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Governor’s appointments

Arkansas Online Stories: Arkansas

Gov. 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

A 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

Bradley 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

Will be built across north end of city's North Complex Ball Park. »

Cross-burner receives a scolding, 18 months

Arkansas Online Stories: Arkansas

Before 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

Buzz 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

The 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

Ron 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

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Dana 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 ... »

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