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Governor’s appointments
Arkansas Online Stories: Arkansas
Feb 01Gov. Mike Beebe has made these appointments, he announced Monday: Benny Magness, Gassville, reappointed to the Board of Corrections for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2018. »
Cross-burner gets top penalty
Arkansas Online Stories: Arkansas
Jan 28A second white man from Independence County was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for burning a cross in the yard of a black man. »
Men Sentenced for Cross Burning
Arkansas Matters News
Jan 28Bradley Branscum, 23, and Tony Branscum, 26, who are first cousins, of Salado, Ark., and Curtis Coffee, 19, of Batesville, Ark., were sentenced for charges relating to their roles in burning a cross in the yard of an African-American resident on Aug. 2... »
Batesville Allows Railroad for Frac Sand Plant
Arkansas Matters News
Jan 25Will be built across north end of city's North Complex Ball Park. »
Cross-burner receives a scolding, 18 months
Arkansas Online Stories: Arkansas
Jan 21Before sentencing a white Independence County man to 18 months in prison for burning a cross in front of a black man’s home, U.S. District Judge Brian Miller took a few minutes Friday to explain what it feels like to be the victim of racially motivated... »
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Contested race for Supreme Court possible in 2012
Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog
Dec 02Buzz from multiple points today is that Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Josephine Linker Hart of Mountain View is considering a run next year for an open state Supreme Court seat from which Jim Gunter is retiring. Court of Appeals Judge Raymond Abramso... »
Police shoot man in Newark, probe underway
Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog
Nov 23The State Police says a Newark man was wounded by gunfire from State Police and Independence County deputies after pointing a rifle at them at the end of a chase that began when he allegedly rammed a State Police car. James Chapman Perkins, 46, was wou... »
Airport has four finalists for lobbyist job
Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog
Nov 16Ron Mathieu, director of the Little Rock National Airport, has narrowed a second round of applications for the job of director of government relations at the airport to four finalists — all new names — and they'll be interviewed by airport officials No... »
Arkansas Realtors Association Announces New President and Board
Arkansas News Political Buzz
Nov 09Dana Powell of Keller Williams in Little Rock has been named President of the 6,900-member Arkansas Realtors Association. Powell succeeds Andy Meyers of Hot Springs, who will remain on the 2012 Executive Committee as immediate past president. From the ... »