In August 2017, Solution Tree Inc., a private vendor based in Bloomington, Ind., which self-describes as "one of the leading K-12 education companies . offer[ing] professional development, online courses, and education books for teachers," was awarded a no-bid contract for $4 million by the Arkansas Department of Education.
Three schools were put under a "soft lockdown" due to a four-hour standoff between police and a man who police said had barricaded himself in a residence in the 400 block of Woodlawn Avenue in Hot Springs on Tuesday morning.
A Hot Springs man arrested Tuesday after a four-hour standoff with Hot Springs police that prompted "soft lockdowns" at area schools allegedly tried twice to shoot his live-in girlfriend with a handgun, but it didn t fire either time, according to a police report.
A Hot Springs man arrested Tuesday after a four-hour standoff with Hot Springs police that prompted "soft lockdowns" at area schools allegedly tried twice to shoot his live-in girlfriend with a handgun, but it didn t fire either time, according to a police report.