Private-prison use gets look by state board
The Board of Corrections voted Wednesday to send letters of interest to neighboring states in an effort to determine the possibility of temporarily housing Ark…
Stories by Cathy Frye
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Volunteers off hunt for toddler
SEARCY -- For more than a week, hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement officers have searched this White County city for Malik Drummond, the missing 2-year…
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Couple use laughter, love in fight with ALS
They met at Barnes & Noble on a blind date arranged by a friend.
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Man gets life term in aunt's death
HOT SPRINGS -- Shalawn Goodman knew that her cousin, Samuel Conway, would have to face the consequences for his involvement in the murder of her mother -- a wo…
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In murder trial, brother to say sibling coerced him
No one disputes what happened at 117 Maurice St. on the night of March 14, 2005.
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Trial to start in '05 Spa City killing
HOT SPRINGS -- Samuel Conway, 27, on Wednesday will face the first of two capital murder trials in Garland County.
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Inmate, 38, dies in cell at Varner Super Max
Arkansas State Police are investigating what appears to be an inmate suicide at the Varner Super Max unit.
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Pup who fled Reaper full of life in lockup
MALVERN -- The black pup, a German shepherd/border collie mix, sank into a deep sleep soon after a sedative was injected.
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Photo ID requested needlessly, ACLU says
Confusion over voter-ID requirements remained the top complaint from those who experienced trouble at the polls Tuesday, according the the Arkansas chapter of …
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Housing chief hit with writ of arrest
A Little Rock judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Rodney Forte, executive director of the Metropolitan Housing Alliance, over accusations he has failed…
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Police report on girl's bus exit death goes to prosecutors
The Arkansas State Police on Wednesday submitted to prosecutors an investigative report on the death of a seventh-grade student who was struck by a motorist af…
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Girl, 12, hit by SUV after exiting school bus, dies
Seventh-grader Jazmin Hernandez had just stepped off the school bus and was crossing U.S. 70 in Pike County when she was hit by a Ford Explorer on Monday after…
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16 submit interest in prison
The Arkansas Department of Correction has received 16 applications from landowners, cities and counties who want their sites to be considered for a proposed 1,…
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Prison employee resigns after TV interview probe
A television station's face-to-face prison interview with murder suspect Arron Lewis angered both prosecutors and the public, prompted an internal investigatio…
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Prison board names Norris interim chief
For 16 years, Larry Norris served as director of the Arkansas Department of Correction before retiring at the beginning of 2010. Now, at 65, Norris will return…
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Workforce re-entry program graduates 30 inmates
A class of 30 prison inmates graduated Friday from a new program designed to help them find jobs after they are released.
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Suit on 1st-appearance delay granted class-action status
U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. granted class certification Wednesday in a federal lawsuit filed in 2012 by a former Phillips County jail inmate who …
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Fevered dreams under a mesquite tree
As he plowed through nearly impenetrable cactus, Rick remained focused on a serrated ridge in the distance.
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Out of the desert, into a nightmare
Rick looked at the sea of cactus ahead of him and felt his last bit of hope ebb away.
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To curb rolls, prisons think out of the box
After years of grappling with a swelling prison population, Arkansas corrections officials are working on a list of unconventional proposals to help decrease t…
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2 very different paths
Arron Lewis spent much of the past 10 years in prison. The rest of the time he was under the watch of federal probation or state parole officers in five states…
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As family mourns, memories a comfort
During the first half of their 35-year marriage, Carl and Beverly Carter persevered through hardscrabble times, often living with family or in small trailers.
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Job-site runaway nabbed after a week on lam
A parolee who walked off a job site last week in Texarkana was tracked Wednesday morning by prison dogs and found hiding in a shed just north of Fouke.
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Suspect arrested; Realtor missing
Police arrested the Jacksonville man Monday suspected of kidnapping North Little Rock real estate agent Beverly Carter.
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Hundreds hunt for missing Realtor
Hundreds of real estate agents and community volunteers traversed rough terrain Saturday during the search for missing Realtor Beverly Carter.
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Realtor showing house vanishes
Realtor Beverly Carter planned to show several houses Thursday evening, all of them in the vicinity of Scott -- population 72 -- which straddles the line betwe…
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Prisoners restricted from jobs in schools
State prison inmates working for Arkansas Correctional Industries will no longer be allowed to work in schools when children are present without approval from …
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Funds low for state's jail-held inmates
BATESVILLE -- County jails currently housing state inmates because of a lack of prison space will see few -- if any -- reimbursement checks in the next 10 mont…
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Resigning, prosecutor says during case recess
Cross County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Michael Ladd abruptly tendered his resignation Tuesday morning during a recess in criminal court proceedings.
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Varner inmate dead after hanging himself, official says
A state prison inmate serving time for the 2006 rape of a Jonesboro woman and the attempted capital murder of a police officer hanged himself with a sheet atta…
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Inquiry of lawyer results in charge
In the past year, 1st Judicial Circuit Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Michael Ladd has been accused of harassing his neighbors, as well as pulling a gun on someon…
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Arkansan called America's oldest
Gertrude Weaver, the daughter of Arkansas sharecroppers, celebrated July Four by becoming the oldest living American.
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Boyfriend admits to July murder
Rebecca Lauer, a 35-year-old mother of two, always swore she would never find herself in the type of deadly, abusive relationships featured on Lifetime televis…
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Fire-hit hospital shuts for repairs
Fire and the ensuing water damage forced the 150-bed Crittenden Regional Hospital to temporarily shut its doors Friday.
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Military families remember lost loved ones
Tommy Williams couldn't bring himself to attend Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at the state Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock.
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Program, prayers put kids’ 2 dads together
Each night, Vernon Holden sent up a prayer from the Arkansas prison in which he was incarcerated: Please, God, take care of my kids. Help them find a good home.
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Ranger recommends day use at Big Brushy
The district ranger for Big Brushy Campground -- which has been off-limits to the public since last May -- said Wednesday that he is recommending that the recr…
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Inmates bloom along with roses
Many of the women at the Southeast Arkansas Community Correction Center expressed skepticism when they first laid eyes on a shipment of what appeared to be not…
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State’s killer tornado rated an EF4
The tornado that struck central Arkansas on Sunday, killing 15 people and splintering homes, ripped through Vilonia and Mayflower as an EF4 with winds of nearl…
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Prison rolls said to explode in ’13
Arkansas prison populations “exploded” in 2013, according to a report given to the Board of Corrections on Tuesday at its regular monthly meeting.
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Amid ruin, on trail of life before storm
PARON — A day after a tornado killed her father and two of her sisters, Emily Tittle, 17, knew she had to be brave.
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Effort helps ex-inmates stay out
In the past 16 years, David Hood, 32, has been sent to prison seven times for drug and firearm convictions.
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‘Blood moon’ rises over U.S., first of four in 18 months
Couldn’t stay up to see last night’s red moon?
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New program aims to give parolees a hand
For someone recently released from prison, re-entering society can be a daunting and self-defeating process.
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Governor names chief of staff to UA’s board
Morril Harriman — chief of staff for Gov. Mike Beebe since 2007 — was appointed Monday to the University of Arkansas board of trustees.
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Absconder amnesty ends March 31
Parole absconders have until the end of March to take advantage of a one-time amnesty offer from the Arkansas Department of Community Correction.
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Case made for prisoner relief
Former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich offered suggestions in a Little Rock lecture Thursday for taking politics out of the granting of pardons and commutations.
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Manhunters vie, noses helped by the weather
An icon of prisons in the South, bloodhounds appear often in films and music in which inmates — or fugitives — play a role.
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UA toasts selling alcohol at stadium
The University of Arkansas announced Wednesday that those who buy tickets for indoor club seating at the Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium will be able to p…
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Agency offers amnesty for parole absconders
Parolees often stop reporting to their officers because they don’t have transportation or the money to pay their fines and fees.
