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In this compilation, Arkansas Online takes a look at the lives and crimes of seven death row inmates set to die.
April 17, 2017Police in Arkansas shot at least 135 people in the past six years. Sixty-seven died.
by Amanda Claire Curcio , Hunter Field March 12, 2017Over her short life, Avah Forrester’s eyes turned from gray to blue to brown, same as her brother Alex.
by Frank Fellone , Lisa Hammersly January 31, 2017Read our guide on chronic wasting disease in Arkansas.
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette April 5, 2016Read articles related to the 2014 disappearance and murder of real estate agent Beverly Carter.
January 15, 2016Supporters of the three men convicted of killing three boys in West Memphis in 1993 gathered Tuesday on the state Capitol steps and called for officials to reo…
by Scott Carroll May 6, 2015The 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 Lee …
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, she …
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 We…
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 deaths …
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 of …
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 to …
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 Frida…
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 t…
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 to …
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, 2012