Updated 6:28 pm PST, Wednesday, November 7, 2018 This Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo provided by Baxter County Sheriff’s Office shows Benjamin Craig Matthews. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office announced that Matthews of Mountain Home, Ark., had been jailed on multiple counts of making terrorist threats and harassing communications. Sheriff John Montgomery said Atlanta police had contacted his office to report a complaint that CNN headquarters in Atlanta had received telephoned threats against the networks staff between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2. (Baxter County Sheriff’s Office via AP) less This Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo provided by Baxter County Sheriff’s Office shows Benjamin Craig Matthews. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office announced that Matthews of ... more Photo: AP … [Read more...] about Arkansas man accused of making threatening calls to CNN
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Superintendent under investigation after Arkansas school district receives sexual-harassment complaint
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Fayetteville school district is investigating a sexual-harassment complaint against Superintendent Matthew Wendt by a district employee, according to an attorney representing the School Board. The board has retained Susan Keller Kendall, a lawyer from Rogers, to advise it concerning the complaint, School Board President Justin Eichmann said Thursday. "Allegations were reported to the Fayetteville School Board regarding Dr. Matthew Wendt," Kendall said in an email Thursday. "Following receipt of the complaint and pursuant to Fayetteville Public School policy, an investigation was instituted and is ongoing. Because the investigation is ongoing, no further information may be released at this time." Wendt has been performing his normal duties as superintendent, said Chris Lawson, general counsel to the school district. Suzanne Clark is representing the woman who made the complaint. Clark said her client experienced a hostile work environment and unwanted sexual advances … [Read more...] about Superintendent under investigation after Arkansas school district receives sexual-harassment complaint
‘Home’ coming: UALR where I want to be, new coach Darrell Walker says
Darrell Walker was introduced Friday morning as the next head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Walker, who signed a four-year, $275,000 per year contract Tuesday, donned a Trojans hat before a crowded room at the Jack Stephens Center. "This is home," he said. The introduction concluded a nearly 20-year journey for Walker, who said he first inquired about the UALR job after he was replaced as the head coach of the Washington Wizards after coaching them for 38 games in 2000. Walker was told he needed a college degree, and he earned his bachelor's degree in human resource management from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in 2012. Walker was among five finalists for the Trojans job in April 2015, when former coach Chris Beard was hired, and Walker was told he needed college coaching experience. Walker went 45-18 in two seasons as the head coach at Clark Atlanta University, which had gone 16-41 in the two seasons before Walker. The Panthers … [Read more...] about ‘Home’ coming: UALR where I want to be, new coach Darrell Walker says
Arkansas father pleads not guilty to battering 2-month-old; authorities say man acknowledged inhaling canned air
A Hot Springs man pleaded accused of injuring his 2-month-old son last year after deliberately inhaling canned air has pleaded not guilty to a felony battery charge, the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reported. Tylor Austin Mann, 30, appeared in Garland County Circuit Court on Tuesday to enter his not guilty plea to a charge of first-degree domestic battery. According to the probable cause affidavit, on Nov. 12, 2017, sheriff's investigators received a report regarding a 2-month-old boy admitted to Arkansas Children's Hospital's pediatric intensive care unit with bilateral skull fractures, subdural hematomas, and altered mental status. The baby's father, identified as Mann, reportedly told hospital staff he dropped the baby on a tile floor while at a residence in Hot Springs. The medical report states physical abuse was suspected in the case, with a doctor noting that nothing "has been provided to explain these injuries, which are consistent with blunt force trauma to both sides of the … [Read more...] about Arkansas father pleads not guilty to battering 2-month-old; authorities say man acknowledged inhaling canned air
Arkansas State Police trooper ‘doing well’ after being shot during traffic stop
An Arkansas State Police trooper is doing well but has a long recovery ahead after being shot during a traffic stop, police said on Wednesday. The agency wrote in a Facebook post that Trooper Kyle Sheldon is "doing well, and recovering from a successful surgery." "Trooper Sheldon is a fighter, and has done nothing but prove he is ready to get back home to his family and back on the road with his partners," the post said. Sheldon pulled over a pickup driven by Elsbeth Tresa Kittinger, 49, on U.S. 270 near Interstate 30 in Rockport, state police said. Sheldon asked Kittinger to step out of her vehicle and she opened fire, authorities have said. Officers with the Malvern Police Department, who were nearby, "returned gunfire at the suspect" as she drove off, the statement said. "Local law enforcement officers fired a second time at the suspect as she fled onto Doyle Jones Road about five miles away from the traffic stop and first shooting scene," state police wrote. Kittinger was treated … [Read more...] about Arkansas State Police trooper ‘doing well’ after being shot during traffic stop