Spencer Willems
Recent Stories by Spencer Willems
Two ignored warning, walked in on burglar
posted: 05/24/2012 4:04 a.m. Comments 7
Two men who were shot — one fatally — late Tuesday morning were trying to stop a burglary at a Capitol View house in Little Rock and had been warned minutes earlier by the homeowner not to put themselves in danger.
2 dead, 1 clings to life after bursts of gunfire
posted: 05/23/2012 5:42 a.m. Comments 6
Two men were fatally shot, and a third man was critically wounded late Tuesday morning in what Little Rock detectives believe was a botched burglary.
After 36 years, Jacksonville judge calls this election his last, win or lose
posted: 05/21/2012 4:22 a.m. Discuss
Jacksonville District Court Judge Robert Batton said this election will be his last hoorah.
39th gets a change of command
posted: 05/20/2012 5:15 a.m. Discuss
Col. Kirk Van Pelt, commander of the Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, handed over the command of the unit to Col. John “Mickey” Stewart during a change-of-command ceremony Saturday afternoon at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock. Speaking to six columns of soldiers, color guards from the brigade’s six units and other observers, Brig. Gen. Roger McClellan, head of the Arkansas Army National Guard, thanked Van Pelt for his three years of service.
Girl, 15, is linked to fatal stabbing
posted: 05/18/2012 3:06 a.m. Comments 4
Little Rock police said they have not arrested the Hall High School student who they said fatally stabbed her mother’s ex-boyfriend early Thursday morning.
CATA driver charged in ’11 crosswalk death
updated: 05/18/2012 8:30 a.m.
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Police detectives arrested and charged the bus driver who ran over and killed a Bryant man walking in downtown Little Rock in November.
At deadline, protest tents few
posted: 05/17/2012 5:06 a.m.
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Nearly seven months after first pitching its tents, the Occupy Little Rock movement lost its home Wednesday afternoon.
NLR woman charged in killing
posted: 05/16/2012 4:49 a.m. Discuss
A North Little Rock woman appeared in court on murder charges Tuesday morning, seven months after she told police she shot her husband several times in self-defense.
3 at jail rebuked in March escape
posted: 05/16/2012 4:47 a.m. Discuss
Two Pulaski County jail employees knowingly discharged the wrong prisoner, resulting in a 10-hour manhunt according to a sheriff’s office investigation.
LR police see flat crime rate in 1st quarter
posted: 05/14/2012 4:41 a.m. Comment 1
Crime rose again in Little Rock. But just barely.
