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'Citizens for a Better Pope County'

New legal action seeks to prevent award of casino permit in Pope County UPDATE

A new legal angle aims to stop review of two applicants for a casino permit in Pope County.
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Fight continues to delay award of Pope County casino permit

Opponents of a casino in Pope County have asked Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen for a hearing on a request for a temporary order to prevent the state Racing Commission from issuing a casino permit Monday for Pope County.
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UPDATE: Add another legal action to Pope County casino fight

The citizens group that opposes a casino in Pope County filed a new legal action Friday afternoon in circuit court in Little Rock seeking an injunction against award of a casino permit in Pope County.

Judge denies attorney fees for Pope County in casino case

Circuit Judge Bill Pearson of Russellville today denied at a hearing today the request from Pope County Judge Ben Cross and the Pope County Quorum Court for attorney fees in the suit that sought to enforce a county ordinance requiring a vote before the Quorum Court could endorse a casino application.
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Casino bickering continues in Pope County

Legal wranging over a Pope County casino includes a hearing Monday on a request for assessment of attorney fees against casino opponents.

Another lawsuit in the works against casino amendment

A Pope County-based group has been formed to oppose the casino gambling amendment and it will file a lawsuit today, the second, seeking to have the amendment removed from the ballot.
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Meth/gun bust involving white supremacists in Pope and Yell Counties

The U.S. attorney's office has announced that new U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland will get camera time on his first full day in office with a news conference in Russellville announcing a drug bust that involves white supremacists.

Jury refuses claim over arrest in Dover; but one defendant settled for $225,000 moments before

On the second day of deliberation, a federal court jury today declined to find in favor of a claim by Eva and Pat Robinson and their son Matthew who said excessive force had been used against the 16-year-old boy and his mother in a 2011 incident in Dover. But one defendant had settled 30 minutes earlier for $225,000.
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