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LITTLE ROCK -- A Mississippi County man who is one of 35 people in central and eastern Arkansas indicted as part of an FBI investigation into gang violence and drug trafficking pleaded guilty in federal court in Little Rock on Thursday to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, for which he could receive a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

At least one of 35 defendants named in a sweeping drug conspiracy indictment has objected to a continuance of the trial, and is demanding, through his attorney, to go to trial as scheduled on July 24 in federal court before U.S. District Judge James M. Moody Jr.

A Little Rock man who was one of 27 people indicted in a wide-ranging investigation into gang violence and drug trafficking in Central Arkansas and was ordered detained for trial by a magistrate judge in November appealed that decision Thursday but may have to wait until next week before learning if he will be allowed to leave jail.

A Little Rock man who was one of 27 people indicted in a wide-ranging investigation into gang violence and drug trafficking in Central Arkansas and was ordered detained for trial by a magistrate judge in November appealed that decision Thursday but may have to wait until next week before learning if he will be allowed to leave jail.

Dungog Library has re-opened following the most significant refurbishment in 40 years.

Sparks flew at the federal courthouse in Little Rock on Friday as two defense attorneys found themselves in hot water with a federal judge for showing up late for back-to-back pretrial conferences and failing to adequately communicate with the court.

Sparks flew at the federal courthouse in Little Rock on Friday as two defense attorneys found themselves in hot water with a federal judge for showing up late for back-to-back pretrial conferences and failing to adequately communicate with the court.

A Phillips County man, indicted along with 34 other people after an FBI investigation into gang activity in Central Arkansas linked to a Pine Bluff street gang known as EBK -- EveryBody Killas -- was ordered Thursday to stay in jail until his case is resolved.

The son of a reputed Little Rock gang leader sentenced to federal prison in 2006, who is facing a murder charge, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of felon in possession of a firearm in connection with an unrelated arrest in Pulaski County.

A man facing a capital murder charge in Little Rock had a first appearance Wednesday on a federal weapons charge after Little Rock police discovered a Glock pistol fitted with a "Glock switch" full-auto conversion device following a chase by police Saturday.