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Recent stories by John Lynch

Judge invalidates selection process of Arkansas State Plant Board members For the second time in barely a year, a court has ruled that the Arkansas Legislature has illegally ceded control of the State Plant Board to private business interests, violating the state Constituti... May 18, 2022

Judge invalidates selection process of Arkansas State Plant Board members Arkansas legislators violated the Constitution by giving business interests almost unfettered authority to appoint a controlling majority of the State Plant Board, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chip We... May 17, 2022

2 vie to replace retiring Jegley as prosecuting attorney for Perry, Pulaski counties For the first time in more than a quarter-century, voters in Perry and Pulaski counties will not see Larry Jegley's name on the ballot for Sixth Judicial District prosecuting attorney.The 182-year... May 9, 2022

Man convicted in shooting death of 10-year-old girl at Little Rock’s Boyle Park gets 35-year sentence A 19-year-old North Little Rock man has accepted a 35-year prison sentence for killing a girl in Little Rock's Boyle Park last year.Sentencing papers filed on Thursday show Ladarius Darnell Burnet... May 8, 2022

6th Judicial Circuit candidates counting on their public service backgrounds Two longtime Little Rock lawyers, both of whom have a history of public service, are vying in this month's judicial elections to succeed retiring Judge Wendell Griffen in the 6th Judicial Circuit ... May 8, 2022

2 candidates challenge restrictions on the display of campaign signs at Arkansas’ Capitol A 7-year-old law restricting how political candidates and public officials can display campaign signs on their cars at the state Capitol violates freedom of speech protections, say two Republican offi... May 6, 2022

North Little Rock man, 62, sentenced to 25 years in shotgun slaying A 62-year-old North Little Rock man has accepted a 25-year prison sentence for the shotgun slaying of a 37-year-old man in what he initially claimed to be a freak accident.Sentencing papers filed Tues... May 6, 2022

Jury finds man guilty of manslaughter in killing over scuffed shoes A 22-year-old Tennessee man who fatally shot a Little Rock fraternity member in a dispute that began over some scuffed shoes committed manslaughter, a Pulaski County jury ruled on Tuesday, ending a fo... May 4, 2022

Witnesses to fatal encounter at Little Rock restaurant recount disturbing scenes An off-duty Little Rock police officer saw a man in pink -- presumed to be murder defendant Darean Deshun Moore -- being chased by a gun-firing sport utility vehicle in the parking lot of the Twin Pea... April 30, 2022

Defendant’s brother testifies in Little Rock murder trial Frederick Moore Jr. told a Pulaski County jury on Thursday that he thought the dispute over some scuffed shoes between his biological brother and his fraternity brother had been only a brief flare-up ... April 29, 2022