The estate gift from a Conway physician who died in February is one of the largest in Hendrix history.
Debra Hale-Shelton
Debra Hale-Shelton reports for the Arkansas Times. She has previously worked for The Associated Press and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A Marked Treean by birth, a Chicagoan by choice, she now lives in Conway.
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U.S. House subcommittee hears testimony on ATF raid that killed Little Rock airport director
Bud Cummins, the attorney representing the family of Bryan Malinowski, said the early morning ATF raid that led to the airport executive’s death was incompetent and reckless.
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Fired Arkansas librarian honored with Lemony Snicket award
Patty Hector, who was fired from her job as Saline County’s head librarian, will be honored with a $10,000 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity.
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Attorney for Malinowski family to testify before congressional subcommittee
Bud Cummins will talk about the federal raid in which the Little Rock airport director was fatally shot.
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Conway School Board member clarifies remark about special education teachers
Plus, the board approves $1,500 employee bonuses.
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Sentencing date finally set in long-delayed case of former legislator Eddie Wayne Cooper
A former Democratic legislator’s case in the Preferred Family Healthcare scandal is finally moving forward again in the wake of the recent sentencing of Tom and Bontiea Goss.
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Arkansas Supreme Court goes loco after judge refers to its gun ruling as ‘LOCO’
The ever-political Arkansas Supreme Court is gunning for a circuit judge who suggested allowing firearms in courthouses teeming with high emotions and criminal trials is crazy.
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Rapert’s belligerent performance puts junior high boys to shame during State Library Board meeting
Former state Sen. Jason Rapert was repeatedly rude to other members of the State Library Board Friday. In turn, the board rejected his proposals.
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Judge asks the guns-in-courthouses questions the Arkansas Supreme Court chose to ignore
Judge Welch will allow “lawyer officers” to carry guns per a recent state Supreme Court ruling, but only in the Pulaski County Courthouse’s common areas on the first floor.
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Governor appoints wife of rightwing foe of AR PBS to AETN Commission
The governor has taken a big swipe at Arkansas PBS by appointing Sen. Dan Sullivan’s wife to the commission overseeing it.