Lisa Hammersly
Recent Stories by Lisa Hammersly
Part of Joplin’s rebuild is a new warning system
posted: 05/20/2012 5:24 a.m. Discuss
The first time the storm warning sirens blared in Joplin on May 22 last year, Diane Newman kept right on chatting with her mother on the phone and following Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on the television.
To protect and to sell?
posted: 05/06/2012 3:42 a.m. Comments 4
In Clarksville and Fort Smith last year, two law enforcement agencies sold 261 firearms and netted more than $35,000.
Hopes high for airport road work
posted: 04/30/2012 3:50 a.m. Discuss
Scott Van Laningham hears the stories.
Prosecutor clears trooper in fatal shooting after traffic stop
posted: 04/26/2012 5:11 a.m. Comment 1
A state trooper was justified in using deadly force when he shot and killed a man who fled from a traffic stop Saturday night on U.S. 71, Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney Marc McCune said Wednesday.
No bid to edit out 2nd rider, captain says
posted: 04/10/2012 4:40 a.m. Comments 8
Razorbacks head football coach Bobby Petrino asked a state police captain April 2 if he would be required to identify Petrino’s passenger in a motorcycle accident the coach had had the previous day, according to a statement state police released Monday.
Passer-by says Petrino vetoed 911-call offer
posted: 04/07/2012 3:29 a.m.
Comments 7
University of Arkansas football Coach Bobby Petrino and his female passenger, a UA employee, asked a man who passed their motorcycle accident Sunday not to call 911, according to an audio recording released by the Arkansas State Police on Friday.
Caught in a nightmare, grandmother says
posted: 04/01/2012 4:13 a.m. Discuss
They lived about 20 miles apart, the teenage girl and the convicted sex offender.
80 gather in Fort Smith to take up deep-river shipping
posted: 03/06/2012 5:22 a.m. Discuss
About 80 people, including port officials and business executives, gathered Monday in Fort Smith to talk about how to jump-start federal plans to deepen the Arkansas River from 9 feet to 12 feet to accommodate barges moving more freight on the river.
Deep-river shipping focus of forum today
posted: 03/05/2012 5:41 a.m. Discuss
Here’s what business executives, planners and political officials across the state say it will take to transform the Arkansas River into a first-class, deep-river shipping route: Dredge, baby, dredge.
Old water standards too strict, too expensive, cities complain
posted: 01/16/2012 5 a.m. Comment 1
Fayetteville and Huntsville are among a growing number of Arkansas cities and other entities working to challenge state and federal water quality standards for certain streams.
