Little Rock News Archives

Pulaski County authorities say a jail inmate who escaped in a county van has been recaptured at Little Rock.

In this June 10, 2009 file photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to local residents in Arnolds Park, Iowa.

Officials in North Little Rock hope converting the city's four highest polluting vehicles to compressed natural gas will begin a trend.

Revenues have dropped so dramatically this year that the city of Little Rock must cut six-million-dollars from its budget.

Thanksgiving is supposed to be one of the busiest travel days of the season but the down economy is taking a big bite out of airport business.

In October 1999, when my daughter was almost a month old, my husband, my oldest son Channing, my newborn daughter Kayla, and I made a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas and to Jackson, Tennessee.

Larry volunteers to give a speech to the school board, hoping to win a distinguished school designation for Knob Haven High.

Stefan joins the football team after an impressive athletic display. Elsewhere, Elena invites Stefan and Bonnie to dinner in hopes that they will bond, but Damon disrupts the evening with an unexpected visit; an act of violence shocks the town.

Except for a flight canceled due to mechanical trouble, there were virtually no problems for passengers Wednesday at the airport.

A Little Rock family displaced after a fire destroyed their home on Thanksgiving Day is trying to move forward.

Manny, Sid and Diego are back in this rollicking animated adventure. This time, the trio flee their melting homeland and meet a female mammoth who thinks she's a possum.

Former President Bill Clinton has talked to two busloads of schoolchildren about his presidency and issues around the world during a visit to his library.

HAYES CARLL 9:30 p.m., Sticky Fingerz. $15. A Last year, Hayes Carll's third album, a oeTrouble in Mind,a made him something of a critical darling.

A post office in a rapidly growing area of Little Rock could be on the endangered list.

An engineering firm says an 85-year-old bridge could be used for at least 20 more years by most vehicles after repairs that would cost $509,000. The bridge over the Little Red River was built in 1924 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Clay was one of 10 regional counties that took part in an earthquake response exercise Wednesday, Nov.

Ad Aimed at Kids Was Banned From KARK's Broadcast of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, But It Will Run on KARZ For Immediate Release: November 24, 2009 Contact: Michael Lyubinsky 757-622-7382 Little Rock, Ark .

Windstream Corp. says it is moving its share listing to the NASDAQ stock market from the New York Stock Exchange.

Little Rock - Youngsters at the Penick Boys and Girls Club in Little Rock will get a Thanksgiving dinner a day early, thanks to a donation of turkeys by the Poultry Federation of Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

Mike Huckabee Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee stops in Little Rock to promote his new book A Simple Christmas and talked to FOX16 about his plans for 2012.

Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola is making recommendations for next year's budget cuts.

Charlie settles back into his old bachelor ways until Alan faces an emotional crisis.

U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will hold a statewide, Agriculture Business Leadership Breakfast today to examine the impact of U.S. Agriculture, Rural Development and Forestry policy on the state rural and small business economy.

A fast food eatery near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock tipped the scales at $1.15 million.

The health department is releasing any other details on this. However the health department says additional vaccine supplies are arriving in the state and that more is on the way.

City directors in Little Rock are considering layoffs and cutting some of the nearly $9.8 million the city spends on outside agencies.

Pulaski County Sheriff's Department arrest four people Wednesday for the death of a man found near the I-430 bridge by a jogger.

A 37-year-old man from Bauxite has died from the H1N1 virus. County health officials say the victim apparently had no prior health conditions or pre-existing illnesses.

Pulaski County Sheriff's Deputies need your help finding a teenager who they say was an inmate that got away by stealing a jail van.

Watch raw surveillance video Thousands of dollars have been paid to a Little Rock police officer suspected of attempting to steal a computer .

Before you head out to do some Christmas shopping for your kids you might want to know that a California based advocacy group found seven toys with high levels of lead.

Wanted for failing to register as a sex offender U.S Marshals have arrested another one of Arkansas' Most Wanted.

Foot exams and properly fitting shoes will be offered to homeless people at a clinic in North Little Rock.

Lisenne Rockefeller and Baker Kurrus host the grand opening of Mercedes-Benz of Little Rock's new retail center on Tuesday, November 17 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Cary Gaines resigned from the North Little Rock City Council on Friday, four days after being tied to a scheme to defraud the city that was revealed in a federal indictment of a Cabot man.

Authorities have shot and killed a suspect in the deaths of five people found shot to death earlier this month in Pearcy.

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A nonprofit groupa s campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a non-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their partya s health reform efforts.

When Bill Clinton marks the fifth anniversary of his presidential library, his 1,000 or so guests will be safe from the elements.

Lily asks too much of Mac; Kevin chooses Ryder over Michael and Lauren. Bold and the Beautiful 1:30PM - 2:00PM Stephanie and Pam attempt to get Ann to remain in town; Bill and Katie find romance in the sky on their way to their mysterious honeymoon location; Ridge and Steffy take steps that could get their family closer to taking back Forrester ...

Former president Bill Clinton plans to help the University of Arkansas at Little Rock celebrate the 10th anniversary of its engineering and information technology program.

Authorities have arrested four men in the death of a man whose badly beaten body was found near the Arkansas River earlier this month.

JON GAMBRELL Quick Summary Arkansas appeals court upholds state's seizure of children from Tony Alamo ministries LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so.

If you've been wondering where your taxes dollars have gone to support the President's Recovery and Reinvestment Act, we have some answers.

When Bill Clinton marks the fifth anniversary of his presidential library, his 1,000 or so guests will be safe from the elements.

For Mother's Day weekend, Big Dee Dee and Dee Dee vacation at an exclusive spa. Not to be outdone, Phyllis and Mona do the same, and end up in the room next door.

Little Rock Police are investigating an early morning homicide. It happened around five o'clock this morning at 11 Lorian Drive.

Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine Black students gathered at Daisy and L.C. Bates's home to prepare for the angry mob they faced as they integrated the all-white school.

June Stewart of Little Rock shares her ideas to end hunger and poverty during the Idea Aid event Saturday at Heifer Village.

Federal prosecutors have unsealed a wide-ranging indictment against a Cabot man accused of defrauding the city of North Little Rock.

A multiple-count federal indictment was unsealed Monday afternoon against George Wylie Thompson of Cabot, who was arrested earlier this month in Bangkok, according to U.S. Attorney Jane Duke.

A husband claims that his wife is a bad housekeeper and has had an affair that resulted in her having a baby with another man.

At a recent opening for the exhibit Law in a Land Without Justice: Nazi Germany 1933-1945 at the UALR Bowen School of Law Library, Wilson and Associates PLLC pledged a total donation of $100,000 over three years.

Man convicted of killing Little Rock TV personality Anne Pressly sentenced to life in prison.

Phoebe tries to tutor Joey in French for a foreign-film audition, but ends up hating how he mangles the language of love.

While Alan rushes to Kandi, who's living with Judith, to try and win his girlfriend back, Charlie sleeps with Kandi's mother .

You've heard of farm-aid and foreign aid and perhaps Kool-Aid, but what about IdeaAid? IdeaAid is the world's first brainstorming event intended to tackle the issue of global poverty.

A police chase ends Saturday with a car crash, three people transported to the hospital and a total of four injured.

Evangelist Tony Alamo is facing what likely will be a life prison sentence, but could control his ministry from behind bars.

LITTLE ROCK a ' The Walmart Foundation and the Walmart Legal Department today donated $100,000 to Legal Aid of Arkansas and the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission for legal services to low-income people in four eastern Arkansas counties.

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad,23 Friday in court, the man accused of killing a soldier at a Little Rock recruiting center blamed a holy war for his actions as well as the actions of Nadal Malik Hasan, the suspected gunman in the killing of 13 people at Fort Hood.

FOX16 Job Alert There is another round of layoffs for employees at a Little Rock manufacturing plant.

Abdulhakim Muhammad, 24, charged with shooting one solider and wounding another in a June 1 shooting at the Little Rock military recruit station, appeared in circut court this morning to seek a delay in his Feb.

In this Sept. 21, 2008 file photo, a man patrols in front of the Tony Alamo Christian Church in Fouke.

Police are investigating the deaths of five people -- four of them burned beyond recognition -- on a property in Pearcy, Ark., authorities said.

The man convicted of killing Little Rock, Arkansas, television personality Anne Pressly has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

LITTLE ROCK a ' Governor Mike Beebe has authorized $2,000,000 from the Governor's Disaster Fund to provide limited individual assistance for flood and storm victims in 12 Arkansas counties.

US President Barack Obama said yesterday that he would host a December conference to brainstorm how to beat back unemployment, and repeated a pledge to fight for US exports as he toured Asia next week.

The last witness was called for the sentencing phase and the jury is getting instructions before they go into deliberations.

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, said Thursday that the committee will hold a field hearing Nov.

Sissy's Log Cabin of Pine Bluff announced plans Monday to open a store in the Little Rock Heights area at the corner of Grant and R streets in 2010.

Jill Monier, a reporter with Fox 13 News WHBQ-TV asking Curtis Vance a question Wednesday as he is led into the Pulaski County Courthouse.

A Little Rock catering business has been heavily damaged in a morning fire. Firefighters were called to the scene at 2223 South Cedar around eight o'clock. Fire officials say the kitchen area of Wayne's Catering suffered a lot of smoke and water damage.

The nine black students who confronted angry white mobs as they integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 took solace each day at the home of Daisy and L.C. Bates.

According to Lt. Terry Hastings, officers were conducting a search and seizure for drugs at 9001 Tanya Drive, Apartment B, in Little Rock just before midnight Tuesday.

Conclusion. His witness-protection cover now revealed , Darnell desperately ditches town with the family and assumes a new identity.

Prosecutors rested Tuesday morning in the capital murder trial of Curtis Lavelle Vance, after a medical examiner testified that KATV's Anne Pressly died from blunt force trauma to her head.

For those who live in Little Rock, Motley's Tree Farm offers a wonderful place to choose and buy a real Christmas tree.

Sarah Palin is no flash-in-the-pan. After 15 months in the spotlight, she remains the "It" girl of the right -- perhaps to the consternation of another Republican governor who would like to be your president.

A former deputy secretary of state who served as the nation's first director of national intelligence is speaking in Little Rock on foreign affairs.

The Peabody Hotel at Little Rock says it is the first hotel in Arkansas to be awarded four stars in the prestigious Forbes Travel Guide.

Curtis Lavelle Vance, accused in the 2008 beating death of an Arkansas television anchorwoman, is escorted to the Pulaski County Court House in Little Rock on Monday as his trial continues.

Pine Bluff - An official with St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pine Bluff wants the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock to petition for sainthood for a nun who died in 1839 and is buried near Pine Bluff.

A grocery store project in North Little Rock tipped the scales at $2.4 million. Nikesefat Family Trust, led by Salim and Fouzieh Niksefat, acquired the Kroger at 900 W. Pershing Blvd.

A passerby saw the body and called Little Rock Police. Just before 7am Sunday, Little Rock Police received a call about a body lying in the bushes along River Mountain Road underneath the I-430 bridge.

Two former Razorback basketball players are joining forces in business and giving back to their community by building a new one.

Little Rock Detectives spent their Sunday morning trying to figure out why a body was dumped on the side of the highway.

The new location will be 3,800 sq. ft. and completely remodeled. It's scheduled to open in spring 2010.

Someone's been sleeping in Meredith's bed again, and when roomies Izzie and George find out who it is, they're not at all happy.

Little Rock police are on the scene of an officer involved shooting at 5915 Carlyle Dr.

The Arkansas Arts Center will host its annual Museum School Sale on Saturday, November 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Due to the World of the Pharaohs exhibition, the Museum School Sale has moved and will be held at the Hall of Industry at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds.

Vandy Nash , a fourth grade teacher at Indian Hills Elementary in North Little Rock, has just been presented the 2010 Teacher of the Year award of the state Department of Education at the Governor's Mansion gala.

A dozen students and a driver where hurt when three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a pileup on a highway in southern Arkansas.

The chief criminologist at the Arkansas Crime Laboratory told jurors at a capital murder trial that hair similar to that of Curtis Vance was found in bedding and on a bathrobe belonging to slain TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly.

The Teacher of the Year Gala sponsored by the state Education Department is scheduled for Friday evening.

A North Little Rock man charged with murdering his fiance appeared before a judge Thursday morning.

Little Rock police are investigating on an officer involved shooting that left one man dead Tuesday afternoon.

Little Rock's ITT Technical Institute has canceled tonight's classes after the building was damaged in morning flooding.

Curtis Lavelle Vance, accused in the 2008 beating death of television anchorwoman Anne Pressly, walks from a prisoner van outside the Pulaski County Court House in Little Rock on Tuesday.

This is the weekend where central Arkansas will be at or near it's peak fall colors.

Little Rock SWAT officers serving a search warrant shot Shawn Burton at his home Tuesday night.

Steven Russell Jr, 28 of North Little Rock, is escorted from the the North Little Rock detectives office after turning himself ADVERSTISMENT A former soldier shot and killed his fiancee a ' a first-year English teacher at North Little Rock High Schoola TMs East Campus a ' in her Skyline Drive apartment before dawn Tuesday, police said.

Fifth graders are getting a treat in downtown North Little Rock and Little Rock.

A guy wants to dump his very aggressive gal; a guy cheats on his insecure and suspicious fiancee; a gigolo dumps his gal for her godsister.

Police say an officer has fatally shot a man wielding a knife at a southwest Little Rock home after he wounded his mother and himself.

In an Oct. 23, 2009, file photo Curtis Lavelle Vance, accused in the 2008 beating death of a television anchorwoman, waits for the start of a hearing at the Pulaski County Court House in Little Rock, Ark.

Both the lower White River and the Ouachita River are continuing to rise following heavy rain last week -- raising worries of potential flooding.

It is a four day event packed with peer support, healing and counseling seminars for the surviving parents of fallen police officers.

Police say a former basketball player was killed in a hit & run accident Sunday at Little Rock.

The National Association of Free Clinics has established a toll-free patient-appointment telephone number and a volunteer-registration Web site for the free medical clinic scheduled for Saturday, November 21, at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock, Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter announced today.

Floyd's pen-pal sweetheart is coming for a visit, but she thinks he's a wealthy businessman.

Three city officials in Pine Bluff are violating a city ordinance that requires them to live within the city limits.

The bouncing mega-meatball record has landed in the East Coast. Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 222.5-pound meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by state weights and measures officials.

Police in North Little Rock are trying to track down a killer. Just after 7:00 a.m., a driver called 911 saying she saw a man run his off car the road at the intersection of Riverfront Drive and South Cedar St.

KATV's Anne Pressly never regained consciousness after she was found in her bed, brutally beaten by an intruder.

Saturday started off with a healthy alternative to Halloween candy for some kids.