Phone company Windstream buying Pennsylvania business for $159M in cash, stockLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The phone company Windstream Corp. says it has agreed to buy D&E Communications for $159 million in stock and cash in a deal that will double the size of its business in Pennsylvania. Arkansas lawmaker, the nation’s highest-ranking Green Party member, switching to DemocratsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The nation’s highest-ranking member of the Green Party says he plans to become a Democrat. ATF agent: Ark. doc charged with owning grenades among those ‘on radar’ in near-fatal bombingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas doctor arrested for allegedly owning high-explosive grenades is a “person of interest” in the February bombing that critically injured the chairman of the state Medical Board, a federal agent said Wednesday. Ark. doctor pleads not guilty to weapons charge, says case should be dismissed over delayLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas doctor charged with illegally owning grenades has pleaded not guilty as his defense lawyer argued to have his case dismissed. |