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Rutledge Hosts 3rd Annual Elder Abuse Conference

LITTLE ROCK—Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge hosted today the 3rd annual statewide Elder Abuse Conference at The Church at Rock Creek in Little Rock. More than 150 attendees heard from the experts about issues faced by loved ones and the providers who assist seniors and adults with developmental disabilities. “Too many times our seniors have experienced despicable abuse,” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “It is my office’s responsibility to protect the state’s elderly and disabled population from abuse, neglect and financial exploitation–a duty I do not take lightly.”

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Rutledge Announces Major Victory in Fight to End Opioid Epidemic

LITTLE ROCK— Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge announced that a federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of Arkansas and forty-one other states, allowing the coalition to proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against Indivior, Inc. and Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for market manipulation of their product Suboxone, a prescription medication commonly used to treat opioid addiction.

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Y-S Goes 2-0

2-0 YELLVILLE - The Yellville-Summit Panthers hosted the Johnson County West-Side Rebels on Friday, September 2, in Yellville. The Rebels were 0-1 after losing to the Dover Pirates in week 0, while the Panthers defeated the Baptist Prep Eagles in Little Rock in week 0.

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MC Ballot Draw

Ballot positions have been determined for all contested races in the upcoming November general election in Marion County. Marion County Election Commissioners Gary Schnoor, Scott Carter, and Jimmy Lynch held a public meeting to conduct the randomized drawing on Monday, August 29, at 10:00 a.m. in the Marion County Courthouse Annex Courtroom.

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Marion County

Wiggins, John - Booking Date: 09-04-2022 11:17 a.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR OTHER AGENCIES Belcher, Adam Ray - Booking Date: 9-01-2022 1:43 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Nodine, Kiley Cherie - Booking: 09-01-2022 - 8:45 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR Stice, Niellein Lia - Booking Date: 08-31-2022 - 7:31 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR; FAILURE TO APPEAR; HOLD FOR OTHER AGENCY Lewis, Randall S. - Booking Date: 08-31-2022 3:27 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Williams, Steven Austin - Booking Date: 08-31-2022 - 2:39 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Davis, Akeem - Booking Date: 08-31-2022 - 1:44 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Rogers, Seth Andrew - Booking Date: 08-30-2022 - 1:24 p.m.; Charges: WHITE WARRANT Released: Crouch, Celinda Kay - Release Date: 09-03-2022 - 2:00 p.m.; Booking Date: 09-02-2022 - 8:06 a.m.; Charges: PUBLIC INTOXICATION DRINKING IN PUBLIC Merrill, Donald Jason - Booking Date: 08-29-2022 - 12:28 p.m.; Charges: CHARGES PENDING Delong, Vincent Paul - Release Date: 08-29-2022 - 6:07 p.m.; Booking Date: 08-23-2022 - 11:21 p.m.; Charges: POSS OF METH WITH INTENT TO DELIVERY; HOLD FOR OTHER AGENCY; POSS SCH II CONT SUB NOT METH INTENT DEL; POSS SCH VI CONT SUB WITH PURPOSE TO DEL; POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY CERTAIN PERSON; NO DRIVERS LICENSE SIMULTANEOUS POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND FIR; THEFT BY RECEIVING; POSSESSION DRUG PARA FELONY; POSSESSING INSTRUMENTS OF CRIME; NO PROOF OF INSURANCE Richardson, Jacobb - Release Date: 08-29-2022 - 5:43 p.m.; Booking Date: 08-29-2022 - 3:53 p.m.; Charges: DISORDERLY CONDUCT; HARRASSMENT Miller, Reba Diane - Release Date: 08-29-2022 3:44 p.m.; Booking Date: 06-25-2022 - 12:51 a.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR BAXTER COUNTY; THEFT OF PROPERTY; CRIMINAL TRESPASS; POSS SCH I OR II CONT SUB METH OR COCAIN; POSSESSION DRUG PARA FELONY; POSS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Ferrell, Brenna Marie - Release Date: 08-29-2022 - 1:32 p.m.; Booking Date: 08-29-2022 - 1:01 p.m.; Charges: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT Horton, Garrett Dale - Release Date: 08-29-2022 - 10:43 a.m.; Booking Date: 08-18-2022 - 11:17 p.m.; Charges: DOMESTIC BATTERY 3RD DEGREE; ENDANGERING THE WALFARE OF A MINOR 3RD; ENDANGERING THE WALFARE OF A MINOR 3RD .

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Arkansan Joshua Ang Price Knighted by the Philippines

courtesy of Arkansas United Little Rock – On Saturday, August 20, Joshua Ang Price, former Pulaski County Election Commissioner and new Deputy Director of Arkansas United, was inducted into the Order of the Knights of Rizal, the official Order of Chivalry of the Republic of the Philippines, in Honolulu, Hawai’i. As the first county election commissioner and candidate for Secretary of State in Arkansas of Filipino-descent, Price was honored for his work in protecting voting access and advocating for equality and civil rights for Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and minority communities in the state, as well as nationally.

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