arkansas

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/30/14 10:45AM

The Arkansas Supreme Court has granted the state's request for a stay on a county judge's decision to void a new voter ID law. Arkansas and the Pulaski County Election Commission have until Friday to present their appeal in favor of the restrictions.

Ark. Judge Says "Sluts Are Just Whores In Training," and Other Stuff

Adam Weinstein · 03/07/14 04:44PM

Mike Maggio is a judge in Arkansas. He is also a big LSU fan. He is also the commenter geauxjudge on an LSU fan site, and he posts some peachy comments there about sluts, gays, minorities, rodeo sex fantasies, and this one time he presided over Charlize Theron's son's adoption.

Why Is This Man Smiling? He's Very Drunk.

Camille Dodero · 09/26/13 10:52AM

Monday was not the best day of David Marshall's life. By six p.m., the 38-year-old from Jonesboro, Arkansas was so obliterated that he'd passed out in an apartment-complex parking lot and the neighbors had to call the cops. This was not a good reason to smile. So what was?

Man Hid Overnight in Kmart To Huff Cans of Air Duster

Camille Dodero · 09/03/13 07:35PM

This past Sunday, an early morning Kmart crew in Jonesboro, Arkansas came to work, only to find a pair of unfamiliar feet sticking out of a back-room cubby hole. The store manager called the local cops, who discovered the man, Robert Pry, was a retail stowaway who'd passed out in the storage area after huffing 16 cans (!) of air duster.

It Is Thrilling Any Time a Child Finds a Diamond in a Sandbox

Caity Weaver · 08/13/13 02:40PM

A 12-year-old boy on vacation in Arkansas with his family found an enormous diamond inside a crater at an Arkansas state park over the weekend, because apparently Arkansas has a state park where people are encouraged to just scratch around inside a giant crater for diamonds until they find them?!?!??! It’s called the “Crater of Diamonds State Park” and it consists of a crater full of diamonds. IT IS A REAL PLACE. Why don’t we all live there?!

Half-Naked and Drunk Arkansas Woman Attempts to Escape Police in Toy Power Wheels Truck

Taylor Berman · 03/05/13 10:44PM

Florida Man, meet Drunk, Half-Naked Arkansas Woman: sometime Tuesday, 28-year-old Jamie Craft, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, allegedly went for drunken joyride in Jonesboro, Arkansas and crashed into a mobile home. Details are still sketchy now, but at some point between the crash and the arrival of the police, Craft reportedly took off her pants and attempted to flee the scene in what was apparently the only functional vehicle nearby: her son's battery powered Power Wheels truck.

Arkansas GOP Candidate Endorses Death Penalty to Discipline Rebellious Children

Cord Jefferson · 10/09/12 12:49PM

Charlie Fuqua is a lawyer and former Arkansas state legislator running for reelection on the Republican ticket. He is also, it turns out, a big believer in the Biblical practice of dangling the threat of death over children's heads in order to get them to respect their parents. What a guy!