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Suspect claims shooting death was accident
A Pine Bluff man charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a teenager in Townsend Park last year told…
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Déjà vu? You betcha
Commitment has carried the United Way of Southeast Arkansas to success again. The men and women who volunteered their time…
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Desegregation: Unsung success story
Even as two-thirds of Americans now say that there are strong conflicts between rich and poor, another great American division…
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State lawmakers: Romney’s race to lose
A purely unscientific polling of state lawmakers showed a consensus on who the GOP presidential nominee will be.No real surprise.…
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Stuttgart storm damage not tornado related, officials report
Straight-line winds were identified as the culprit responsible for damage at the Stuttgart Municipal Airport and surrounding areas during Wednesday…
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State GOP questions Ethics commissioner’s support of candidate
LITTLE ROCK — The Republican Party of Arkansas raised questions Thursday about a newly appointed state Ethics Commission member’s political…
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CDI to relinquish federal Head Start funding
LITTLE ROCK — The board of directors of a financially strapped nonprofit based in Russellville that offers preschool programs to…
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Court: Prisoners can be charged for phone calls
LITTLE ROCK — The Constitution does not prohibit charging prisoners for essential services such as communication with the outside world,…
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Correction
A story that ran in The Commercial Tuesday about a robbery at the Valero on West 28th Avenue incorrectly identified…
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Carpenter to be among inductees to state Agriculture Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct five men whose leadership brought distinction to the state’s largest industry.Inductees include:•…