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Mitchell Enrolling At North Carolina State
Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 8:30pmFAYETTEVILLE — Former Arkansas quarterback Brandon Mitchell will enroll at North Carolina State.
Mitchell announced his decision Monday night, telling ESPN’s Joe Schad he plans to transfer...
Calls for Shoffner’s resignation mount
Arkansas Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 5:44pmLITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe led a chorus of officials from both sides of the political aisle Monday in calling for embattled state Treasurer Martha Shoffner to resign in the face of federal...
Officials announce public corruption task force
Arkansas Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 5:28pmLITTLE ROCK — In the aftermath of Arkansas Martha Shoffner’s court appearance Monday on a federal extortion charge, authorities announced creation of a new task force to investigate complaints of...
Powerball gives lottery boost; officials hoped for more
Arkansas Comments May 20, 2013 12:31pmLITTLE ROCK — A Powerball jackpot that reached a record $590 million last week boosted revenue for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, though not as much as lottery officials had hoped.
State...
Astin Scheduled To Start SEC Tournament Opener
Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:33pmFAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn hasn't changed his weekend pitching rotation for nine weeks.
He sees no reason to change it for the 2013 Southeastern Conference Tournament,...
Butler Mentioned as Potential Candidate at Georgia
Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 11:00amFAYETTEVILLE — The Georgia baseball program is looking for a new coach after parting ways with Dave Perno on Sunday. And Arkansas associate head coach Todd Butler quickly was mentioned as a...
Governor’s race not drawing moderates on GOP side
Arkansas Comments May 20, 2013 1:00amLITTLE ROCK — In explaining his decision last week not to enter the governor’s race, House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, said one of the factors he considered was whether “a guy like me” — meaning...
Colleges, universities opting out of faculty gun carry law, so far
Arkansas Comments May 19, 2013 1:00amLITTLE ROCK —So far, colleges and universities are opting out of a law that would allow faculty and staff with concealed carry permits to bring weapons on campus.
The sponsor, Rep. Charlie...
Budget news mostly good, some bad
Steve Brawner Comments May 19, 2013 1:00amThere was good news and bad news about the federal government’s finances this week. Let’s start, and end, with the good news.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week estimated that...
Predicting Arkansas under Bielema
Harry King Comments May 19, 2013 1:00amLITTLE ROCK — Every time the question is about Arkansas’ record in Bret Bielema’s first year, my answer is a cop-out.
Consistently, the response has been “Six-six would be quite an...
