By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively require a partner’s consent before a woman could get an abortion. U.S. District Court …
A former Arkansas judge is scheduled to start his prison sentence on Wednesday for a 2013 bribery incident. Michael Maggio, 53, of Conway, was convicted earlier this year of taking a bribe to reduce the jury award amount against a nursing home owner in a 2013 lawsuit. In exchange, he wanted campaign contributions. Maggio pleaded guilty, …
A man and woman in Arkansas are behind bars after allegedly leaving their two young children strapped inside a pickup truck on Wednesday, that rolled into a pond. CBS reports that Jonathan Daniel Welborn, 30, and Britney Nicole Hairston, 26, were arrested in connection with the deaths of Sophia Welborn, 2, and Zane Welborn, six …
A 5-year-old little boy who was found unresponsive in a West Memphis, Arkansas, daycare van passed away on Wednesday, officials confirm. CBS Memphis reports that the child, Christopher Gardner Jr., was in the care of two adults while riding in an Ascent Children’s Health Services daycare van. The adults, a driver, and a van monitor, picked the …
A former Boy Scouts leader, a den mother, has been placed under arrest for possession of child porn, according to WMC Action News 5. Christina McCafferty, 38, has been charged with sexual indecency with a child and computer child pornography. She once led the Marion, Arkansas, chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, according to WREG. …
An elderly woman in Arkansas who was found with human bites marks all over her died on Thursday, and police say the woman hired to care for her is possibly responsible for her murder. ABC 7 reports that the victim was found on the floor of her Cherokee Village home by her son, unconscious and with from human bite marks …
On Saturday afternoon, the body of an Allen, Texas, man was found stuffed into the trunk of a car found in Arkansas. Dallas News reports that the victim was a 64-year-old man, but his identity has not been released. According to Hot Springs Sheriff Mike Cash, the vehicle was found around 50 miles southwest of Little …
A Blytheville, Arkansas, woman is facing child endangerment charges after authorities allegedly found her children living in a home inundated with maggots. KAIT reported that neighbors called police Tuesday morning after they heard children screaming from inside the residence. The children not only refused to open the door for officers but cursed at them, according to …
Police are searching for a Blytheville, Arkansas, baby they believe was taken by her non-custodial father Saturday night. At 1 pm on Saturday, the child’s mother, Tynese Newmy, 22, got a call from the sister of her child’s father, Niambi Talley, 18, asking if she could watch Tyraji Johnson, Newmy’s 1-year-old. Newmy, who said yes, got a …
