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3 people reported killed in separate crashes on Arkansas roads
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (256+ words) Three people were killed in as many crashes on Arkansas roads Wednesday and Thursday, according to preliminary police reports. Around 10:37 a.m. on Wednesday, Michael Donathan, 62, of Beaumont, Texas, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Arkansas 8 in Clark County, a report…...
Victim identified in fatal shooting at Little Rock apartments
10+ hour, 57+ min ago (153+ words) LITTLE ROCK -- Little Rock police on Friday identified a man shot to death early Tuesday in the parking lot of a southwest Little Rock apartment complex. Officers responding to a report of a shooting around 3:24 a.m. Tuesday at 27 Falcon Court found…...
Northwest Technical Institute board requests Arkansas governor, state office to fill seat left vacant more than a year - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
12+ hour, 21+ min ago (108+ words) Northwest Technical Institute board requests Arkansas governor, state office to fill seat left vacant more than a year'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Edward McKinnon was born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., before relocating to Northwest Arkansas in high school. He earned his…...
Attorney for former Middle East center director says University of Arkansas is under pressure
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (80+ words) After more than 20 members of the Arkansas Senate released a statement last week weighing in on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's discipline of the erstwhile director of the King Fahd Center ... Ryan Anderson covers higher education across the state. He…...
Man found fatally stabbed in Little Rock
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (223+ words) Little Rock police on Monday night investigated a fatal stabbing on 17th Street, according to a police news release. Man found fatally stabbed in Little Rock Little Rock police on Monday night investigated a fatal stabbing on 17th Street, according to a…...
Library foundation gets the go-ahead to raise funds for downtown Little Rock park project
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (63+ words) Little Rock city officials have authorized the Central Arkansas Library System's foundation to raise money to convert a vacant patch of land in downtown Little Rock into a public park. Joseph Flaherty covers the city of Little Rock for the…...
40 Arkansas nonprofits will share $15 million in grants
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (59+ words) Forty nonprofit groups and local government entities in Arkansas will receive grants in January totaling $15 million through the newly launched Community Assistance Grant Program. Mike Wickline covers state politics, and he has covered the state Legislature for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette…...
Bishop from Catholic Diocese of Little Rock makes annual rounds to state prisons
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (52+ words) As the days grow shorter and Christmas nears, Bishop Anthony Taylor of the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock sets aside time for those forced to spend the holiday season behind bars. Frank Lockwood is editor of the Religion section at…...
Work on Fayetteville micro lofts underway | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (170+ words) A unique apartment building in downtown Fayetteville is in the works. Developers Andrew Berner and Ray Osment said in a news release on Thursday that construction has started on the Breck at 309 S. Block Ave. The building, depicted as a dark…...
Little Rock man accused in Missouri shooting arrested in Benton County after release from hospital | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
1+ week, 1+ day ago (712+ words) BELLA VISTA " A Little Rock man accused of being in a shootout with a Missouri sheriff's deputy was apprehended in Benton County after he was released from a Missouri hospital. Dylan Martinez, 32, was being held Friday in the Benton County…...