Stories by Ginny LaRoe

  • Saline County aims for animal shelter

    BENTON - A divided Quorum Court took the first step toward approving an animal shelter aimed at curbing puppy dumping in Saline County.

    by Ginny LaRoe February 20, 2008

  • Saline County looks to build animal shelter

    Saline County residents have few options when they find a box of puppies dumped on the side of the road or see an emaciated dog scavenging for food.

    by Ginny LaRoe February 18, 2008

  • Saline County looks to build animal shelter

    Saline County residents have few options when they find a box of puppies dumped on the side of the road or see an emaciated dog scavenging for food.

    by Ginny LaRoe February 18, 2008

  • 2 Bryant firefighters OK'd to go back on job

    BRYANT - Two high-ranking Bryant firefighters who were fired last week over charges of falsifying time sheets after they exchanged shifts were reinstated effec…

    by Ginny LaRoe February 13, 2008

  • Federal, state agencies pledge post-storm aid

    Three more counties on Monday received federal disaster declarations, taking residents in those areas a step closer to receiving federal financial aid.

    by Ginny LaRoe February 12, 2008

  • Federal, state agencies pledge post-storm aid

    Three more counties on Monday received federal disaster declarations, taking residents in those areas a step closer to receiving federal financial aid.

    by Ginny LaRoe February 12, 2008

  • Livestock, poultry scattered to winds

    Farmers, ranchers and poultry operators across Arkansas are counting the animals left dead or injured after Tuesday's storms and are beginning the cumbersome t…

    by Ginny LaRoe February 10, 2008

  • Damage assessors fan out over 10 counties

    Disaster-assessment teams toured storm-ravaged towns across Arkansas on Thursday, tallying the numbers of damaged buildings and people displaced by Tuesday's t…

    by Ginny LaRoe February 8, 2008

  • Damage assessors fan out over 10 counties

    Disaster-assessment teams toured storm-ravaged towns across Arkansas on Thursday, tallying the numbers of damaged buildings and people displaced by Tuesday's t…

    by Ginny LaRoe February 8, 2008

  • Panel says it opposes Benton drag strip

    Saying they want the abandoned Watts Field airport to be used for economic development, aldermen said Monday they oppose a proposal for a drag racing strip.

    by Ginny LaRoe February 5, 2008

  • Visions clash over use for old Benton airport

    As racing enthusiasts are revving their engines for a drag strip at the abandoned Watts Field airport, another group is poised with its own plan for the site.

    by Ginny LaRoe February 4, 2008

  • Ouachita County to vote on 1% sales tax

    Faced with the threat of having to shut down the overcrowded and deteriorating Ouachita County jail, the county is seeking a sales-tax increase to build a new …

    by Ginny LaRoe February 3, 2008

  • Thousands remain in dark

    One person died and thousands of Arkansans will remain without power through today after strong wind ripped through the state Tuesday, knocking down power line…

    by Ginny LaRoe January 31, 2008

  • Bryant starts work on Bishop Park complex

    Ten months after the ceremonial groundbreaking, workers are kicking up dirt and getting ready to cut down trees to make way for Bishop Park.

    by Ginny LaRoe January 29, 2008

  • Teens set up a special dating service

    Brandon Burks hasn't gone on a date in four years. And thanks to the teens he ministers to at Spring Creek Baptist Church, now everyone in town knows it.

    by Ginny LaRoe January 24, 2008

  • Teens set up a special dating service

    BENTON - Brandon Burks hasn't gone on a date in four years. And thanks to the teens he ministers to at Spring Creek Baptist Church, now everyone in town knows …

    by Ginny LaRoe January 24, 2008

  • City celebrates 1st year of Promise

    In the first year since a local oil company announced it would help pay college tuition for all of this city's high school graduates, the El Dorado Promise has…

    by Ginny LaRoe January 23, 2008

  • City celebrates 1st year of Promise

    EL DORADO - In the first year since a local oil company announced it would help pay college tuition for all of this city's high school graduates, the El Dorado…

    by Ginny LaRoe January 23, 2008

  • Man sees racing strip in runway

    When Nathan Mann looks out at the 3,980-foot stretch of asphalt at the old Watts Field airport, he sees a perfect place for a drag racing strip.

    by Ginny LaRoe January 21, 2008

  • Man sees racing strip in runway

    When Nathan Mann looks out at the 3,980-foot stretch of asphalt at the old Watts Field airport, he sees a perfect place for a drag racing strip.

    by Ginny LaRoe January 21, 2008

  • Suspect charged with dogfighting

    One of several suspects in a large-scale dogfighting ring faces 27 felony counts of dogfighting after his rural Saline County property was raided earlier this…

    by Ginny LaRoe January 15, 2008

  • Fordyce escapee captured at motel

    An inmate who authorities say used dental floss and a heated razor blade to escape from the Dallas County jail was captured late Thursday in a motel room near …

    by Ginny LaRoe January 5, 2008

  • Panel OKs proposal on Benton cable TV

    BENTON - A City Council committee on Thursday approved rules that would overhaul the city's public-access cable channel, alarming those who fear city censorshi…

    by Ginny LaRoe January 4, 2008

  • Oh, the Christmas tree ups, downs

    The twinkle in a little girl's eye when she spots the perfect Virginia pine isn't enough to keep Arkansas Christmas tree farmers in business.

    by Ginny LaRoe December 21, 2007

  • Pair won't let fire derail their mission

    Across the train tracks from the charred pile of rubble where their home once stood, Tommy and Stephanie Potter sleep in a camper.

    by Ginny LaRoe December 15, 2007

  • 20-year police veteran accused of lying, fired

    The Fort Smith Civil Service Commission on Thursday upheld the firing of a police sergeant accused of lying about performing personal tasks for a supervisor.

    by Ginny LaRoe November 30, 2007

  • Across state, giving is on the menu

    SILOAM SPRINGS - Thanksgiving at the First United Methodist Church has become a tradition for Ed and Glenda Curlee.

    by Ginny LaRoe November 23, 2007

  • Body pulled for burning home

    GATEWAY - A 59-year old man died Thursday after a fire in his wood-burning oven got out of control, authorities said.

    by Ginny LaRoe November 23, 2007

  • Sigma Nu chapter dedicates new house

    When William "Tripp" Still pledged Sigma Nu in 2004, the fraternity had no house, and it hadn't earned its charter back after being suspended four years earlie…

    by Ginny LaRoe November 11, 2007

  • Man jailed after 2 men found dead in his home

    The Boone County sheriff's office was holding a Bellefonte resident in the county jail Saturday after two men were found dead Friday at his rental house in the…

    by Ginny LaRoe November 4, 2007

  • Convict pleads innocent to charge

    FAYETTEVILLE - A man convicted as a teenager in the 1998 schoolyard shooting near Jonesboro pleaded innocent Wednesday to a federal gun charge that stems from …

    by Ginny LaRoe October 25, 2007

  • Bilingual support lacking in courts

    Yu-li Zacher stood in front of 40 or so other bilingual Arkansans last month and tried to translate a movie monologue into Chinese as it simultaneously played …

    by Ginny LaRoe October 21, 2007

  • Fake letters lead to stiffer sentence

    A motivational speaker received the maximum sentence for possessing child pornography after a judge Friday found he forged sympathetic letters and lied to the …

    by Ginny LaRoe October 14, 2007

  • Man in kidnap case mentally ill, police say

    Police on Thursday confirmed that a man charged with trying to kidnap a toddler from a youth football game this week is schizophrenic, but authorities don't ye…

    by Ginny LaRoe October 14, 2007

  • School workers' crimes sometimes stay off radar

    When teacher's aide Robert Richards was arrested earlier this month on child pornography charges, school officials immediately removed him from the classroom.

    by Ginny LaRoe September 30, 2007

  • 2 men pocketed $20 in slaying, police say

    Randall L. Walker was killed during a robbery that netted the thieves $20 and a handgun, according to an arrest report released Wednesday.

    by Ginny LaRoe September 6, 2007

  • Educator from Rogers faces charges in Arizona

    A Rogers teacher facing felony sex and drug charges in Arizona will not return to the classroom until the criminal case against him is resolved.

    by Ginny LaRoe September 5, 2007

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