Grant Lancaster

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Grant Lancaster

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Concerns about the way Little Rock police officers interact with people in the neighborhoods they patrol were at the forefront of a town hall last week, organized by Arkansas Community Organizations, that drew residents, police officials and city board members.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Grant Lancaster

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Little Rock police early Friday arrested a Jacksonville woman in a hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian, an arrest report states. Officers investigating the collision at 3224 Mabelvale Pike located the suspect vehicle around 12:30 a.m. near 34th and Janie streets and made contact with Rachel Sims, 29, who told them she had been driving, the report states. The report didn't identify the deceased pedestrian.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Grant Lancaster

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Randolph County deputies on Thursday arrested a Maynard man charged in the fatal shooting of another man, according to a news release from the Arkansas State Police, who are assisting in the investigation. Authorities arrested Joshua Smith, 30, who faces a first-degree murder count in the killing of Christopher Borreson, 47, in the 2900 block of Pitman Road in Maynard, where both men lived, the release states.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Grant Lancaster

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Little Rock police on Thursday arrested two men in a shooting earlier this month that left one man dead and three others, including one of the men who were arrested, injured, a police news release states. Officers arrested Brodie Hill, 18, and Dylon Andrews, 20, both of Little Rock, who are charged in the May 3 shooting that killed Sergio Toney, 21, at 3010 S. Cross St., the release states.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Grant Lancaster

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Two people were killed and three more injured in two crashes on Arkansas roads on Wednesday, according to preliminary reports from the Arkansas State Police. Randy Cessor, 33, of Pine Bluff was killed around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday when the 2025 Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was riding west on Arkansas 54 in rural Jefferson County veered off the road, striking a tree, according to a report.