Steve Womack’s son James Phillip Womack has been sentenced to prison on a federal drug charge and still faces state charges.
Debra Hale-Shelton
Debra Hale-Shelton reports for the Arkansas Times. She has previously worked for The Associated Press and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A Marked Treean by birth, a Chicagoan by choice, she now lives in Conway.
Prosecutors say Capitol riot defendant can’t argue he was just following Trump’s orders
Prosecutors said Trump didn’t even comment on the legality of what he urged supporters to do.
ASU System hires Georgia educator as next president
Brendan Kelly will make $450,000 annually under a five-year contract and will succeed Chuck Welch who resigned to take another job.
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to consider Maggio’s bribery conviction
The former circuit judge appears to have exhausted his appeals but is already out of prison.
Proposed $1.8 million settlement filed over Exxon’s 2013 Mayflower oil spill
The proposal by ExxonMobil and the state and federal governments would result in almost $1.8 million going to restore the area’s natural resources.
Government sues ExxonMobil 11 years after Mayflower oil spill
The oil spill resulting from a cracked pipeline dumped tens of thousands of gallons of heavy crude oil into a neighborhood, forcing the demolition of some houses.
Jason Sandefer resigns from Conway School Board
Sandefer was a reliable conservative who tended to side with the superintendent and other conservative board members.
UPDATE: Conway School Board protester Colburn Clark avoids jail on appeal
Clark, one of three people arrested for a nonviolent protest during a Conway School Board meeting in November 2022, won’t be asked to finish his three-day jail sentence thanks to his appeal.
Hendrix College announces $4.6 million gift
The estate gift from a Conway physician who died in February is one of the largest in Hendrix history.
U.S. House subcommittee hears testimony on ATF raid that killed Little Rock airport director
Bud Cummins, the attorney representing the family of Bryan Malinowski, said the early morning ATF raid that led to the airport executive’s death was incompetent and reckless.