Lonoke News

Former City of Lonoke Police Chief Jay Campbell and his wife Kelly Campbell waiting for their trial to resume in this 2007 file photo.

The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed the corruption conviction of former Lonoke police chief Ronald Jay Campbell, saying a lower court improperly allowed testimony about his wife's sexual conduct and that prosecutors didn't provide sufficient evidence of a continuing criminal enterprise.

The death of a man from injuries suffered while he was an inmate in the Lonoke County Jail is under investigation by state police.

Neighbors in a Lonoke neighborhood who recently reported a string of home break-ins are working with police to make their neighborhood safer.

Heavy rains and flooding earlier this month took a toll in 20 counties across the state.

Click this link for a spreadsheet on county-by-county sales of lottery tickets for the first two weeks of sales, Sept.

The Lonoke County Sheriff's Office is looking for the driver of a car that they say tried to run over a deputy responding to a burglar alarm at a church and then fled.

John P. Hayes, chairman of the Beebe Water and Sewer Commission told the council members Monday night, Sept.

Eight more Arkansas properties have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the country's official list of historically significant properties, Frances McSwain, program director for Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, announced Tuesday.

The Jacksonville City Council on Thursday approved the citya s participation in a project to carry Greers Ferry Lake water to communities in Lonoke and White counties and surrounding areas.

State lawmakers are scheduled to take a field trip, of sorts, next week to learn more about the groundwater shortage in eastern Arkansas and some of the conservation programs now under way to help ease the problem.

An analysis of construction projects in central Arkansas shows an increase during the first half of the year.

Craig Riggs with Umphers Construction of Hot Springs welds at a future Little Rock School District elementary school off Taylor Loop Road.

The Central Arkansas Development Council plans to use a $13.7 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to boost the economy in 12 Arkansas counties including Saline.

Positions are available mid-January through Thursday, April 15, 2010. The volunteer tax preparer/ intern is responsible for supporting the Central Arkansas Development Councila s VITA/ Tax outreach program.

People at Cabot, Lonoke and Jacksonville gathered in ceremonies Friday and Saturday to remember not only the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but the heroism and sacrifice of those who faced death and destruction that day, and of those who battle it still.

Continued cool, soggy weather has helped move soybean rust into 21 Arkansas counties and the rust isnt showing any signs of slowing down, said Scott Monfort, extension plant pathologist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

The Arkansas Health Care Association hosted its annual beauty pageant for nursing home residents at the Community Center in Jacksonville, Arkansas.A Ms.

Lisa Ann Hirdley disappeared Feb. 5, 2006. About a month later, her body was found dumped below a bridge in Lonoke County.

The razing of the partially burned two-story brick residence on Faulkner Street, now the property of the defunct Farmers State Bank, recalled some interesting local history.