County sets July 1 hearing on P3 proposal

A July 1 date has been set for a public hearing dealing with a public-private partnership between Jefferson County and an Arkansas based corporation to develop a new county health department, coroner’s office and a veterans’ service office. The hearing will begin at 5:30 p.m.... Read More.

Supreme Court orders hearing in prisoner case

By Ray King The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed and sent back to Jefferson County Circuit Court a civil rights and medical malpractice lawsuit involving a man currently housed in a state prison in Lincoln County. The high court said Circuit Judge Jodi Raines Dennis... Read More.
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Arkansas court won’t prohibit judge from hearing AG’s cases

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the state attorney general’s request to prohibit a judge who demonstrated against the death penalty from handling any cases involving her office. In a 4-3 decision, justices rejected the request by Attorney General... Read More.

State Education Board Grants Hearing for Lighthouse Academy

The Arkansas Board of Education has agreed to hold a February hearing to decide if Pine Bluff Lighthouse Academy’s charter should be renewed or allowed to expire in June. The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel agreed in December to deny renewing a state charter for the... Read More.
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Wilkins’s Sentencing Hearing Postponed

A federal sentencing hearing for former Jefferson County Judge Henry “Hank” Wilkins, IV that had been scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed until December 7, according to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. A spokesman for the court said that... Read More.