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Unlikely Georgia won the SEC Tournament by beating Arkansas 66 – 57. The University of Arkansas Razorbacks will play Indiana in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Raleigh, N.C.
In North Little Rock, this weekend’s NCAA Tournament is a sell-out. action includes:
Memphis
Mississippi State
Texas
Saint Mary’s
Texas Arlington
Oregon
Austin Peay
Miami
An India-based pipe manufacturer will build a $100 million facility, creating about 300 jobs and establishing its North and South American headquarters at the Little Rock Port.
Lance, the snack food company based in Charlotte, N.C., has purchased Brent and Sam’s Cookies in Maumelle.
An Ohio-based steel company has decided against building a $500 million, 1,000-job steel plant in Mississippi County — or anywhere else.
Faulkner County will be part of Connect Arkansas’ pilot program to bring broadband internet service to rural Arkansas.
A national preservation group says the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park is endangered because of rapid development in the Northwest Arkansas area.
Sheffield Nelson, a former state Republican Party co-chairman who has proposed a ballot measure to increase the state severance tax, panned the current GOP chairman, Dennis Milligan, for opposing the plan supported by the industry and governor to raise it.
Student fees at ASU may go up in the fall, 20% hike for athletic fees expected.
A Little Rock Parks Commission panel is exploring the idea of restricting tobacco use in city park
Just to clear this up. Former Wall Mart executive and convicted felon Tom Coughlin had permission to attend that big shingdig two weeks ago with all the booze and auctioned firearms. It was part of his community service.
North Little Rock and Jacksonville have each recorded their first homicides of 2008.
It was a mistake for Johnny Calvin of Morrilton and Billy Doss of Plumerville to visit a Conway Apartment. Calvin had been out of prison less than a month. Both are dead and police are still investigating an apparent break in.
Anthony Vaughn of Danville has been charged in Yell County Circuit Court with negligent homicide in the Feb. 9 death of an 8-year-old Booneville boy. Vaughn’s blood alcohol level was reportedly .08 percent.
A former Delight High School basketball coach pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree sexual assault involving a 14-year-old student.
The little town of Garland in Miller County is getting a closer look by the FBI after $40,000 was unaccounted for.
Despite facing domestic abuse-related felony charges, Logan County Justice of the Peace Stephen Kennedy filed for re-election to his District 9 Quorum Court seat.
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