Audit cites 171 overpaid in PB
The Pine Bluff School District plans to investigate why 171 employees were collectively overpaid $473,142 without proper documentation during the 2009-2010 fis…
Stories by Alissa Skelton
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Suit seeks to oust 2 at Gould
A group of Gould residents has sued two aldermen in a bid to oust them, claiming that the representatives are unqualified to serve on the City Council.
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11 to serve up lessons from China
As a young girl, Paige Morphew felt like a Chinese princess when her cousin dressed her in a traditional red Chinese dress and arranged her hair Beijing-opera …
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PB Civil Service Commission abolished
The Pine Bluff Civil Service Commission was officially abolished Thursday, allowing the city to be responsible for creating and enforcing rules and regulations…
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No Morrilton job, cleanup firm says
Morrilton building owners have started their excavator search anew after Snyder Environmental and Construction Inc. withdrew its bid to clean up the rubble fro…
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Police say box cutter killed Waldo woman
The suspect in the slaying of an elderly woman killed Friday in an attack with a box cutter at the Waldo post office ended his initial court appearance early M…
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Suer of PB balks at police, fire panel deal
The Southern States Police Benevolent Association backed out on a settlement to abolish Pine Bluff’s Civil Service Commission on Wednesday evening.
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Give teens 2nd chance, she says
Miss Arkansas 2011 Kristen Glover says mentoring can help troubled teens get a second chance.
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Glover crowned Miss Arkansas
Kristen Glover, Miss Ouachita Baptist University, tapped her way to the Miss Arkansas crown Saturday night.
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Ex-leader of Farm Bureau dies in wreck
Farm leader, businessman and former U.S. Senate candidate Stanley Reed died in a one-car accident near Augusta on Friday, one day after he interviewed for the …
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Panel reinstates state trooper
The Arkansas State Police Commission on Thursday reinstated a state trooper involved in a 2009 fatal accident.
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Vote sends district back to drawing board
The Two Rivers School District will meet with the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation Division to discuss what happens next since vot…
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Democrat wins vote for District 54 post
Democrat Hudson Hallum won the District 54 state House of Representatives seat with 51 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s Crittenden County special election.
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Newport residents say yes to continuing city sales tax
Newport residents overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to continue a half-cent economic development sales tax for another 10 years.
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Property-tax rise rejected
Two Rivers School District in Yell County will not receive funds from a proposed property-tax increase to build a new elementary school and sports complex esti…
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Extending sales tax on Newport ballot
Newport residents will vote today whether to extend a decade-old half-cent citywide sales tax used for economic expansion.
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4 lined up to interview for leading UA System
Four candidates for the University of Arkansas System presidency will be interviewed next week by trustees.
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U.S. waistlines bigger yet in study of obesity
Arkansas improved from eighth to ninth in a national obesity report released Thursday, but not because it made great strides — other states’ residents are gett…
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District angers parents again
More than 100 Brinkley School District parents who had filed a lawsuit last month against their school system are unhappy with the School Board’s choice for su…
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New PB schools chief focuses on job ahead
Jerry O. Payne, the Pine Bluff School District’s new superintendent, was the leader of a Louisiana school district when Hurricane Katrina hit, leaving Bogalusa…
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Suspect missing, judge cancels trial in 2009 slaying
The jury trial for a Conway man facing a murder charge in Hot Springs was canceled because he disappeared Monday morning, officials said Tuesday.
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Connecticut man selected as Forrest City police chief
Forrest City will have a new police chief in August to fill the vacant position.
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Conway man misses hearing
A Conway man facing murder charges was supposed to show up for a pretrial hearing in Hot Springs on Monday.
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State helping residents seek shelter from storm
In March 2010, a tornado sucked the shoes right off 22-month-old Mark Kostreva’s feet while simultaneously blasting out all of the windows in his Center Hill h…
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Scramble on to find spots for students, instructors
The abrupt closing of The Cathedral School in May has families in a frenzy to find other schools.
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A year ago, 20 lost lives to flood
It has been a year since flash floodwaters rushed into Albert Pike Recreational Area, killing 20 people.
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Free clinics busy as needy in 5 Delta cities seek care
Temporary clinics opened in five eastern Arkansas cities Wednesday, drawing hundreds of people seeking free checkups, eyeglasses and dental care.
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Free health clinics to serve Delta
Free health and dental clinics will temporarily serve five of Arkansas’ least-healthy counties, Gov. Mike Beebe announced Monday.
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School Board vows to keep eye on goals
The Little Rock School Board pledged Saturday to move forward with a set of ambitious goals to run a more efficient, cohesive district despite the loss of mill…
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Riverfest sets record with crowd of 260,000
Sunny skies and no rain helped Riverfest set an attendance record this weekend.
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Salary set for ASU System chief
Arkansas State University System President Charles Welch is ready to take care of business.
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ASU OKs budgets, 4% bump for tuition
The Arkansas State University board of trustees approved the 2011-12 ASU budgets and an undergraduate tuition increase of about 4 percent Thursday for the scho…
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Beebe addresses top scholars
Gov. Mike Beebe wanted to be a secret agent when he finished high school. But he soon figured out that becoming the next James Bond probably wasn’t so romantic…
