Arkansas Online storiesLeader of central Arkansas drug conspiracy gets 30 years
Feb 9, 2012 - A 52-year-old Des Arc man admitted leading a drug conspiracy in central Arkansas in pleading guilty Wednesday to federal charges.
Military food getting an upgradeFeb 9, 2012 - Hold the mystery meat: Military bases will soon be serving more fruits and vegetables.
Bank of England backs $79 billion money injectionFeb 9, 2012 - The Bank of England is injecting another $79 billion into the British economy, which contracted in the last three months of 2011.
10 states get No Child waiverFeb 9, 2012 - President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, The Associated Press has learned.
Charges added for three suspects in Operation Delta BluesFeb 9, 2012 - Three suspects indicted in a sweeping investigation into drug trafficking and corruption in eastern Arkansas are now facing additional charges, federal authorities said.
CALENDAR: What to do this weekFeb 9, 2012 - Events, performances and more.
House OKs line-item veto for presidentFeb 9, 2012 - The House on Wednesday voted to give President Barack Obama a limited form of line-item veto in a rare moment of bipartisanship on the federal budget.
Drill reaches freshwater lake under Antarctic iceFeb 9, 2012 - In the coldest spot on the earth’s coldest continent, Russian scientists have reached a freshwater lake the size of Lake Ontario after spending a decade drilling through more than 2 miles of solid ice, the scientists said Wednesday.
Rural roads’ 55 mph limit to be studiedFeb 9, 2012 - The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will look at whether speed limits should be modified on rural four- and fivelane undivided highways, with an eye toward raising the speed limit beyond the 55 mph they are set at now.
Way found to rehire 15 forestry workersFeb 9, 2012 - State officials say they have found a way to provide money to the Forestry Commission to put 15 firefighters on the job and stay within the state’s projected budget, likely resolving one potential bone of contention in the fiscal session that starts Monday.
La Nina has state basking this winterFeb 9, 2012 - Daffodils are beginning to bloom, and winged pests have already been buzzing in the state thanks to an unseasonably warm winter.
Assistant PB chief: Spat led to leaveFeb 9, 2012 - Assistant Police Chief Ivan Whitfield said in a letter circulated to Pine Bluff leaders this week that he believes he was put on administrative leave because of a spat with Police Chief Brenda Davis-Jones involving her “boyfriend.” The letter said the discussion with Davis-Jones happened after Whitfield was told by Deputy Chief Kevin Sargeant that someone was arrested with one of Whitfield’s service weapons.
Law offers exit from FEMA tabFeb 9, 2012 - Thousands of people being dunned by a federal agency for money improperly paid out for disaster relief will get a chance to have their debts forgiven under a new federal law.
Evidence too light in bombing case, judges told at UAFeb 9, 2012 - Attorneys for a former Russellville doctor convicted in a 2009 bombing that partially blinded the chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board argued Wednesday that a jury relied on insufficient evidence in finding him guilty.
GOP pledges to reverse new birth-control policyFeb 9, 2012 - Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama’s new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as an “unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country.” The White House pushed back, arguing that Obama was sensitive to the objections and looking for a way to allay the concerns. Democratic women lawmakers put up a united front in defending the administration.
LR street, drain work to start in MarchFeb 9, 2012 - Little Rock will start on drainage and street repaving projects for 2012 as soon as funds from the recently increased city sales tax start hitting the city’s coffers in March.
4 nations halt shipping on ice-clogged DanubeFeb 9, 2012 - At least four Balkan nations suspended shipping on the Danube River because of heavy frost and the vast amount of ice blocking the heavily traveled waterway.
House GOP strikes new registry from insider-trading billFeb 9, 2012 - House Republicans have rejected from a Senate measure a requirement that people who collect information from Congress for investors register like lobbyists.
In the newsFeb 9, 2012 - Joseph Bray, 47, a South Florida man who was arrested on domestic-violence charges after his wife was pushed during a spat over his forgetting to wish her a happy birthday, has been ordered to buy his wife a birthday card and flowers and take her to dinner at Red Lobster and bowling afterward, in a ruling that also instructed the couple to seek marriage counseling.
Names and facesFeb 9, 2012 - CNN suspended political analyst Roland Martin on Wednesday for “offensive” Tweets during the Super Bowl that some critics said were anti-homosexual. Martin commented on Twitter about a commercial during the Super Bowl that showed soccer star David Beckham in underwear: “If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him.” The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said the remark advocated violence against homosexuals.