News from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Panel combines complaints against suspended judge

Mar 19, 2010 6:22 pm

The panel that disciplines judges has combined allegations against a judge who has already been suspended from his job but is on the ballot in an attempt to regain his seat.

U.S. to inspect 2 state-run units

Mar 19, 2010 10:18 am

The U.S. Department of Justice will inspect two residential facilities for the developmentally disabled next week, marking the first major step in the agencys investigation of state-run human-developm...

Mother pleads innocent in two childrens deaths

Mar 19, 2010 10:17 am

A south Arkansas mother accused of smothering her two young children last year pleaded innocent to capital-murder charges Thursday.

Calling all (too few) doctors

Mar 19, 2010 10:07 am

Four years of hard work, struggle and heartbreak culminated with much-anticipated news Thursday for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences senior Yulanda Harrison.

LR college plans $18 million in renewal work

Mar 19, 2010 8:41 am

Arkansas Baptist College plans to spend $18 million to continue the revitalization of a campus and community blighted by poverty and crime in recent years, officials said Thursday.

Proctor write-in bid filed, as is new suit

Mar 19, 2010 8:38 am

Two weeks after a federal judge rebuffed Willard Proctor Jr.s challenge to the state law that bars him from seeking re-election, the 47-yearold deposed Pulaski County circuit judge is contesting the l...

Innocent, says suspect in Christmas Eve killing

Mar 19, 2010 8:35 am

Watching her shackled son on a television monitor in North Little Rock District Court on Thursday, Angela Fitzpatrick shook her head, disbelievingly as Judge Jim Hamilton read the charges against him:...

Hearings focus put on school buildings

Mar 19, 2010 8:31 am

A grandmother, a local NAACP officer and two desegregation monitors testified Thursday about the condition of school buildings and the Pulaski County Special School Districts adherence to its desegreg...

LR forum told: No easy road for schools

Mar 19, 2010 8:29 am

Adopting an overhaulminded strategic plan is a painful but necessary step to increase student achievement in the struggling Little Rock School District, one of the plans authors said Thursday.

Alderman gives up mayoral turn

Mar 19, 2010 8:00 am

A North Little Rock alderman under federal indictment said Thursday he will pass on his turn as the citys acting mayor Monday when the City Council meets that night.