Insurance company: Flowers started Ark. house fire
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:43:25 -0700
A fire that damaged an Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem, burning food or arson. Instead, an insurance investigator concluded, the dead plants did it. Flower - Insurance - Business - Arson - Financial Services
3 die in medical helicopter crash in Arkansas
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:42:03 -0700
Three crew members were killed early Tuesday when the medical helicopter they were aboard crashed in central Arkansas. Helicopter - Aviation accidents and incidents - Aviation - Arkansas - United States
HP Agrees To Settle Kickback Suit
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:04:27 -0700
LITTLE ROCK - Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed Monday to pay $55 million to settle claims that it paid kickbacks to companies so they would recommend its products to federal agencies, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Prison escapee recaptured near Little Rock
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:27:52 -0700
Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler says Rodney Adkins was arrested about 1 a.m. Monday about six miles south of Little Rock. Sadler says a tip sent to police shortly after midnight led authorities to Adkins.
Arkansas officials look at panhandling ordinances
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:52:58 -0700
LITTLE ROCKLittle Rock officials are hoping the city can shed its reputation as a place that welcomes those who are down on their luck.
Fleets: Related News
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:20:00 -0700
9/2/2010 - J.B. Hunt Donates to Arkansas Children's Hospital J.B. Hunt Transport Services has donated $5 million to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark....
Funds To Help Arkansas Officers Solve Cyber Crimes
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:50:36 -0700
(Washington, DC) -- The federal government is releasing $100,000 to help train law enforcement in Arkansas to investigate and solve cyber crimes.
Arkansas lawyers fall victim to scam
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:49:42 -0700
LITTLE ROCK Even people with legal expertise can fall prey to scams, two Arkansas lawyers learned recently.
Cyber Crimes Training Initiative Getting $100,000
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:33:33 -0700
The University of Arkansas Systems Criminal Justice Institute in Little Rock will soon receive $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to launch the Cyber Crimes Training Initiative. This will offer courses on investigating Internet crimes to Arkansass law enforcement officers.
No Hate-crimes Charges for Marines
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:06:08 -0700
The Justice Department will not pursue hate-crime charges against two U.S. Marines accused of beating a gay man because they believed he "winked" at them.
Sherwood man killed in Little Rock
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:56:51 -0700
A Sherwood man was shot and killed in Little Rock on Aug. 18.
Testimony weighed in case hearing
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:18:57 -0700
The FBI snared two North Little Rock aldermen in a probe launched after an informant told agents of a gambling operation run by a reputed mobster from Cabot involving public officials, the agencys public corruption chief told a federal magistrate Tuesday.
Escaped kidnapper surrenders in LR
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:31:15 -0700
A kidnapper who escaped from the Pulaski County Courthouse late Tuesday morning surrendered to Little Rock police Wednesday afternoon after a friend persuaded him to stop running.
Robertsdale man facing multiple charges
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:11:48 -0700
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Extradition back to Nebraska will occur within 30 days for Robert Olney, the 30 year old Robertsdale man, charged with transporting a minor with the intent of engaging in sexual activity and traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor, according to Jan Sharp, Criminal Chief for the U.S. Attorneys Office in Omaha.
UPDATE: Pulaski County escapee turns himself in
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:21:52 -0700
Pulaski County escapee Bryan Jones is now in custody. The 22-year old gave himself up to police near the Little Rock National Airport on Wednesday His escape turned the River Market lunch hour into a sea of police, searching car to car, even the Arkansas River.
Ohio restricting Puerto Rican birth certificates
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:24:10 -0700
Elizabeth Torres was stung when her 19-year-old son said he'd been turned down for a state-issued Ohio identification card because his birth certificate from Puerto Rico was considered invalid.
Truth becomes a glittering generality
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:13:13 -0700
In the beginning was Watergate. Those hearings ignited a sequence of contemporary scandals through which the judicial system would be used to further the political aims of a major party.
Jean Paul home
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:25:32 -0700
Jean Paul Marceaux, the New Iberia boy who waited five months for a new heart in a Little Rock, Ark., hospital is finally home.
Kidnapping suspect fit, judge told
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:02:26 -0700
State doctors have diagnosed a 22-year-old North Little Rock woman accused of abducting an infant she was baby-sitting as mentally ill but competent to stand trial, a diagnosis her attorney said Tuesday that he would challenge.
Nation
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:35:24 -0700
A helicopter ambulance crashed Tuesday amid the hills of central Arkansas, killing three crew members who were trying to reach a person injured in a traffic accident.