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House fails to pass school closure moratorium bill
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A proposal for a two-year moratorium on the closure of Arkansas school districts that have low student populations has failed in the state House. Representatives on Wednesday voted 46-26 in favor of the measure with 51 votes needed for approval. Republican …
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State chamber backs in-state tuition proposal
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas’ largest business lobbying organization on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to extend cheaper, in-state tuition rates to some students who have entered the United States illegally, saying the move was needed to guarantee a skilled workforce for the state. The head …
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Steel mill vote is today
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The Arkansas House is set to vote on a proposal to provide a company with $125 million in state financing to help build a new steel mill in northeastern Arkansas. Democratic state Rep. Monte Hodges of Blytheville sponsored the bill and …
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Arkansas revenues dip in March
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas finance officials say the state’s revenues in March dipped below last year’s figures and their expectations as tax collections lagged and income tax refunds rebounded. The Department of Finance and Administration said Tuesday that the state’s net available revenues last …
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Judge rejects claim of mother in WM3 lawsuit
WEST MEMPHIS (AP) — A Crittenden County judge has turned down a request that evidence in the high-profile slayings of three 8-year-old West Memphis boys in 1993 be released to the boys’ parents under the state’s open records law. Pam Hicks and John Mark Byers …
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Scholars recognized
CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas has announced the Dean’s List and the Presidential Scholars List for the fall 2012 semester. Recognition on the Dean’s List requires at least a 3.5 grade point average with a minimum course load of 12 credit hours. Students must achieve …
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Arkansas elk harvest sets record in ’12; herd growing
Arkansas Outdoors LITTLE ROCK – A record 44 elk were harvested during the 2012 hunting seasons, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologist Wes Wright noted during the last regular monthly meeting of the commission. During the 2012 seasons, 20 bull elk and 24 antlerless elk …
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Veteran recalls service with Elvis Presley
PARIS, Ark. (AP) — Years before Elvis Presley left the building a final time, an area man captured a unique side of the King of Rock and Roll. Robert Mainer served alongside Presley in the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1958. …
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Gov. Beebe: U.S. govt. will help with private insurance
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe’s office says it has received a letter from the federal government expressing “conceptual support” for his plan to use Medicaid dollars to buy private health insurance for the state’s poorer residents. According to Beebe, the Health and Human …
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One arrested in Mtn. Home death
MOUNTAIN HOME (AP) — Baxter County authorities say they’ve arrested a woman for the death of a Mountain Home man. Sheriff John Montgomery said in a news release that the woman was arrested Tuesday after taking the body of 24-year-old Raul Segura Turrieta to a …
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Fire breaks out at Oaklawn barn
HOT SPRINGS (AP) — Oaklawn Park says no people or horses were injured when a fire broke out Tuesday in a barn at the racetrack. Oaklawn officials say the fire broke out Tuesday morning in one of the upstairs sleeping rooms of a barn. Assistant …
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Cop involved in fatal shooting
BRYANT (AP) — Arkansas State Police say a Bryant police officer shot and killed a man while investigating a burglary alarm. State police say two officers responded to the burglary call late Tuesday at Fred’s Store on Arkansas 5 in Bryant. Authorities say gunfire erupted …
