Pulaski County News

Curtis Vance Murder Trial Date: November 4, 2009 Description: Curtis Lavelle Vance's trial of the murder of Anne Pressly at the Pulaski County Court House in Little Rock.

Bill Ransdall, who won his seat as Pulaski County's presiding commissioner in 2006 and would have been up for re-election next year, thanked area voters Tuesday morning for repeatedly electing him to a variety of local and state offices for 31 years.

One of our goals here at Today's THV is to find out what our local law enforcement agencies are doing to solve Arkansas' countless unsolved murders and missing person cases.

Storms that stretched across Arkansas for two days claimed two lives, damaged buildings and utilities and flooded roads from north to south.

The man accused of killing a popular Arkansas television personality arrived at a Pulaski County courtroom Monday for a trial on rape and capital murder charges.

Thursday's nights storms claim the lives of two people. Pulaski County Coroner Gordon Camper says 50-year-old Kenny Raines was found Thursday night in a vehicle in a low-lying area of the city.

Authorities say two people have died after record-setting rainfall inundated the state for two straight days, leading to flash flooding in some areas.

These are the roads in Pulaski County that have been affected by the flooding. Barricades Crystal Hill Road a ' 2 barricades Intersection of Crystal Hill & Reed Road a ' 2 barricades Vincent Road- 2 barricades Ironton Cutoff a ' 2 barricades Bethel Cutoff a ' 1 barricade Batesville Pike & Fortson a ' 2 barricades Jacksonville Conway-2 barricades ...

Hearings scheduled for January in federal court are the next step toward ending the long-running desegregation case involving three Pulaski County school districts, a state panel heard today.

Lawyers for the man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman have one last chance to delay his upcoming capital murder trial.

That ruling eliminated the last potential delay for the scheduled Nov. 2 capital murder trial facing Curtis Lavelle Vance, the Marianna man accused of killing KATV personality Anne Pressly.

Curtis Lavelle Vancea s poor performance in school, failure to earn a high-school diploma, inability to hold a job, lack of a drivera s license and failure to live independently are indications he is mentally retarded, when taken into consideration with his IQ , a defense psychologist has reported in court filings.

A child in central Arkansas most is most likely the latest person to die from complications of the H1N1 virus, according to an official.

Pulaski County businesses still owe more than $5 million in property taxes. And the treasurer's office is in the middle of an all out blitz to get them to pay up.

State agencies will spend the week hacking away at their budgets. Governor Mike Beebe Tuesday announced the state must trim nearly $100 million.

Pulaski County closed its books for tax year 2008 last week following the Oct. 13 deadline to pay without penalty, and its Web site was updated Monday to show delinquencies in all tax categories.

Eighteen-year-old Marvis Lashaun Hervey was 17 when 53-year-old Harry Droughter was shot and killed in his home in Little Rock in January.

The woman who as an 8-year-old survived after being raped and left for dead in an overgrown lot, her throat slit, trembled with emotion Tuesday as she thanked two investigators who have arrested a suspect 19 years after the attack.

Three men are safe and back home tonight in Sherwood and North Little Rock after a harrowing evening out on the Arkansas River.

Three men were rescued from the Arkansas River last night after the boat they were in capsized.