News from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

UCA holds active-shooter exercise

Mar 18, 2010 7:16 am

Minton Hall at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway has been empty for several years, but on a sunny afternoon, the building was filled with student actors.

McDaniels chief deputy moves back to private practice

Mar 17, 2010 9:41 pm

The Arkansas attorney generals office is losing its chief deputy.

Sherwood man charged in 2007 homicide

Mar 17, 2010 7:29 pm

A 21-year-old Sherwood man was arrested today in connection with a 2007 homicide in North Little Rock.

Police hold 1 in yule killing

Mar 17, 2010 10:08 am

North Little Rock police arrested a man Tuesday in the death of Salvation Army Major Philip Wise, who was gunned down on Christmas Eve in front of his three young children.

Fire chief gets heat for 3 men on trucks

Mar 17, 2010 10:03 am

Little Rock Fire Chief Gregory Summers is drawing criticism for reassigning firefighters away from the departments two ladder trucks that ran with at least four crewmen, after the city wrote last year...

3 in state care join challenge of foster ban

Mar 17, 2010 9:30 am

Three teenagers in state custody were allowed to join a lawsuit contesting a voter approved law that bars unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children, a Pulaski County Circuit judge ruled on...

Auditors not at fault, says Conway panel

Mar 17, 2010 9:29 am

A more than $990,000 accounting error in the Conway city budget was the result of poor bookkeeping at City Hall, and not a mistake by the company hired to do the citys annual audit two years ago, memb...

Mega Millions

Mar 17, 2010 9:27 am

The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night in Mega Millions: 3-22-48-52-56 Mega Ball: 13 Estimated jackpot: $12 million Megaplier: 4

In killers case, stay remains in force

Mar 17, 2010 9:27 am

A federal appeals court refused to lift a stay of execution Tuesday for an Arkansas man who had been scheduled to die Tuesday night for killing a Bald Knob bookkeeper.

Judge dismisses school-choice suit

Mar 17, 2010 9:26 am

A federal judge has refused to weigh in on the constitutionality of the Arkansas School Choice Act, which uses race as a factor in limiting students transfers between districts.