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Two school districts removed from fiscal-distress status
LITTLE ROCK — The state Board of Education on Monday removed the Bismarck and Cutter-Morning Star school districts from fiscal-distress…
SE Arkansas residents among Beebe appointments
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe announced 47 appointments to state boards and commissions Monday, including three involving Southeast Arkansas…
AG sues pawn shop over title loan fees
LITTLE ROCK – The state attorney general’s office sued a Texarkana pawn shop Monday, alleging that it charges excessive interest…
Lawmakers to review scholarship programs
LITTLE ROCK — The state House and Senate education committees plan to conduct a comprehensive review of Arkansas’ college scholarship…
Boozman, Pryor back 2013 Senate farm bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday approved a five-year farm bill that would eliminate direct payments to farmers in favor…
Health Feature Doctor drawing experimental cancer drugs to Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — It was the spring of 2012 and Lynn Leany, a 71-year-old Las Vegan who compared the…
Mother arrested in infant’s death Monday
A 4-month-old infant was pronounced dead Monday at Jefferson Regional Medical Center and police are treating the case as a…
Brown outlines opposition to Merrill Center renovations
Pine Bluff Alderman Glen Brown said Monday that the Merrill Center youth facility at 1000 South Ash Street is a…
Altheimer woman arrested after allegedly putting infant in trash container Sunday
A 22-year-old Altheimer woman faces felony charges after she allegedly put her infant son in a trash container.Brittany Cole allegedly…