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Toss suits over Cycle Breakers’ fees, county urges

Pulaski County is calling for the dismissal of a pair of lawsuits over the Cycle Breakers probation fees imposed by deposed Circuit Judge Willard Proctor Jr., arguing that the plaintiffs waited too long to challenge the fees and disputing that they were illegally imposed.

State’s high court to get execution policy appeal

A convicted killer is attempting to stave off his execution next week with an appeal today to the Arkansas Supreme Court of a circuit court judge’s decision on Wednesday rejecting his challenge to the state’s new lethal-injection procedures.

Ex-coach sentenced in student sex case

Jacksonville man draws 5-year term

A 29-year-old former Sylvan Hills Middle School coach was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday after admitting to having sex with a 15-year-old student.

No re-election race for deposed judge

Proctor misses deadline for filing

Deposed Pulaski County Circuit Judge Willard Proctor Jr. didn’t file for re-election Monday, ending speculation that he might seek to return to the bench five weeks after the Arkansas Supreme Court removed him from office.

Court no-show fined over ‘free fish’ offer

A Pulaski County Circuit judge Monday fined a Hot Springs man $40,000 and ordered him to repay $22,000 in restitution to 32 victims in at least three states for defrauding them with promises of “free fish” to stock their ponds and lakes.

For Proctor, 4 hours left to file for old seat

Deposed Pulaski County Circuit Judge Willard Proctor Jr. will have four hours Monday to decide whether to defy a state law and run for re-election to his former post.

Hearing on bid to halt tax bills delayed

A hearing on whether to delay mailing Little Rock tax bills so qualifying property owners can get a refund for a 2007 library-tax collection that was ruled illegal won’t happen for at least another nine days.

Law faulty, says owner of aggressive chickens

A Judsonia man is challenging the constitutionality of a year-old animal-cruelty law that makes the ownership of fighting chickens a felony.

Robbery lookout gets 40 years in plea deal

The self-confessed lookout in an August holdup at a North Little Rock Chinese restaurant where five employees were beaten and bound accepted a 40-year prison sentence Thursday for promising to testify against the co-defendant authorities say was responsible for the violence.

Man gets 35 years for ’08 attack on girl, 12

A Sherwood man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday for forcing his way into a neighbor’s apartment and trying to rape a 12-year-old girl.

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