by - April 24, 2017 7:36 pm
Editor’s note: Updated to include the execution of Marcel Williams. ––––––––––––––––––– Arkansas death row inmates Jack Jones and Marcel Williams have been executed. Jones was injected at 7:06 p.m., and…
by - April 24, 2017 7:43 am
After 53% of Arkansas voters approved the state’s Medical Marijuana Amendment in November, legislators passed 24 laws that changed it. But none severely restricted the availability of the drug, said…
by - April 23, 2017 10:00 pm
When journalist Jaide Garcia arrived at the Cummins Unit around 3 p.m. on Thursday, it was hot and sticky. Inside the prison at that same time, convicted killer Ledell Lee…
by - April 23, 2017 10:00 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says President Donald Trump has restored American credibility by showing force and demanding changes from North Korea, Syria, and Iran. In a wide-ranging interview on…
by - April 21, 2017 12:53 pm
The United States can only become a healthy nation if it first becomes an equitable one regarding opportunities for healthy living, a former surgeon general under Presidents Bill Clinton and…
by - April 21, 2017 7:08 am
UPDATE: A family visitation will take place from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the Pine Bluff Country Club at 1100 W. 46th St. Funeral services will be held…
by - April 21, 2017 6:47 am
Grady, Ark. – More than 24 years after Inmate #000936 committed the murder that put him on a path to destruction, media witnesses came out of the Varner death chamber…
by - April 21, 2017 12:08 am
Convicted killer Ledell Lee didn’t utter a single word moments before a lethal drug cocktail was injected into his body Thursday night inside Arkansas’ Death Row chamber in Varner. Lee,…
by - April 20, 2017 9:32 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum is “a living monument to women and men, who are willing to risk their lives” for the rule of law. That was the message from an…
by - April 20, 2017 5:40 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated to reflect the news that inmate Stacey Johnson’s stay of execution has been upheld and will not be appealed, and that attorneys for Ledell Lee filed…
by - April 20, 2017 10:11 am
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola on Wednesday publicly criticized the Arkansas General Assembly and part of the state’s congressional delegation for not backing state and federal legislation to allow the…
by - April 19, 2017 9:51 pm
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., sat down with Skip Rutherford, dean of the Clinton School of Public Service, to discuss President Donald J. Trump’s first 100 days in…
by - April 19, 2017 9:20 pm
After the highly-publicized pair of executions for death-row inmates Don Davis and Bruce Ward were called off Monday, the subsequent death sentences scheduled for two other condemned prison inmates scheduled…
by - April 19, 2017 5:34 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors authorized appropriations for the utilities department’s capital improvement plan (CIP) for 2017 to the tune of $18.325 million in water and sewer upgrades and…
by - April 18, 2017 9:01 pm
After a dramatic night of legal maneuvering that led to the state of Arkansas not executing a death row inmate, columnist John Brummett offers his insights on the process that…
by - April 18, 2017 8:41 pm
As the second round of executions scheduled for Arkansas death-row inmates enters the last 48 hours, the two prisoners condemned to die on Thursday have filed a flurry of motions…
by - April 18, 2017 8:40 pm
On Sunday’s TV edition of Talk Business & Politics, Rep. Reginald Murdock, D-Marianna, and Rep. Andy Davis, R-Little Rock, discussed the death penalty in Arkansas. Murdock, who opposes the death…
by - April 18, 2017 5:01 pm
McKesson Medical-Surgical has filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court alleging that Arkansas officials improperly acquired drugs from the company, planned to use them in executions and failed to…
by - April 18, 2017 2:24 pm
It’s been one of those weeks where one feels they drew the short straw on a United Airlines flight. Hell, not even the Luftwaffe had passengers removed by Hitler. Or…
by - April 18, 2017 6:56 am
Grady, Ark. — An Arkansas inmate who was given his last supper Monday evening in anticipation of his execution will awake today for an unexpected breakfast and another day of…
