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Two ex-Alamo members get $33 million each in suit Two former members of convicted evangelist Tony Alamo’s ministry have been awarded $33 million each after they sued Alamo for ordering them to be beaten. by The Associated Press - June 2, 2011

Mother testifies son’s paddling did some good A woman testified Wednesday that her son getting slapped in the face and struck with a wooden paddle when he was 14 and a member of the Tony Alamo Christian Min... by Andy Davis - June 2, 2011

Beatings recounted in Alamo suit trial After the second time he was beaten at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in southwest Arkansas, Spencer Ondrisek testified Tuesday, he would stay up ... by Andy Davis - June 1, 2011

Civil trial to begin for convicted evangelist A civil trial is set to begin Tuesday in Texarkana for convicted evangelist Tony Alamo. by The Associated Press - May 30, 2011

Alamo rehires attorney An evangelist convicted of taking young girls across state lines for sex rehired the attorney he fired earlier this week, according to court documents filed Wed... by By Jeannie Nuss, The Associated Press - May 18, 2011

Judge: Release Dunn, Jones trial data A Pulaski County judge on Thursday ordered a special prosecutor to release transcripts and documentary evidence from at least two murder trials in the 2005 slay... by Debra Hale-Shelton - May 13, 2011

Suspect: In 2006, fatally shot man In his fifth letter to the court, filed Monday, confessed soldier killer Abdulhakim Muhammad claims to have gunned down a man in Nashville, Tenn., several years... by John Lynch - April 12, 2011

Restitution hearing for Mann set for May 11 A May 11 hearing was set Friday to determine the amount of restitution that former Russellville physician Randeep Mann must pay for orchestrating an explosion t... by Linda Satter - April 9, 2011

Mann won’t contest divorce, but objects to paying support Facing the possibility of owing more than $1 million in restitution to his victim, the Pope County doctor convicted of masterminding the bombing that maimed the... by John Lynch - April 8, 2011

Case off for now, Dunn is released A judge Tuesday dismissed a capital-murder charge against Gary Dunn, whose case has twice ended in mistrials in the 2005 slaying of Arkansas Tech University stu... by Cathy Frye, Debra Hale-Shelton - April 6, 2011

Suit seeks materials from Jones, Dunn files Kevin Jones, who was acquitted in the killing of his girlfriend, Nona Dirksmeyer, filed a civil suit Wednesday in Pulaski County Circuit Court against special p... by John Worthen - April 2, 2011

Mann’s spouse files for divorce With her husband facing as much as $1.7 million in court-ordered restitution, the wife of the Pope County doctor who orchestrated the bombing that maimed the he... by John Lynch - April 1, 2011

New tests sought in ’93 case Attorneys for a West Memphis man sentenced to die for the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis boys have asked a judge to approve new evidence-testing in an effo... by Kenneth Heard - April 1, 2011

West Memphis-case hearing set for late 2011 A circuit judge has ordered an evidentiary hearing for three men convicted of the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis 8-yearolds to be held between Oct. 1 and D... by Kenneth Heard - March 19, 2011

Appeals panel hears Alamo case An attorney for the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries on Wednesday acknowledged that the church’s lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Human Services has le... by Andy Davis - March 17, 2011

Judge sets Aug. 1 for Dunn’s retrial Capital-murder defendant Gary Dunn, who is accused of killing Arkansas Tech University student Nona Dirksmeyer, will go to trial for a third time Aug. 1. by Cathy Frye - March 11, 2011

Dunn to be tried 3rd time in Dirksmeyer death A Pope County circuit judge has set an Aug. 1 date for the third trial of Gary Dunn on a charge of capital murder. by The Associated Press - March 10, 2011

LR School Board seeks input in superintendent search The Little Rock School Board is seeking input from the community on what it should look for in a superintendent. by Arkansas Online - March 4, 2011

Judge adds restrictions to ex-developer’s bail Former Sharp County developer Wayne Watkins, who returned to Arkansas last week after four years in Mexico, remains in custody at the county jail in Ash Flat. by C.S. Murphy - March 1, 2011

Mann to be sentenced in bombing of medical board chief Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life in prison for the Russellville doctor convicted of bombing the chief of the Arkansas Medical Board and nearly killing... by The Associated Press - February 28, 2011

Bail set, fought; returnee not free A district judge set bail for developer Wayne Watkins at $106,910.20 Thursday, but Watkins will remain in the Sharp County jail at least through the weekend pen... by C.S. Murphy - February 25, 2011

Fugitive developer on way to Ash Flat A Sharp County deputy is driving fugitive developer Wayne Watkins from Texas to Ash Flat today to face a felony theft charge and one-time clients who say he che... by C.S. Murphy - February 23, 2011

Developer accused in land deals jailed A developer accused of defrauding real estate investors in Sharp County was arrested at a Houston airport Monday as he returned from Mexico, where he had been l... by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports - February 22, 2011

LOST PARADISE: Land buyers left empty-handed HARDY - For two decades, people in this northcentral Arkansas town saw Wayne Watkins as a visionary who created resort developments along the scenic Spring Rive... by C.S. Murphy, Amy Upshaw - February 22, 2011

LOST PARADISE: Victims look for help, find little When victims of Wayne Watkins' failed land deals turned to government agencies for help, they felt further victimized. by C.S. Murphy, Amy Upshaw - February 22, 2011

State set to sue over land deals, McDaniel says Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Monday that he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf of consumers against Sharp County developer Wayne Watkins, whose conduct ... by C.S. Murphy, Amy Upshaw - February 22, 2011

Tipsters say fugitive developer spotted back in Sharp County Hardy developer Wayne Watkins, who is wanted on a felony theft charge in connection with failed land deals and believed to be in Mexico, was reported to have be... by Amy Upshaw - February 22, 2011

Promise of 4th trial prompts questions Three trials. Two defendants. No convictions. After Gary Dunn’s most recent mistrial - his second - special prosecutors said they would try him a third time in ... by Cathy Frye - February 6, 2011

Dunn’s retrial in Dirksmeyer death ends in hung jury For the second time in nine months, the capital-murder case against Gary Dunn has ended in a mistrial. by Cathy Frye - January 29, 2011

Murder jury digs into case on Dunn More than three hours after jurors began deliberations in Gary Dunn’s capital-murder trial Thursday, the judge sent them home, saying they could eat dinner and ... by Cathy Frye - January 28, 2011

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