The Lonoke county Sheriff’s Dept. will be actively participating in the national driving while intoxicated campaign from Dec. 21 through Jan. 3.

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The Carlisle Progressive Club met Dec. 9 in the home of Margaret Ann Zimmerman. Eighteen members were present.

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This is old news to readers here, but I thought this recent web posting illustrates the problem Mike Huckabee faces in the future in spinning his clemency decision in the case of apparent cop killer Maurice Clemmons. The facts don’t back him up. When a future Republican presidential primary opponent calls him on it, the documentary evidence [...]

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Little Rock City Hall closes early today, at noon. Why? From city spokesman Meg Matthews: City of Little Rock employees were required to be at work the Friday after Thanksgiving, when most government agencies were closed. Also, the City was open a half day on Christmas Eve – again when most government agencies were closed. Closing at [...]

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A Pine Bluff police officer responding to an early morning call has helped deliver a baby.

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About 200 Arkansas Army National Guard soldiers are preparing to leave for a 1-year deployment to Afghanistan.

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A house fire claimed the lives of two children and left four other family members injured over the weekend.

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Talk about budgets, animals and roads dominated the Dec. 17 Quorum Court meeting.

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Monday was a busy day in Circuit Judge Charles Clawson’s 3rd Division courtroom at the Van Buren County Courthouse.

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An attorney for Samuel DeSean Merryman asked a circuit judge Monday to relax no-contact orders barring Merryman from seeing his children.

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