Magness News

Four hundred years later, Shakespearea s works remain not only relevant, but also enjoyable, and here one of his plays is the subject of the latest piece in New Zealand writing.

The Arkansas Arts Center's Artmobile, a 40-plus foot mobile gallery containing original works from the Arkansas Arts Center's permanent collection arrives today at Baxter County Library and will be open to the public through Saturday.

The state Board of Corrections gave a vote of confidence today to Prison Director Larry Norris, whose leadership has been questioned in recent months by some lawmakers concerned about a rash of serious incidents earlier this year.

Two people were killed in an early morning house fire in Independence County. According to the Independence County Sheriff's Department a 7-year-old and 20-year-old were killed in an early Tuesday morning fire in Magness.

Authorities in Independence County say two brothers were killed and their mother was critically injured in a fire Tuesday morning.

A jury trial Wednesday in Baxter County Circuit Court resulted in a White County businessman, Zafar Iqbal, 56, of Beebe, being sentenced to prison.

VARNER - Lawmakers retraced the steps of two convicted murders who escaped an Arkansas prison wearing guard uniforms, questioning corrections officials Monday over a perceived culture of complacency at the state's lockups.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/STATON BREIDENTHAL Arkansas Department of Correction Director Larry Norris and Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness listen to questions from legislators Thursday during a committee meeting at the state Capitol.

An incident in which an Arkansas prison inmate nearly died after he was left lying naked in his own feces over a weekend was not serious enough to merit discussion by the state Board of Corrections, the board's chairman said Thursday.

LITTLE ROCK - An Arkansas prison inmate's near-death after guards left him covered in feces for a weekend did not merit discussion before the state board governing the agency, its chairman told skeptical lawmakers Thursday.

LITTLE ROC - Fingerprint scanners now keeping track of visitors to Arkansas state prisons will soon monitor the guards as well.