More accident reconstruction testimony at Hastings trial
David Koon reports (for earlier coverage, go here): After lunch, the defense put on Dale Donham, an accident reconstructionist who worked for Arkansas State Police for 17 years and now works for the...
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TGIF: T-shirts cause ruckus in Hot Springs
The Friday night line is open.* T-SHIRT TROUBLE IN HOT SPRINGS: A new T-shirt shop in Hot Springs apparently has upset the city's wacky mayor Ruth Carney and a few of the local Taliban. The mayor is...
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The Controversies Edition
Republicans and Planned parenthood, what Darrell Dennis means for the Department of Community Corrections, the latest on Mayflower, Ross and Burkhalter, merger talks between St. Vincent and UAMS and...
View ArticleDefense rests in Hastings manslaughter trial
The defense has rested in the manslaughter trial of former Little Rock police officer Josh Hastings, David Koon reports. Judge Wendell Griffen has sent the jury home. The court will reconvene at 9 a.m....
View ArticlePipeline regulators withholding pipeline assessment
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in response to a letter sent by Pulaski County's mayors and the county judge, along with Arkansas congressmen (known as the Lake Maumelle...
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Arkansas's two-branch government
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported the outline this morning of how the Republican-majority legislature's vendetta against Planned Parenthood will play out in the case of a tiny contract for workers...
View ArticleHospital merger in California brings end to abortion at hospital
Worth noting as UAMS and St. Vincent Health continue to discuss ways to merge their hospital operations is this story from the LA Times:When Hoag Hospital announced this spring that it would no longer...
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Get tickets now for Arkansas Times farm-to-table dinner
Time is running out to get a seat at the Arkansas Times Farm to Table Dinner Party Saturday, June 29, at the Scott Plantation Settlement.Leslie Peacock's story on the event is right here. This link...
View ArticleHastings trial — closing arguments this morning
I'm going back to the courthouse this morning to listen to the closings on the Josh Hastings trial — the LRPD officer who was charged with manslaughter after killing a 15 year old Bobby Moore as Moore...
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Alabama Shakes to Fayetteville's Arkansas Music Pavilion Sept. 6
The Walton Arts Center's Arkansas Music Pavilion will host the hotter'n-a-two-dollar-pistol Alabama Shakes on Sept. 6. The young band shot to near-instant popularity long about last year, gaining a...
View ArticleThe Vue: Time for Fayetteville to shut this project down?
In an effort to GO GREEN the Vue will be emailing out move in letters!! We are working hard on those right now and should be out by mid-June. So keep a look out for those VERY IMPORTANT letters coming...
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Arkansas dog loses in ugliest dog contest
Shucks, Ellie Mae, the Chinese crested hairless dog from Gurdon didn't win the World's Ugliest Dog contest in Petaluma, Calif. A beagle-basset-boxer mix took the crown.Said the contest website about...
View ArticlePresident Obama to address climate change
Here's tonight's open line.In news today, President Obama sent word via Twitter that he'll make a major speech Tuesday on a national strategy for addressing climate issues. He included the video below....
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UPDATE: No verdict today on Hastings manslaughter case
The jury is out for deliberations in the manslaughter case of former LRPD officer Josh Hastings. The deliberations began about 11 a.m. and no word by 3:30 p.m. Long update on this morning's closing...
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Pssst ... Arkansas has a new voter ID law
John Lyon at Stephens Media assesses preparation by the secretary of state's office to get the word out about the Republican Voter ID law, a cookie cutter version of a national Republican initiative...
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Jury deliberations continue on Josh Hastings, former LR cop charged in fatal...
A Pulaski County jury will resume deliberations at 11:30 a.m. today in Judge Wendell Griffen's court to consider the manslaughter case against Josh Hastings, a former Little Rock patrol officer who...
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Monday To-Do: Bow Wow Wow, Gene Loves Jezebel
BOW WOW WOW, GENE LOVES JEZEBEL8 p.m. Juanita's. $15 adv., $20 day of.Everybody knows Bow Wow Wow's cover of the '60s garage rock nugget "I Want Candy," and rightfully so; it's a perfect slice of punky...
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Hung jury prompts mistrial in manslaughter case against Josh Hastings
After two days and almost 13 hours of deliberations, a circuit court jury was unable to reach a verdict Sunday afternoon in the manslaughter trial of fired Little Rock police officer Josh Hastings for...
View ArticleFore! The Ken Duke open line
The Hastings trial distracted me. We need an open line and why not mention;* ARKIE WINS; Ken Duke, 44, won his first PGA event today, the Travelers Championship. He's another man from Hope and an...
View ArticleNew from the Times: Muckraking the Mayflower Oil Spill
I'm excited to announce a new partnership between the Arkansas Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning InsideClimate News. Together, we're undertaking a deep reporting project on the ExxonMobil oil spill in...
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