LITTLE ROCK — An incident in which an Arkansas prison inmate nearly died after he was left lying naked in his own feces over a weekend was not serious enough to merit discussion by the state Board of Corrections, the board’s chairman said Thursday.

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Times Record Staff Three local troopers with the Arkansas State Police were honored Thursday in North Little Rock at an awards ceremony.

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Times Record Staff Area work is included in federal projects that are part of fiscal year 2010 Energy and Water Development legislation announced Thursday.

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Authorities are searching for a man who led police on a pursuit through Fort Smith on Thursday afternoon.

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Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. District Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Thursday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a Little Rock gang member convicted of killing a man in 2001.

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Cabot Schools are on the verge of launching the 2009-10 school year.

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A Pulaski County Sheriff’s deputy from Cabot is being hailed as a hero after pulling a man twice his size from a burning car on July 16.

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Cabot Lions Club — 1st Thursday – 5:30 p.m. at AllFam Bowling Center

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Court OKs jail funds The Lonoke County Quorum Court has approved $250,000 from the new county jail construction fund for any expenses.

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Col. James Otey, commander of Little Rock Air Force Base and its 19th Airlift Wing, emphatically stressed the need for more schools in central Arkansas to serve the needs of the community, the Air Force and its families.

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