ALEXANDER, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police say two people have been killed, including a woman trying to cross an interstate on foot, in traffic accidents during the weekend.
Police reports say 55-year-old Kimberly Warren of Alexander died late Friday while trying to cross Interstate 30 in Alexander and 19-year-old Mario Rebollar of Danville was killed Saturday in a head-on collision on Highway 27 southwest of Dardanelle.
A police report says Warren was trying to cross the interstate on foot shortly before midnight Friday when she was struck by two vehicles in the westbound lanes of traffic.
Another report says Rebollar died when the vehicle he was driving crossed the centerline of the highway about 12:30 a.m. Saturday and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
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1 dead in Searcy shooting, ‘person of interest’ sought
SEARCY, Ark. (AP) — Police in Searcy say one man was killed in a shooting and another man is being sought as a “person of interest” in the case.
Searcy police Officer Terri Lee told reporters Sunday that officers found 38-year-old Brian Pool shot to death Saturday afternoon in a residential area.
Lee said investigators are searching for a Pangburn man, but no arrests have been announced.
Marijuana, casino ballot proposals in Arkansas are rejected
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has rejected proposed state constitutional amendments to legalize marijuana and to allow casino gambling in the state.
In an opinion dated Friday, she rejected the marijuana proposal by Larry Morris of West Fork, writing that it’s ambiguous and nearly identical to a later proposal submitted by Mary Berry of Summit. Rutledge suggested to Morris that he and Berry work together.
In a separate opinion, Rutledge wrote that the popular name of the casino proposal by Barry Emigh of Hot Springs is misleading and “confusing to the point of being nonsensical.” Rutledge also wrote that the proposal fails to explain who would be members of a committee that would be issued gambling licenses or how the committee would be created.