New Ark. law hopes to alleviate some trauma for victims of sexual assault (Source: KAIT) By Fred Gamble | April 14, 2021 at 3:07 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 7:25 PM
MILLER COUNTY, Ark. (KSLA) - April is designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Arkansas law makers have taken a step to try and alleviate some of the trauma for victims of sexual assault.
Earlier this week, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson made Senate Bill 308 a law. On hand for the signing was Amy Stanley of Texarkana. Stanley was among those working to push the bill through the state legislature.
“SB 308 took the power and gave it to the survivor,” said Stanley.
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He was diagnosed with prostate cancer 8 years ago and now he’s on a mission to help find a cure
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POCATELLO, Idaho (East Idaho News) During a routine checkup in 2008, Zach Parris’s doctor suggested he get a Prostate Specific Antigen test. It’s a blood test that determines whether you have prostate cancer.
Cancer had never been an issue for the 49-year-old Pocatello resident or anyone in his family and he had always been healthy, so he was a little surprised at his doctor’s recommendation. Men 50 and older have an increased chance of getting prostate cancer and his doctor felt getting tested would be a good idea.
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HAWAII STATE JUDICIARY NEWS RELEASE: Chief Justice Appoints District and District Family Court Judges
Posted on Jan 15, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
HONOLULU – Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed two individuals to fill judicial positions in the District and District Family Courts of the Second Circuit.
Christopher M. Dunn has been appointed to the District Court, replacing Judge Kelsey Kawano, who is now sitting on the Circuit Court bench. Dunn has 25 years of trial experience, handling a high volume of cases representing privately-retained and court-appointed clients in District, Family and Circuit Courts, and administrative proceedings. He has been in his own private practice on Maui for the past 18 years, and previously was in private practice in Massachusetts. Dunn is a graduate of George Washington University Law School, an
Photo: Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Shawn Womack of Mountain Home (right) swears in Johnnie Copeland of Mountain Home as circuit court judge in a recent ceremony.
Justice Shawn Womack of the Arkansas Supreme Court presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Circuit Judge Johnnie Copeland on Jan. 1. Judge Copeland succeeds Judge Gordon Webb, who retired after a long and distinguished career in public service as both a prosecuting attorney and circuit judge.
Judge Copeland has practiced law in Mountain Home since 2006 and served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for the 14th Judicial District since 2015. In 2017, she was appointed Fulton County district judge by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Judge Copeland will be hearing civil and domestic cases filed in Baxter, Boone, Newton and Marion counties.