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Arkansas Online
March 29, 2018
The possibility of arming the Little Rock School District's security guards will be a topic of discussion at today's 5:30 p.m. regular monthly meeting of the district's Community Advisory Board. The state-appointed board serves as an intermediary between Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key andÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 29, 2018
North Little Rock Parks and Recreation is helping host a free Easter egg hunt Saturday, the agency wrote on Facebook. The hunt will take place at the Burns Park Baseball Complex, 5001 Joe K. Poch Drive, between 9 a.m. and noon. Children are divided into four groups: ages 1 to 3, ages 4 to 6, ages 7 to 9Ãâà...
Arkansas Business Online
March 29, 2018
LITTLE ROCK — Former President Bill Clinton and bestselling author James Patterson will visit Little Rock this June to promote their new novel, called "The President is Missing." The Clinton Foundation and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service say the event will take place June 9 atÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 29, 2018
"Masculine Projections," photographic self-portraits by artist Joshua Brinlee that explore societal expectations of masculinity, go on display today in the Small Gallery, first level, the Windgate Center of Art + Design, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave. Brinlee, a faculty member at theÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 29, 2018
On March 24, the country heard the voices of Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school students amplified in marches across America, including in Little Rock, Jonesboro, and elsewhere in Arkansas. On March 14, we heard the voice of Wylie Greer amplified across the media, as he and two other students inÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 29, 2018
David Henry, "managing member" of Casey's Bar-B-Q, pending for some time in the former Arkansas Burger Company building, 7410 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, posted earlier this week on Facebook that after city inspectors had required moving the barbecue pit to the back of the building, he and his familyÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 28, 2018
Marjorie Ashcraft's killing marked the 10th homicide of the year in Arkansas' capital city. Last year, Little Rock saw 16 homicides from the beginning of the year through March 28, according to a database maintained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Doyle Ashcraft remained in the Pulaski County jail onÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 27, 2018
Teen once called 'danger to community' given 35 years in Little Rock slaying; victim killed in front of daughter ? ... Once described by authorities as "a danger to the community," a Little Rock teenager accepted a 35-year prison sentence Monday in the slaying of a woman in front of her 2-year-old daughter.
Arkansas Times (blog)
March 5, 2018
Soffer has inquired of UA-Little Rock about a "peaceful" protest at the Jack Stephens center where the event is planned. He's been informed that UA-Little Rock has a free speech zone, some distance removed from the center. With proper advance notice, a group can receive permission to exercise freeÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 5, 2018
The Favored Strawberry, a film about the strawberry industry in Arkansas and elsewhere, will be shown at noon. The documentary was made by professors Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter. It is part of a national project led by the UA System's Agriculture Division and its Center for Agricultural and RuralÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 5, 2018
The Arkansas coaches sell him on the benefits of staying home for his college basketball. “They just talk about staying at home,” Moody said. “After the games you might want to go home and be able to see your family. It's not that far away from Little Rock.” Despite just being a sophomore, Moody isÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 5, 2018
A 40-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia beat a Little Rock bank guard unconscious Friday and took her pistol, which led to a brief standoff with police nearby when ... His next felony arrest came in January 2011 after he was seen breaking into a car on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette parking lot.
KATV
March 5, 2018
A Little Rock man has been charged in the theft of an AR-15 assault rifle last month. Dana Harris, 23, was charged with felony theft by receiving. Officers found the rifle in Harris' vehicle during a traffic stop Feb. 19, according to a police report. He was charged with possession of a firearm by certain persons and booked in theÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 5, 2018
Despite country singer Blake Shelton's best pleading ("Man, I have eaten at many a Taco Bell in Little Rock, Arkansas"), Davison joined the team of Adam Levine, frontman of pop rock band Maroon 5. Davison, who performs solo and as a backing vocalist, says about the audition: "It was an out-of-bodyÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 5, 2018
A 23-year-old from St. Louis finished his first-ever marathon in Little Rock on a drizzly Sunday — and won. Drew Mueller, who ran cross country and track for Arkansas State University, said the hardest part was the hill at mile 25, where he said he almost started walking but managed to power through.
KARK
March 4, 2018
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A man is hospitalized after being shot early Saturday morning at an apartment complex. 19-year-old Antonio Jackson is in critical condition in a Little Rock hospital. A spokesperson for the Little Rock Police Department says Jackson was shot at the Cedar Ridge Apartments in the 5500Ãâà...
Arkansas Online
March 3, 2018
Expansion of the Statehouse Convention Center is on the radar of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. Tucked into the bureau's annual report ... Overall, 6.4 million people visited Pulaski County in 2017, accounting for 22 percent of visitors to Arkansas, the report said. The Pulaski County visitorsÃâà...
Arkansas Online
March 2, 2018
Authorities identified the deceased man as Gregory Mayo, 51, of Little Rock. A friend of Mayo reportedly told police he came by the house to check on him after being unable to reach him for several days and found him dead inside. The body appeared to have been in the home for some time, according toÃâà...
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