person requests or paper-form submissions.
Windstream Hosted to open Nashville, Tenn., data center
posted: 12/03/2012 8:56 a.m. Comments 2
Windstream Hosted Solutions, the data-center operator for Little Rock-based communications company Windstream Corp., announced Monday that it will construct a new facility in Nashville, Tenn.
Mabus, U.S. Navy secretary, to address UA graduates
posted: 12/03/2012 8:41 a.m. Discuss
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus will address graduates at the University of Arkansas’ fall commencement Dec. 15, university officials said Monday in a statement.
Man fleeing from police dies in Polk County crash
posted: 12/03/2012 8:14 a.m. Comment 1
A driver was killed and his passenger injured Saturday after attempts to evade police led to a crash into a tree, authorities said.
Jonesboro man dies in one-vehicle wreck
posted: 12/03/2012 7:51 a.m. Discuss
A Jonesboro man was killed Saturday evening after he lost control of his vehicle in a curve, authorities said.
Acxiom taps Compton as senior VP of human resources
posted: 11/26/2012 10:21 a.m. Comment 1
Acxiom Corp. announced Monday that it has appointed Jena Compton as senior vice president of human resources worldwide.
Kindergarten teacher named tops for ’13
posted: 11/26/2012 10:04 a.m. Comments 3
Alexia Weimer, a kindergarten teacher at Avondale Elementary School in the Marion School District, has been named the state’s 2013 Teacher of the Year.
Arkansas 187 Bridge to shut for work
posted: 11/21/2012 9:08 a.m. Discuss
Routine maintenance on the Arkansas 187 Bridge over the White River at Beaver will require closures starting Monday, according to Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department officials.
I-540 lanes to shut 4 days in Fort Smith
posted: 11/21/2012 8:47 a.m. Discuss
The southbound lanes of Interstate 540 between Arkansas 45 and Arkansas 255 will be closed from Tuesday through Friday next week, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department's Fort Smith headquarters said.
State releases school-accountability reports
updated: 11/19/2012 2:17 p.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Department of Education on Monday released its 2012 school-accountability reports for the first time under the standards of the state’s new system.
Wal-Mart moves up quarterly dividend payment
posted: 11/19/2012 8 a.m. Discuss
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s will pay its regular quarterly shareholder dividend of about 40 cents per share on Dec. 27 instead of the previously scheduled Jan. 2, the Bentonville-based retailer has announced.
Car-Mart posts 2nd-quarter results
updated: 11/19/2012 5:34 p.m. Discuss
America’s Car-Mart Inc. released its fiscal 2013 second-quarter financial results Monday, with the Bentonville-based buy-here, pay-here chain of used-car lots posting a diluted earnings of .76 cents per share.
Drought continues to abate in state
posted: 11/15/2012 8:54 a.m. Discuss
The portion of Arkansas covered by severe or extreme drought has reduced to 42.2 percent, down from last week’s 63.8 percent, officials said Thursday.
Toronto firm to buy majority stake in Arkansas Surgical Hospital
posted: 11/14/2012 1:21 p.m. Discuss
Medical Facilities Corp. of Toronto said Wednesday that it has entered a deal to acquire a 51 percent stake in Arkansas Surgical Hospital LLC for about $36.2 million.
State’s industrial jobs dip 1% in year
posted: 11/13/2012 9:57 a.m. Discuss
Manufacturing employment in Arkansas has dipped 1 percent over the past 12 months, an annual industrial directory has reported.
Weekend Theater moves auditions after wreck into building
posted: 11/09/2012 1:35 p.m. Discuss
The Weekend Theater in Little Rock is moving this weekend’s auditions for a 2013 production of “Company” because of damage caused by a vehicle that crashed into its building Wednesday.
