Recent stories by Debra Hale-Shelton
ASU donations hold tuition line
A record $40.1 million in donations and pledges to Arkansas State University during the past fiscal year helped the Jonesboro campus avoid a tuition increase this fall despite relatively stable state ...
August 19, 2018
ASU donations hold tuition line; gifts, pledges of $40.1M is record
A record $40.1 million in donations and pledges to Arkansas State University during the past fiscal year helped the Jonesboro campus avoid a tuition increase this fall despite relatively stable state ...
August 17, 2018
Henderson State enrollment exceeds estimates
Henderson State University's enrollment is running higher than it did about this time last year, in keeping with the administration's projections.
After encountering a $3.2 million deficit entering fi...
August 16, 2018
Exxon is asked to ante up for central Arkansas spill; plan seeks $1.8M for 2013 damage
More than five years after a pipeline burst in Mayflower near Lake Conway, state and federal officials have asked Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay more than $1.8 million to compensate the government for damag...
August 9, 2018
Faulkner County seeks harassment suit dismissal; corrective action already taken, attorneys tell court
County Judge Jim Baker has already taken "corrective action" in response to complaints about sexual harassment by a Faulkner County official, attorneys contend in a newly filed court document.
As a re...
August 7, 2018
Man convicted of filing false police report against Arkansas senator vows appeal
CONWAY -- A man convicted of filing a false police report against state Sen. Jason Rapert said Wednesday he plans to appeal.
Stephan Ferry, 45, of Conway was convicted Tuesday of the misdemeanor and s...
July 26, 2018
Firing of Faulkner County emergency director urged twice, filing in suit reveals
An amended complaint in a sexual-harassment lawsuit against Faulkner County and three of its top officials says publicly for the first time that not one but two investigations recommended that the cou...
July 25, 2018
1 plaintiff withdraws from sexual harassment suit against central Arkansas county, officials
One of two plaintiffs in a sexual harassment lawsuit against Faulkner County and some of its officials has withdrawn from the case.
U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr. ruled in Little Rock on Monday t...
July 24, 2018
Henderson State University to issue revenue bonds for dormitory repairs
Financially struggling Henderson State University plans to issue revenue bonds for $1 million to complete "emergency repairs" to Smith Hall, an aging residence hall.
Trustee Eddie Arnold voted against...
July 23, 2018
Faulkner County Quorum Court agrees to repay funds for animal shelter
CONWAY -- Faulkner County residents who have been paying a voluntary tax aimed at building an animal shelter got some good though vague news this week.
The county's Quorum Court agreed that the county...
July 20, 2018