ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for the production of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says Daniel Eugene Burris, of Huntsville, Ark., was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell of Alexandria. In addition, Drell sentenced... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU is losing its business dean shortly after the university unveils its new Business Education Complex on Friday. LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean Eli Jones tells The Advocate Wednesday he has accepted the dean position at the University of Arkansas' Walton College. Jones... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hopes to expand and link national wildlife refuges in southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana, creating an expanse of more than 172,000 acres. An Arkansas state wildlife management area that links the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge and the Ouachita National Wildlife... more »
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Arkansas State Police have pulled a helicopter equipped with infrared from the air. They say no visual contact was made with any of the missing boy scouts. State Police say they've pulled the chopper due to excessive cloud cover and are not likely to return to the... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Soldiers from Texas and Arkansas have been killed in an improvised bombing in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says both victims were based in Fort Polk, La. DOD on Sunday announced the deaths of 22-year-old Pfc. Ira B. Laningham IV of Zapata, Texas, and 25-year-old Spc. Ethan... more »
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and Arkansas linebacker Jerry Franklin are the Southeastern Conference offensive and defensive players of the week. Jefferson passed for a career-high 254 yards and accounted for two touchdowns in a win over Mississippi. Franklin had a career-best 20 tackles in Arkansas' double-overtime... more »
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A member of a northern Arkansas school board, commenting on a campaign to get people to wear purple to show support for bullied gay and lesbian youth, purportedly posted on Facebook that the only way he would wear purple is "if they all commit suicide."... more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - An Arkansas man died after losing control of the dump truck he was driving in Bossier Parish. State police tells The Times that 41-year-old Gregory McWilliams, of Magnolia, Ark., was driving a truck loaded with gravel north on La. Highway 157 Thursday when the truck... more »
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, a Arkansas man has been arrested and booked into the Vermilion Parish Correctional Center as a result of a Fatality which occurred on 03/19/10 at approximately 8:20 pm at the intersection of St. Elmo Road and West Main Street just outside of... more »