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Governor says state of emergency for pandemic has ended

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday said he’d allowed the state’s public health emergency for the coronavirus pandemic to end, saying he didn’t need any additional powers to respond to it.Hutchinson told reporters he didn’t seek an extension from... Read More.

Candidate for Attorney General talks COVID misinformation

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Democrat running for attorney general in Arkansas, where health officials have struggled with resistance to the coronavirus vaccine, on Monday vowed if elected to take social media companies to court for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.Jesse Gibson focused on COVID-19... Read More.
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Legislature to redraw congressional districts

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers are returning this week to redraw the boundaries of the state’s four congressional districts, legislative leaders said Monday.House Speaker Matthew Shepherd and Senate President Jimmy Hickey issued a proclamation that called the Legislature to reconvene Wednesday morning... Read More.
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COVID hospitalizations at lowest in 2 months

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The number of COVID-19 patients in Arkansas’ hospitals hit its lowest point in two months on Friday as the state reported more than 1,300 new coronavirus cases.The state Department of Health reported COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped by 62 to 894.... Read More.

Malvern man killed in Thursday accident

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An 86-year-old Malvern man was killed Thursday in a two-vehicle accident in Hot Spring County.Doyle Watson was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hot Spring County Coroner after the accident which was reported at 11:05 a.m. at Donaldson.A preliminary report of the accident... Read More.
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Guilty plea in assault on flight attendant

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LITTLE ROCK – A Maumelle man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a flight attendant. Leon Anderson, 40, entered his guilty plea Wednesday afternoon before United States District Judge James M. Moody, Jr.On October 6, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Anderson with one count... Read More.

UAMS gets more funds to train doctors

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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received an additional $4.75 million in federal grant money to continue efforts to improve health care in rural Arkansas through training and retaining primary care physicians.The supplemental award from the Health Resources... Read More.
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Appeals Court upholds Drew County drug conviction

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By Ray KingA 40-year-old Dew County man serving a prison sentence on a drug related charge failed to convince the Arkansas Court of Appeals that he was wrongly convicted.McKenzie Kory Martin was sentenced as an habitual offender to 35-years in prison after he was... Read More.

Jury says two conspired in murder of federal witness

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Two men have convicted of conspiring to kill a federal witness in Arkansas in 2016.A federal jury deliberated for about 6 1/2 hours before delivering the verdicts Tuesday against Donald Smith, 37, of Malvern, and Samuel Sherman, 38, of Batesville, in the shooting death... Read More.
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Appeals Court upholds King conviction and sentence

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By Ray KingThe Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the conviction and 50-year prison sentence of a Pine Bluff man convicted of two counts of first-degree battery in 2019.Following a jury trial, Eddie Dale King, 37, was convicted in the October 9, 2018... Read More.

AT&T outage blamed for loss of MECA phone service

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The loss of telephone communications experienced by Jefferson County’s 911 Center Sunday was blamed on an outage by AT&T, and not any problems with MECA (Metropolitan Emergency Communications Center) itself.Karen Blevins, the Director of the Office of Emergency Management who oversees MECA said when... Read More.
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