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The Lee County and Strong-Huttig school districts are no longer labeled by the state as "academically distressed," clearing the way for the release of the Le...
by Cynthia Howell - February 13, 2015Arkansas Education Department leaders reported Thursday that there is no plan yet for improving the Little Rock School District's academically troubled schools.
by Cynthia Howell - February 13, 2015BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK, Texas -- By 6 a.m. Sunday, the number of searchers had grown to 40.
by Last in a series Cathy Frye; 2014 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 17, 2014As he plowed through nearly impenetrable cactus, Rick remained focused on a serrated ridge in the distance.
by Cathy Frye - October 16, 2014Rick looked at the sea of cactus ahead of him and felt his last bit of hope ebb away.
by Cathy Frye - October 15, 2014BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK, Texas -- Rick and I awoke before dawn, shivering from the cold and covered in goosebumps.
by Third in a series Cathy Frye; 2014 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 14, 2014BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK, Texas -- A chilling wind swept across the Chihuahuan Desert, as I repeatedly clenched my jaw to keep my teeth from chattering.
by Second in a series Cathy Frye; 2014 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 13, 2014BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK, Texas -- Crouched on trembling legs beside a stubby mesquite tree, I tried to steady my voice.
by First in a series Cathy Frye- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - October 12, 2014TEXARKANA -- Five properties formerly owned by Tony Alamo have been auctioned off to partially satisfy a civil judgment against the imprisoned evangelist.
by The Associated Press - June 14, 2014Pam Hobbs committed to forgiving the three men convicted of killing her son and two of his friends before later coming to believe that they were innocent, sh...
by Evie Blad - October 24, 2013MALVERN — One of three men convicted of the grisly murders of three boys in West Memphis but then freed after 18 years in prison in a rare legal maneuver on ...
by Gavin Lesnick - October 23, 2013LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is to host a screening of the film "West of Memphis" about the prosecution of three men for the death...
by The Associated Press - October 23, 2013Jason Baldwin, one of three men convicted of killing three boys in a famous West Memphis murder case, will join Pam Hobbs, the mother of Stevie Branch, one o...
by ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - October 23, 2013A circuit judge has ruled against allowing the parents of two West Memphis 8-year-olds killed in 1993 to look at evidence in the case.
by Kenneth Heard - April 4, 2013While it has been 20 years since three 8-year-old boys (Steven Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers) were murdered in West Memphis, the case appears t...
by DAN LYBARGER SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - March 8, 2013Dateline NBC will profile the criminal case surrounding the 2005 beating death of Arkansas Tech student Nona Dirksmeyer in an hourlong episode set to air Fri...
by Gavin Lesnick - February 22, 2013A federal judge refused Friday to grant two-time murder defendant Gary Dunn’s request to have civil conspiracy allegations against him thrown out of court.
by Linda Satter - January 19, 2013A recently elected Little Rock School Board member has died, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has confirmed.
by Arkansas Online - November 1, 2012A circuit court judge has denied a mother’s request to see physical evidence in the 1993 murders of her son and two other West Memphis 8-yearolds.
by Kenneth Heard - October 31, 2012A judge has ruled that the physical evidence the mother of one of three Cub Scouts killed in northeast Arkansas requested to see isn’t available to her under...
by The Associated Press - October 30, 2012A Crittenden County Circuit Court judge will decide early next week whether to allow the mother of one of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys killed in 1993 t...
by Kenneth Heard - October 25, 2012A judge says he plans to rule next week on whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the mother of one of three Cub Scouts killed in northeast Arkansas in 1993.
by The Associated Press - October 24, 2012A federal judge has set the trial in a lawsuit filed by the boyfriend of murder victim Nona Dirksmeyer to start during the week of May 13, 2013.
by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - September 5, 2012For nearly two decades, prison was the only home Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley Jr. knew.
by The Associated Press - August 17, 2012Defendants in a lawsuit filed by the boyfriend of murder victim Nona Dirksmeyer denied in a court filing Monday that they conspired to protect another suspec...
by Debra Hale-Shelton - August 15, 2012A federal judge cleared the way Monday for a lawsuit filed by the boyfriend of murder victim Nona Dirksmeyer to proceed to trial.
by Debra Hale-Shelton - June 26, 2012A warning order for Gary Dunn, who formerly was charged in the death of Nona Dirksmeyer, to respond to a lawsuit naming him and two others as defendants will...
by ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - June 12, 2012Prosecutor and congressional hopeful Scott Ellington says costs to the state and potential juror misconduct factored into his decision to agree to the deal t...
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press - April 18, 2012Former Hardy land developer Wayne Watkins faces $3 million in civil penalties as a result of a judgment rendered in a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Dusti...
by Amy Schlesing - April 6, 2012A federal judge has set a trial date for two Russellville law officers who are the targets of a lawsuit by a man who was acquitted in the death of beauty que...
by The Associated Press - February 20, 2012