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Little Rock families ask the city for help against gun violence UP NEXT Dozens of family members came out to the Little Rock City Board of Director’s meeting Tuesday night to express concern that there was nothing on the city board agenda that addressed the recent violent crimes. Many families expressed their support of Director Doris Wright’s proposal of a youth intervention program that would hopefully prevent other families from getting that devastating call of a loved one’s death. “The nurse that they sent out to talk to us said that he was shot straight through the heart and he...

Police Chief Keith Humphrey’s leadership included conflicting remarks about the crime rate in Little Rock. Up or down? Humphrey himself has said homicides have increased, but he’s said the increase is in line with national experience. He also attributed it to the pandemic, a combination of difficult economic times and people restricted in movement. Advertisement There were also complaints from directors about continuing “caravanning” in the city, an action explained by City Director Doris Wright, a Humphrey defender,  as a byproduct of young people unable to go to places they normal...

Credit City of Little Rock The Little Rock Board of Directors decided to postpone taking a vote regarding the city’s 2021 budget for two weeks, as well as a resolution that “express[ed] concern” regarding the continued employment of the city’s police chief. Board members ultimately tabled consideration of the budget Tuesday night, after not accruing the needed eight votes to push the ordinance to a third reading, with a vote of 7-3. It was a conclusion that could have happened over an hour earlier after Ward Five City Director Lance Hines made a motion to table his own resolution that...

Little Rock Board of Directors tables no-confidence resolution on police chief, but not before fireworks MAYOR FRANK SCOTT JR. Brian Chilson The Little Rock Board of Directors voted to table consideration of a symbolic no-confidence vote on Police Chief Keith Humphrey Tuesday night, but not before tensions flared between some board members and Mayor Frank Scott Jr. amid contentious questions over parliamentary procedure. The chief answers to Scott, not the board. The resolution from Ward 5 Director Lance Hines urges Scott “to take appro...