Doctor says Dansby incompetent
A psychologist appointed by a federal judge to determine the mental status of a Nevada County man convicted of double murder in 1997 testified Thursday that death row inmate Joe Louis Dansby, 60, is...
View ArticleCheek charges deferred by prosecutor
Trial of a former employee of the defunct Medical Park Hospital who was accused of the theft of hospital beds and other equipment which were later found in Clanton, Ala., has been cancelled after...
View ArticleState's doctor makes no determination
A psychologist retained by the State of Arkansas to determine the mental status of a Nevada County man imprisoned for 16 years on death row from a 1997 double murder conviction could not reach a...
View ArticleMental evaluation ordered in crash case
A Nashville man charged with two counts of manslaughter in connection with a December, 2012, traffic crash which killed a Nashville couple has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation in connection...
View ArticleDrug Court 'farm' a healthy choice
Drug offenders once were sent to the “farm” in Arkansas. Now, in Hempstead County, they go to a “farm” willingly to learn how to grow their own vegetables.
View ArticleAirsman indicted on child porn charge
A Texarkana man who is serving a life plus 15 years sentence in prison for the murder of his step-father in Saratoga was formally charged before a federal judge in Texarkana on Monday for possession of...
View ArticleDrug Court gives pair new direction
Two men whose paths have crossed are now friends, and they have one thing in common—Hempstead County Drug Court and Bobo Farms.
View ArticleTrial delay granted
A Hempstead County Circuit Court judge has agreed to delay trial of a Prescott man accused of negligent homicide in the death of a Tennessee woman, but with a stipulation.
View ArticleMental hearing set
The mental competency of an Ozan man to stand trial in circuit court in connection with a March, 2012, shootout with an Arkansas State Police trooper will be determined in a hearing here Friday.
View ArticleShooting trial to proceed
An Ozan man scheduled to stand trial here in November in connection with a March, 2012, exchange of gunfire with an Arkansas State Police trooper has been deemed mentally fit to proceed.
View ArticleDoctor seeks to stop law
A federal district judge heard arguments here recently in a lawsuit brought by a Hope doctor and three of his patients arguing that a change in Arkansas law will prevent him from practicing medicine.
View ArticleState audit query involves doctor
A state audit inquiry concerning the state's Medicaid system developed for the 89th General Assembly poses doubts about the need to sanction a Hope doctor under Department of Human Services policy for...
View ArticleCheek drops prison appeal
One of two former owners of Medical Park Hospital who have pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in relation to their ownership of a Lubbock, Texas, hospital let his appeal of the maximum sentence...
View ArticleAttorneys argue dueling studies
Attorneys on both sides of a lawsuit by a Hope doctor seeking to overturn a new state law on Medicaid practice eligibility have offered the federal judge presiding in the case dueling science involved...
View ArticleFlood victims' suit stayed
A Texarkana federal judge has handed the Arkansas Supreme Court a question about state law which will determine how lawsuits by families of the victims of a June, 2010, flood which killed 20 people in...
View ArticleAppeal set in Jones murder
A Texarkana man convicted in March of first degree murder, enhanced by the use of a firearm, in the shooting death of a Saratoga man, has filed a notice of appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
View ArticleJudge ponders lawsuit science
A federal judge hearing a lawsuit brought by a Hope doctor seeking to overturn a state law on Medicaid practice eligibility has told attorneys in the case that he will need to take more time to decide...
View ArticleHigh court appoints attorney
The Arkansas Supreme Court has relieved Eighth Judicial District-North Public Defender Danny Rodgers of appellate responsibilities in the first degree murder appeal of a Texarkana man convicted of...
View ArticleCoe pleads guilty in crash death
John David Coe, Jr., 26, of Prescott, sat at the defense table in a Hempstead County courtroom Tuesday morning staring mournfully, unmoving, as each witness who proffered victim impact statements...
View ArticleHigh court accepts query
A question of definition in Arkansas statute law which was passed over in a 2010 Arkansas Supreme Court case will be resolved by the high court at the request of a federal judge hearing a plethora of...
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