Faulkner County News

Prosecutors will ask that Barry Strickland's bond be revoked for violating the terms of his pre-trial release in a Faulkner County court hearing scheduled for May 31 at 9 a.m. A motion filed May 17 by prosecutors calls for the revocation after Strickland, accused in the death of a Conway police officer, allegedly missed a drug screen, failed to ... (more)

The AARP Driver Safety Course will be from 1-5 p.m., Thursday, June 6, at the Faulkner County Library, 1900 Tyler St., Conway.

Miss Laurice Echlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Creed L. Echlin, received notice today that she had won first prize in a national dress design contest sponsored by a dress manufacturing concern.

Some would say there is nothing as beautiful as a jar of fresh canned produce sitting on a shelf.

The family of a Faulkner County man who suffered a brain injury after a purported botched surgery on his spine has failed to show how the doctor caused the injury and did not show a reasonable amount of care, the state Court of Appeals found Wednesday.

A falling tree has killed an 87-year-old Vilonia man who was working in his yard.

Six Faulkner County residents have been inducted into the Beta Zeta Omega Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society for the spring 2013 semester at Pulaski Technical College.

Michael Carter, Conway Christian athletic director, has been named Class 2A High School Athletic Director of the Year by the Arkansas High School Athletic Administrators Association.

Faulkner County may see more severe weather today. Storms continue to roll through the Central United States, a region already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week.

A Greenbrier woman accused in the 2012 shooting death of her husband pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday morning in Faulkner County Circuit Court.

The Faulkner County Day School Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly meeting at noon Wednesday in the Milestones Building at 1700 South Boulevard.

Faulkner County Sheriff's Deputy Hans Fifer died in the line of duty in April during training exercises.

A Faulkner County jury returned a unanimous verdict last night that the Greenbrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had been negligent in treatment of Martha Bull, 76, who died at the nursing home April 7, 2008 after staff failed to act on a doctor's orders to get her transferred to a hospital emergency room for treatment of severe abdominal pain.

The trial of Jack Gillean, a former University of Central Arkansas chief of staff charged in a test-cheating scandal, will be moved to Van Buren County from Faulkner County because of pretrial publicity about several former UCA officials who became "involved in the criminal justice system," a judge has ruled.

There are few better examples of a " sacrifice zone " for ExxonMobil and the fossil fuel industry at-large than Faulkner County, Arkansas and the counties surrounding it.

The Conway Police Department, Faulkner County Sheriff's Office, and the University of Central Arkansas Police Department will observe National Police Week with a 5:30 p.m. tribute to fallen officers Wednesday at Simon Park in Conway.

Faulkner County Coroner Patrick Moore said the body of Mark Russell, missing in the Arkansas River since Tuesday, was found by his brothers Sunday afternoon.

Are you interested in health, nutrition, and being physically active? Do you want to help others be healthier? The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service is now taking applications for a new Extension Wellness Ambassador Program.

Gillean is charged with felony commercial burglary for allegedly giving keys to a UCA student who stole tests from professors' offices.

Complimenting Mrs. Coy Crow, a recent bride, who was Miss Ruth Dean, Faulkner County librarian, before her marriage, a number of relatives and friends entertained Thursday afternoon with a prettily planned miscellaneous shower and party at the home of Mrs.