As a February trial date looms closer for a group of defendants named in a 35-person indictment resulting from a federal investigation into drug trafficking and gang violence in Central Arkansas, two defendants entered pleas Monday in federal court, and another nine defendants are scheduled to enter pleas over the next 10 days.
As a February trial date looms closer for a group of defendants named in a 35-person indictment resulting from a federal investigation into drug trafficking and gang violence in Central Arkansas, two defendants entered pleas Monday in federal court, and another nine defendants are scheduled to enter pleas over the next 10 days.
Little Rock City Director Virgil Miller Jr., who was appointed to the Ward 1 seat on the city board last year, filed election paperwork Monday to run for a full four-year term of his own in the Nov. 8 election, according to the Little Rock city clerk s office.
Individuals hoping to run for Little Rock mayor as well as six of the seven ward-specific seats on the city s Board of Directors will be able to officially file as candidates for municipal office in the Nov. 8 election starting today.
Loretta Hendrix, an announced candidate for the Ward 1 seat on the Little Rock Board of Directors, was injured in a shooting Saturday while driving, according to a Little Rock Police Department report.