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Traffic stop in Benton leads to ICE detention, deportation risk What began as a routine traffic stop in Benton ended with a man jailed, detained by immigration authorities for a month, and now living under the threat of deportation —

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ACLU lawsuit over Brumley’s firing of Hector moves toward 2026 trial LITTLE ROCK — U.S. District Judge James M. Moody Jr. has scheduled an initial pretrial conference by Aug. 28 in the federal lawsuit filed on behalf of former Saline County

LITTLE ROCK — U.S. District Judge James M. Moody Jr. has scheduled an initial pretrial conference by Aug. 28 in the federal lawsuit filed on behalf of former Saline County Library Director Patty Hector, with a joint report due by Sept. 11 and a jury trial proposed for the week of July 20, 2026.

Chris Jones, former gubernatorial candidate, to challenge French Hill for Arkansas' 2nd District Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Jones has filed for the Democratic nomination in Arkansas' 2nd Congressional District, according to a Federal Election Commission filing. The seat is cu...

Jones has filed with the FEC to run in the 2026 elections for AR-2.

Benton School Board approves contract disclosure for member’s company, $34,460 spent before her appointment; Board president breaks tie to cast deciding vote The Benton School Board voted 3-2 to approve a contract disclosure with Mid-Town Mechanical Services, owned by board member Hailey Kuhlmann, during a meeting on Monday, July 21. Board President

Benton School Board approves contract disclosure for member’s company, $34,460 spent before her appointment; Board president breaks tie to cast deciding vote

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Tonight 👀👀

A ★★★★★ review of Meet John Doe (1941) I randomly searched Frank Capra on my Firestick last night and stumbled upon this hilarious, witty, tear-jerker of a film that I absolutely loved. I chose to watch it because of Capra, but also becaus...

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Can we talk about this film more?

It is a dark day for freedom of the press. Paramount’s decision to settle with Trump will only embolden him to continue his attack on the media.

Trump is undermining our democracy and moving us towards authoritarianism, and the billionaires are helping him do it.

New York, I love you (inaudible) - James Murphy

#movies - my favs of the 21st century w/ 60 seconds of thought put into it

Many liberals and progressives understand the Supreme Court to be a bastion of rights and a bulwark against the excesses of an oppressive majority.

But, for most of its history outside the Warren Court, the Supreme Court has been a bastion of oligarchy and white supremacy. This is its normal.

Calls for action and animal control shelter grow after Saline County teen’s death in dog attack The recent death of a 15-year-old Bryant student, Makayla Fortner, in a fatal dog attack has renewed pressure on Saline County officials to address a gap in public safety: the

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Thank you to everyone I interviewed for this story. I know this isn’t easy to talk about.

Gage Wood oh my

I just wasnt made for times like this

lol i feel ya

Whats this from?

well hey there

Superb baseball weekend. Fayetteville regional begins, and Yankee-Dodgers series.

Blue sky

Other than that, I have been rewatching the Mission Impossible films priming myself for what critics say will be a disappointment (who cares).

Read Hadji Murat for the first time this weekend. Might be Tolstoy’s best work.

Have really enjoyed Cameron Campbell’s new jazz record. If you like madlib, Bill Evans, or Keith Jarrett. Give it a shot. He’s a touring member Geordie Greeps American “New Sound” band. The best live show in America right now.

I need more than politics on my timeline - if you like John Cassavetes, Kurt Vonnegut, The Doors, and Talking Heads - say hey.

One of the biggest problems with election law, especially in the south, is that it is seemingly never enforced.

You may already know this. But Karma is not real.

Rooms shouldn't be as bright as they are. Overhead lights are too intense. Starting a candle lit movement

WHITE SMOKE

Fav movie so far is Black Bag.

The Accountant 2 is nowhere near as fun - or even as fun to laugh at - as the first one, which is mediocre at best. It was the toughest watch I’ve had at the theaters so far this year- which is about the average tough for the YTD.

Following in Arkansas’s footsteps, Florida Republicans add red tape to ballot measure process - Arkansas Times It’s not just Arkansas. Other state legislatures — especially those with GOP majorities — are looking for ways to rein in direct democracy.

Sound familiar, Arkansas? After two groups in Florida got uncomfortably close last year to passing constitutional amendments on abortion and marijuana, Republican lawmakers have changed the rules of the ballot measure process.

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