Grand jury does not indict Christopher Shull after a late-night chase turned fatal.
Cindy Murphy
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Offal mess: Commercial truck spills guts onto Interstate 30
Drivers heading eastbound on Interstate 30 Wednesday afternoon experienced a hiccup after a commercial truck transporting what was reported to be raw chicken parts somehow expelled the contents of the vehicle all over the innard lanes of the highway.
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State Police trumpet 245 arrests in east Arkansas, but only 36 people were actually booked
A recent press release about 245 arrests over an eight-hour span sparked questions about what Arkansas police are doing to capture so many criminals. Turns out, those numbers are wildly misleading.
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Deitric Williams Jr.’s death remains an open investigation; Conway police still silent
Months later, police are still investigating the Conway man’s death that occurred in police custody.
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Memo shows governor’s office demands close oversight of agency FOIA responses
The newly surfaced memo sheds fresh light on the extent to which the governor and her staff have insisted on controlling communications with the press and the public since Sanders first took office.
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Who was on those plane flights that led the governor to enter panic mode? Matt Campbell has answers.
The passenger names on Sanders’ plane flight logs have been revealed, no thanks to the governor or the state police.
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Conway man’s death in police custody spawns protest march but little comment from police
A protest march is set for Saturday after a Conway man died in police custody. Police are saying little for now.
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Conway man dies in police custody after arrest on city’s east side
Conway police arrested Deitric Williams Jr., 26, after a report of a domestic disturbance outside a McDonald’s. A short time later, he was dead. State police are investigating.
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Arkansas fat cats, surprise, trend Republican in spending
I checked Open Secrets today to see if I could get a quick indication of who attended the secret Mitt Romney visit to Little Rock, in which he was sealed off from the 47 percenters whilst joining his kind at a private soiree at Warren Stephens’ Capital Hotel.
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Did publisher’s politics contribute to column cancellation?
April 6, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette readers got the last installment of Forces of Nurture, a column on mothering started in 2008 by staff writers Cindy Murphy and Cathy Frye. Did the publisher’s politics play a role?