Roundtop fire damage said to spare structure
Damage incurred during a suspected arson fire Sunday morning will not significantly affect the cost of restoring the historic Roundtop Filling Station in Sherw…
Stories by Ryan McGeeney
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Driver won't obey; officer uses Taser
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Innocent's plea for 2nd charged in Realtor death
The wife of murder suspect Arron Lewis appeared before a Little Rock district judge Friday -- a day after she was arrested and charged in the September kidnapp…
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1 shot after wreck, argument on I-630 One person was shot after a crash and altercation Wednesday on Interstate 630 in Little Rock, state police reported.
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Deputies: LR man shot in stomach
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Man, 46, arrested in 2 bank robberies Police Tuesday arrested a suspect in two bank robberies in the Little Rock area.
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Police nab suspect in LR bank robbery Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the Monday robbery of an Arvest Bank location at 11331 Arcade Drive in …
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Board toughens parole reviews
Members of the Arkansas Parole Board voted Monday to raise the bar for review of inmates whose parole requests have been denied.
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2 Little Rock banks robbed hours apart
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Panel looks at pig-farm ban
Members of Arkansas' environmental rule-making body will consider next week whether to extend a six-month ban on certain concentrated animal feeding operations…
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Hog farm got off easy, judge finds
A federal judge said Thursday that he will file an injunction against loan guarantees for a Newton County hog farm and require a federal agency to redo an envi…
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Man robs branch of U.S. Bank in LR Police are searching for a man who robbed a U.S. Bank branch in southwest Little Rock on Wednesday afternoon.
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Shots hurt woman in home; man held Pulaski County sheriff's deputies arrested a North Little Rock man late Monday night after he reportedly fired a weapon into…
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Detective reinstated to sergeant
The professional fate of a detective with the Arkansas State Police took another turn Thursday, as members of the State Police Commission voted to reinstate hi…
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Shootings leave three hospitalized
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LR police-call site to fix omission, add bank heists
Little Rock administrators said Wednesday that the website that summarizes police dispatches will begin reporting bank robberies and other robbery alarms.
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Online posts get 3 kids suspended North Little Rock police are investigating threats that three Lakewood Middle School students reportedly made against classma…
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7 students detained after school brawl Several students and school administrators were assaulted Tuesday when a cafeteria brawl broke out at a Little Rock high…
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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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Inquiry continues into Realtor death
As Pulaski County authorities transitioned Wednesday to the next phase in their investigation into the kidnapping and slaying of North Little Rock real estate …
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Realty agent's body is found
Investigators discovered the body of missing real estate agent Beverly Carter early Tuesday morning after interrogating their chief suspect in the case for mor…
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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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Man arrested for 27 animal cruelty counts
A Garland County man was arrested Sunday on 27 counts of felony animal cruelty.
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LR opens police station at 12th Street
A few hours after the Little Rock Police Department officially opened its new 12th Street station to the public, longtime neighborhood resident Joyce Johnson c…
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Police beat
Woman says lover tied, beat her up
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12 police officers begin bike patrol
Twelve officers with the Little Rock and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock police departments transitioned from patrol cars to bicycles Wednesday after…
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Felon waving gun jailed, police say North Little Rock police arrested a West Helena man Thursday after responding to reports of a man "waving around a gun," ac…
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Disability-rights protesters rally ahead of voting
For the second day in a row, several hundred protesters filled sidewalks and streets outside Little Rock politicians' offices, seeking support for disability r…
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Police hope victim of gunfire can help Little Rock police are searching for four black males in the wake of a Monday night shooting at the Barrington Hills Apa…
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Parolee in drug case surrenders
A man believed to be involved in the hit-and-run slaying of a 22-year-old Traskwood woman earlier this month surrendered to the Pulaski County sheriff's office…
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Vehicle theft leads to charges for two
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Bank robber said to wear blond wig
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Foundation takes fundraiser public
After a year of quietly seeking private donations from both individuals and institutions, the Thea Foundation announced Wednesday that it is turning to the pub…
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Clinton, Bush announce new leadership program
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush announced Monday the creation of a leadership training program designed to draw on the experiences of four pr…
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2 accidents on I-40 tie up traffic, delay NLR football
A multivehicle collision involving a school bus carrying the North Little Rock High School football team halted eastbound traffic on Interstate 40 for more tha…
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Argument on street leaves hand sliced Little Rock police arrested a man Wednesday afternoon after a caller complained of being slashed on the hand while walkin…
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6 selected for induction into Black Hall of Fame
The 2014 inductees to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame include a former slave who became a noted U.S. deputy marshal and the chairman of a state agency tapped t…
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Demand readied for new audit of water association, election
A Carroll County woman who successfully sued her local water association on Freedom of Information Act grounds in May is demanding a new audit of the associati…
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2 focus on passenger pigeon
Two University of Arkansas at Fayetteville professors will give natural history lovers in Northwest Arkansas a chance to learn about the passenger pigeon, the …
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Clarksville finds rat snakes in gym
Administrators with the Clarksville School District said Wednesday that a number of young snakes that were discovered in the Clarksville High School gymnasium …
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Hospitals: Few clients call in over files breach
Administrators at several hospitals throughout Arkansas said Tuesday that they had received relatively few calls from patients related to a report Monday that …
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Buffalo River float season long, profitable this year
PRUITT -- Mike Mills, owner of Buffalo Outdoor Center, used to have a saying.
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Study finds black bears migrating to 2 states
The black bear population in northern Arkansas appears to be expanding into southern Missouri and eastern Oklahoma, according to a University of Missouri study…
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Ozark sues to reopen rail crossing to river
Lawyers representing Ozark have filed a lawsuit against the Union Pacific Corp. demanding the re-establishment of the street-level crossing that once connected…
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State landfill runs out of money
For a few hours last Monday night, Marvin Harrison was out of a job.
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Alcohol petition lacks signatures
A petition to reverse Newton County's ban on retail alcohol sales failed to get enough signatures to appear on the county's November ballot.
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Bella Vista bypass on ice after Missouri rejects tax
A plan to connect Interstate 49 traffic around Bella Vista is now on indefinite hold after Missouri voters defeated a proposed amendment Tuesday that would hav…
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Park service focused on testing Big Creek
As Faron Usrey wades into the Buffalo National River at its confluence with Big Creek, armed with a small, plastic sample jar and a tiny sealable bag, he knows…
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No drones allowed in national parks
Unmanned aircraft, commonly known as drones, are now banned within the boundaries of the Buffalo National River, along with all other national parks across the…
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Alcohol petition supporter says deadline miss is likely
The sponsor of a petition to repeal the ban on retail alcohol sales in Newton County said this week that it appears unlikely that she will be able to gather th…
