Sutter Gillham News Today

A Jonesboro attorney accused of threatening to kill two federal judges was released on bond Wednesday by a federal magistrate judge who approved a release plan naming his mother as third-party custodian to be responsible for reporting any violations of his release to the federal pre-trial services office.

A Craighead County attorney accused of threatening to kill two federal judges was arraigned Thursday on an indictment charging him with threatening a member of the federal judiciary.

Last December, former Union County employee Steven Charles, who is African-American, filed suit against the county in the Circuit Court of Union County, Division 6, claiming that the county discriminated against him due to his race, violating his rights under the state and U.S. constitutions.