the associated press
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
A warehouse for Cooper Tire Company in Camden containing 100,000 tires caught fire Thursday. » Read story.
Interstate closed east of I-430 interchange
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
A tanker truck holding 8,800 gallons of gasoline overturned and caught fire on westbound Interstate 40 Thursday afternoon, halting rush hour traffic for miles. » Read story.
By ArkansasOnline
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
Ottenheimer Hall, the main building in River Market development, is closed Thursday after a burglary and fire Wednesday night, according to a release from the City of Little Rock. » Read story.
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
Arkansas violated the constitution when it allowed all state agencies to award no-bid contracts for some construction projects, an attorney argued to the state’s highest court on Thursday. » Read story.
the associated press
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines is the target of a defamation lawsuit by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys slain in West Memphis. Maines spoke out for three people convicted of the slayings and alleged the stepfather was instead involved in the killings. » Read story.
Six more children of ministry seized
By Andy Davis (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
Authorities took six additional children connected with Tony Alamo Christian Ministries into protective custody Tuesday in Indiana and transported them to Arkansas on Wednesday, bringing the total number of ministry children in state custody to 32. » Read story.
Report reveals sex-harassment claims against ex-executive director
By Jake Sandlin (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
A community agency in North Little Rock fired its executive director last year after a female employee alleged he exposed himself and tried to have sex with her after they attended a meeting away from the office, according to agency records. » Read story.
Gag order covers agencies, attorneys
By Jim Brooks (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
A Little Rock district judge on Wednesday issued a gag order barring law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and defense attorneys from talking about the Anne Pressly case. » Read story.
Don’t slight Arkansas, Obama is urged
By Charlie Frago (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
HOT SPRINGS — Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday that he would consider using up to $60 million of the state’s projected $300 million surplus to plug budget holes, and he urged President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders not to hold that extra money against the state by slighting Arkansas in a federal stimulus package. » Read story.
By John Lynch (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
A fired state trooper who took the stand Wednesday to proclaim his innocence to charges that he propositioned a motorist and her passenger for sex during a September 2007 traffic stop was sentenced to three years in prison. » Read story.
Regulator needs time to determine drilling’s effects on soil, water
By L. Lamor Williams (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
No new permits for sites to store water used to drill natural gas wells will be issued until a study is completed on the effects the facilities might have on soil and aquifers, the director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality said Wednesday. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008)
Information for the obituaries and funeral notices below was supplied to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advertising Department by funeral homes. » Read story.
the associated press
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
More soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are back in the U.S., guard officials said Wednesday. » Read story.
the associated press
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
A judge imposed a gag order Wednesday in the capital murder case against a man accused of fatally beating a Little Rock television anchorwoman. » Read story.
the associated press
(Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008)
Arkansans’ health has improved over the past year, at least in relation to other states, according to a national survey that says the state moved from 48th to 43rd in the nation. » Read story.
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