Tony McCoy, 44, of Warren was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the discovery of a man’s body along U.S. Highway 63 earlier this week.The victim is Terry Adams, 38, of Warren.Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police and Bradley County deputies teamed up on the arrest.McCoy is currently jailed at the Dallas County Detention Center awaiting a first appearance hearing.

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Arkansas Times

Arrest made in shooting death of man found by the highway in Bradley County

A $1.8 billion settlement being offered to the roughly 82,000 former Boy Scouts with pending claims of sex abuse is not sufficient, an Arkansas attorney and some of his clients say.The offer on the table does too little to compensate for his clients’ suffering, and he hopes they vote against it, said Josh Gillispie, a North Little Rock attorney who represents a number of victims in Arkansas.

Some Arkansas victims of Boy Scouts sex abuse frown on what they see as an insufficient settlement offer

A court filing in Pulaski County Circuit Court details the settlement awards in the Bradley Blackshire case.The settlement, a source of controversy at last night’s Little Rock Board of Directors meeting, needed circuit court approval because some of the money was going to minors. Circuit Court Judge Casey Tucker approved it yesterday.

Blackshire settlement awards detailed in court filing

Members of the Little Rock Board of Directors at a meeting Tuesday grilled outside attorneys on the controversy over how the Arkansas Municipal League and its hired counsel has handled settlement negotiations on behalf of Little Rock with the estate of Bradley Blackshire, who was killed by a city police officer in 2019.

NW Arkansas Democrat gazzette

arkansasonline.com

Little Rock directors question attorneys over $300,000 settlement in fatal police shooting case

Hope you’ve got your “gathering safely” plan in check; this weekend’s going to be a good one. Among the things happening in Little Rock:Seratones, a Shreveport rock/soul outfit helmed by Goddess of Trill AJ Haynes, takes the stage at Stickyz Saturday night, with an opening set from local mover and shaker Joshua Asante, 8:45 p.m., $15.

Weekend To-Do List: Seratones and Joshua Asante at Stickyz, Tiko Brooks at White Water, Bri Ailene EP release party and more

A new mural at 301 E. Capitol Ave, created by local artist Tanya Hollifield, will be dedicated at a ceremony today at 11 a.m., and it’ll be the only mural in town with a built-in water supply.

New mural downtown doubles as a water bottle filler

The trial of a Pulaski County man indicted on charges of defrauding the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs out of nearly $400,000 over an eight-year period beginning in mid-2009 came to an abrupt halt Tuesday morning after the defendant suffered an apparent overdose as attorneys were preparing to begin jury selection.

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