Lt. Carl Minden with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office reports that an officer with the Jacksonville SWAT team was shot this morning, along with a suspect, during a pre-dawn narcotics raid.
Jacksonville
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Jacksonville school bus hijacking ends without harm to students
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports on the hijacking of a Pulaski County school bus in Jacksonville by a man with a knife.
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UPDATE: Jacksonville man killed by police
David Goins at Fox 16 provides the photo by Twitter and a brief report that a Jacksonville man was shot by police on a domestic call.
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Bank assault reported in Jacksonville
Report just in of a robbery in the First Arkansas Bank and Trust on Main Street in Jacksonville.
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UPDATE: Five dead in a Jacksonville duplex fire
Five people were killed in a Jacksonville duplex fire Tuesday morning.
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Hoo-boy, there’s some gator on the menu
Jacksonville’s entry into Louisiana-style dining features an all-the-time all-you-can-eat buffet. The better offerings, though, are on the regular menu.
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Layoffs at Jacksonville bag plant
Roby Brock reports Graphics Packaging is closing a blag plant in Jacksonville, which will mean the loss of 150 jobs.
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Fair warning
A reader forwarded to us a letter circulated by the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce seeking interest on the part of private businesses in a new State Fair location near the Pulask-Lonoke county line.