April 5, 2016 Minister convicted in $5 million tax scam A federal court jury in Cleveland has convicted a traveling minister from Arkansas in a tax refund scam that prosecutors say totaled nearly $5 million.
April 1, 2016 20 Arkansas homes evacuated because of Civil War landmine Police in Hot Springs, Arkansas, have evacuated about 20 homes after a man mistook a Civil War-era landmine for a cannonball and took it home.
March 31, 2016 20 Arkansas homes evacuated due to Civil War landmine Police in Hot Springs, Arkansas, have evacuated about 20 homes after a man mistook a Civil War-era landmine for a cannonball and took it home.
March 31, 2016 Squirrel hunters trigger Ark. school lockdown A report of armed men near an Arkansas elementary school led to a campus lockdown before police confirmed the three were actually pest control employees chasing squirrels.
March 31, 2016 FBI agrees to unlock iPhone, iPod in Arkansas homicide case The FBI agreed Wednesday to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a couple, just days after the federal agency announced it had gained access to an iPhone linked to the gunman in a mass shooting in California. linked to the gunman in a mass shooting in California.
March 14, 2016 Water ebbing in north Louisiana, rising at Mississippi line As floodwaters began receding Monday in northwest Louisiana, emergency officials along Louisiana's southeastern border with Mississippi were watching the rise of the Pearl River amid widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes.
March 11, 2016 Judge pleads not guilty in son's death in hot car A suspended Arkansas judge on Friday pleaded not guilty to a negligent homicide charge filed after his son was found dead in a hot car last summer.
March 10, 2016 Ex-judge can't take back his guilty plea in bribery case, court rules A federal judge on Thursday denied a former Arkansas circuit judge's request to withdraw his guilty plea on a bribery charge.
March 7, 2016 Mom pleads guilty to hindering son's apprehension in deaths Prosecutors say a mother has pleaded guilty to a charge that she hindered the apprehension of her teenage son on murder charges.
March 3, 2016 Teens plead not guilty to Arkansas high school locker room rape Two 14-year-old boys have pleaded not guilty to rape charges in the alleged sexual assault of a girl in the field house at Lakeside High School.
