Robinson High School was in lockdown for a period of time this afternoon after a gun was found in a locker. Student taken into custody. No other guns found. All otherwise appears to be well. read more »
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Fox 16 has interviewed the Heights housekeeper who's sure she saw Anne Pressly's accused killer in her neighborhood three days before she was fatally beaten.

The woman, who doesn't want us to use her name or face, is convinced she saw a read more »
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The city says the River Market fire last night, which forced closure of all businesses in the building except Andina's Cafe today, was set during a burglary of offices last night. It's hoped that all restaurants will re-open Friday. read more »
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The Oxford American's 10th anniversary music edition hit mailboxes today along with news that the magazine had won a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The two-disc collection includes Elton and Betty White's 1987 classic, " read more »
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Arkansas Business reports Windstream, the local phone company spinoff from Alltel based here, will announce layoffs today. It's in the air. AT&T announced 12,000 layoffs today. 
UPDATE: Windstream announces 170 job cuts, 11 of th read more »
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Gov. Mike Beebe announces a couple of key appointments today, including a former Mike Huckabee administration hand, Butch Reeves, to the Public Service Commission, and Watson Bell of Searcy to Workers Comp. read more »
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Talk about an unfunded need. How about significant tax cuts for struggling Arkansas taxpayers, including all the hidden taxes on the companies we work for and the goods and services we use?Here's the link. read more »
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This is one of the ways democrats are going to try to lock in their permanent majority, by turning America into California, which 20 years ago could elect a Conservative Republican as governor and go Republican for a president, but will never again. read more »
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A frequently reliable tipster says the latest report on Heights burglaries includes the theft, in addition to the usual flat screen TV haul, of some $5,000 in pricey wine. (I assume it's pricey wine. Who has room for $5,000 worth of my favorite, thr read more »
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Roby Brock at Talk Business has an interview with Paul Chodack, president of SWEPCO, about the company's unprecedented bid to be allowed to keep building a power plant while opponents contest its air permit.
This is some sneaky stuff. SWEPCO k read more »
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Fox 16 has the jump on a couple more orders by District Judge Lee Munson in the capital murder case against Curtis Vance, suspected in the killing of KATV anchor Anne Pressly. He's sealed Pulaski County Jail records pertaining to Vance and also issu read more »
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Ron Breeding of KUAR has developed a full report on a media ethics matter that has caused some buzz in news circles -- the assembled friends of the late Anne Pressly, who gathered at LR police hq the night Curtis Vance was arrested in the KATV read more »
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Sign says the Boulevard Bread Co. outlet in the River Market will be closed today for cleanup on account of the fire upstairs last night. The other end of the market hall appears to be open. read more »
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Have you read what Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said about Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano's appointment to the Cabinet? She's perfect, Rendell said, because she has no family and thus "no life." She can devote 24 hours to the job.
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You betcha Arkansas is unlimbering its wallet for Cooper Tire's extortion of four states now in a bidding war to avoid a shutdown of one of its plants. How much? Governor Beebe won't say.
Remember though that this corporate welfare payme read more »
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It may be a story only a media insider can love, but John Brummett's disputation of a new reporting gimmick on Channel 7 continues today. He's still not buying the defense of Kristin Fisher's vote-for-your-favorite-story feature. He knew i read more »
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