Helena-West Helena officials must plan water system improvements in 90 days or face $685,000 penalty, Arkansas health board says.
John Edwards
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Integrating the Helena-West Helena Legion Post: Spc. James McMickle
James McMickle, born in 1948 in Oneida, served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. An enlisted man, he held the rank of Specialist E-4. During his service, from June 18, 1969, to July 2, 1971, he served on patrols that discovered enemy weapons caches and was wounded in action. He earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. And in 2017, he became the first soldier of color to be a member of the American Legion Post in Helena-West Helena
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After the flood
Ten years later, Arkansans who lived through Hurricane Katrina talk about the storm, the aftermath and what remains when you lose everything.
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Denton won’t run for state House
Pulaski County Justice of the Peace Tyler Denton said today he won’t seek election to the state House of Representatives, for District 35 in Little Rock. Denton had long been mentioned as one of several possible Democratic candidate to fill the seat being vacated by term-limited Rep. John Edwards.
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Arkansas legislators seek stronger protection of water supplies from oil spills
But they’re powerless in the face of federal authority.
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John Edwards is a free man
The Justice Department has decided not to retry John Edwards on charges that he violated campaign law by having money funneled to his mistress to silence her during his run for the White House.
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Jury acquits John Edwards on one count; deadlocks on others
A North Carolina jury has reached a verdict in the trial of former U.S. Sen. John Edwards on charges that money paid by wealthy donors to hush up his 2008 affair with a woman he’d impregnated amounted to illegal campaign contributions.
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Spousal employment watch in state government
If all goes according to stated plans, two spouses of state legislators will soon go back to work in state jobs for which proper clearance wasn’t obtained on the front end.
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John Edwards’ fate turns on legal question
The New York Times has written a good explanation of the core legal question in the John Edwards case.
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John Edwards indicted for mistress money
Former Sen. John Edwards has been indicted, as expected, on charges that support money he funneled to his mistress should have been reported as campaign contributions during his presidential bid.