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By Amy Schlesing (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
CAMP ADDER, Iraq — Boots crunched on gravel in the blazing midday sun as soldiers paced up and down the line of trucks, checking body armor, guns and ammunition. » Read story.
Plan is Dollarway’s answer to lawsuit
By Mike Linn (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
PINE BLUFF — The Dollarway School District wants voters to go to the polls Tuesday and approve a property-tax reduction. » Read story.
Senate panel includes $39 million to mend farms, waterways as House version stalls
By Alex Daniels (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
WASHINGTON — The Senate Appropriations Committee voted late Thursday to include $39 million for rehabilitating Arkansas farms and waterways in an emergency spending bill. » Read story.
Combat goals in Iraq,Afghanistan set for airmen at Little Rock base
By Charlotte Tubbs (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
The 53rd Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base reactivated Friday, emerging with a new mission of combat airlifts. » Read story.
By John Krupa (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
HARTMAN — A Johnson County 12-year-old now holds the undesirable distinction of being one of the youngest Arkansans to face a charge of driving while under the influence. » Read story.
About 20 leaving for jobs at eStem
By Cynthia Howell (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
The state’s largest charter school, which is set to open over the summer, is not just attracting students from the surrounding Little Rock School District but is luring away teachers as well. » Read story.
By Debra Hale-Shelton (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
CONWAY — Judicial elections in Arkansas may be nonpartisan, but that doesn’t mean they’re boring. » Read story.
By Heather Hahn (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
A Pulaski County circuit judge late Friday afternoon dissolved a temporary restraining order against the African Methodist Episcopal bishop who oversees churches in Arkansas and Oklahoma. » Read story.
York,Villines say adding beds at county jail is a priority in race
By Michelle Hillen (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
A North Little Rock bail bondsman is making his second attempt to unseat County Judge Buddy Villines, who is seeking his 10th term as Pulaski County’s top administrator. » Read story.
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Saturday, May 17, 2008)
Information for the obituaries and funeral notices below was supplied to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advertising Department by funeral homes. » Read story.
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Non-faculty employees of the University of Arkansas will get cost-of-living raises and also be eligible for merit increases in the upcoming fiscal year, as originally planned, school officials announced Friday. » Read story.
No formal bids yet for Landmark publications
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Contact)
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s parent company has expressed interest in possibly buying The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., and two other papers owned by Landmark Communications, Inc. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during his speech to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someone had aimed a gun at him. » Read story.
the associated press
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
Only West Virginia has fewer residents than Arkansas with bachelor’s degrees, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. » Read story.
(Friday, May 16, 2008)
An Arkansas attorney plans to challenge a state law making it a felony for a public school teacher to have sexual contact with a student younger than 21. » Read story.
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