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Thursday May 10 | KTHV-TV Little Rock

At 6: Still no leads in 2011 transgender murder

FORREST CITY, Ark. - The St. Francis County Sheriff's Office say they don't have any new leads in the murder investigation of a transgendered person.

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Mon May 07, 2012

Times-Herald of Forrest City, Arkansas

Witnesses give testimony in capital murder trial

Attorneys made their opening statements this morning as the capital murder trial of a man accused in the shooting death of a Widener woman got under way at the St.

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Arkansas News Bureau

Trial begins today in redistricting lawsuit

A lawsuit over whether the state's 2011 legislative redistricting plan weakens the voting strength of blacks in eastern Arkansas or preserves it goes to trial today in federal court at Helena-West Helena.

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Wed May 02, 2012

NWAonline

Prosecutors seek death penality in capital murder case

The trial for 36-year-old Walter Alan Brooks begins this week in St. Francis County.

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KATV Little Rock

Prosecutors to seek death penalty in Ark. killing

A Rogers police officer is recovering after being shot while investigating a parked vehicle at a city park.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Forrest City, AR