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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.

Appeals Court upholds King conviction and sentence

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By Ray King The 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.
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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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Bond set for former deputy in fatal shooting

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LONOKE, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas sheriff’s deputy charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting a white teenager whose death has drawn the attention of civil rights activists was released Monday on $15,000 bond. Michael Davis, a former sergeant with the Lonoke County sheriff’s office,... Read More.

2 killed in Ashley County accident

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Two Southeast Arkansas residents were killed Friday in a two-vehicle accident in Ashley County. Drackus Charleston, 29, of Hamburg and Sharrie Williams, 31, of Crossett died when a 2010 Toyota driven by Williams that was westbound on Highway 8 crossed the center line into the... Read More.
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Westerman critical of Democratic Infrastructure package

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In his weekly newsletter, Fourth District Congressman Bruce Westerman talked about the infrastructure package currently moving through Congress. “The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure marked up its portion of the Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending package. The major takeaway- House Democrats have their priorities all wrong,”... Read More.

Former deputy charged in teenager shooting death

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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas sheriff’s deputy was charged Friday with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a white teenager whose death has drawn the attention of national civil rights activists. A special prosecutor announced the felony charge against Michael Davis, a former... Read More.
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Magnolia man dead after Tuesday accident

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A 25-year-old Magnolia man died Thursday, two days after he was involved in a two-vehicle accident in Columbia County. Mitchell Flow was pronounced dead at a Little Rock hospital at 11:33 p.m., according to a preliminary report from the Arkansas Department of Public Safety. The report... Read More.

Star City Mayor questions census number

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Star City Mayor Paul Carter said Monday that according to census figures, the city’s population dropped by 99 which he described as not being right. At a meeting of the City Council Monday, Carter said that after the first of the year, when all the... Read More.
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New COVID cases top 1,800

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas reported 33 new COVID-19 deaths and more than 1,800 new coronavirus cases Thursday. The Department of Health said the state’s COVID-19 pandemic death toll rose to 7,395, with coronavirus cases rising by 1,824 to 480,934. Arkansas ranks 19th nationally for... Read More.
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