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The SPLC says they identified Star City teacher Philip Holthoff as posting racist comments on the site under a pseudonym, "David Lee Saxon." "I teach social studies in a public high school and I am racially conscious," wrote poster David Lee Saxon. The SPLC says they were able to identify Holthoff's connection to the website by a donation. "Mr. Holthoff gave money on April 20th to the site so we were taking a closer look at him and that's how he came up as a donor on Stormfront," said Heidi Beirich of the SPLC. Beirich says she reached out to...

Judge receives mental update in Pressly case Slaying suspect has confessed three times, prosecutors say BY JOHN LYNCH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE The Marianna man accused of killing TV news anchor Anne Pressly has “confessed” three times to the slaying, a Pulaski County prosecutor revealed during a court hearing Tuesday. The claim by chief deputy prosecutor John Johnson prompted a challenge from defendant Curtis Lavelle Vance, who said his statements were made under duress because Little Rock police had threatened his life. “That was under extreme pressure,” Vance said. “I had a gun in my face.” Prosecutors denied Vance’s allegations of coercion...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman from South Carolina will appear in court and could discuss why he refused to take part in a mental competency exam.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A deputy prosecutor in Arkansas says the man charged with capital murder in the beating death of a TV anchorwoman has confessed to the killing. Curtis Vance is charged in the beating death last October of Anne Pressly, an anchorwoman for KATV in Little Rock. Pressly survived five days after she was found severely beaten in her home.

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Little Rock - Little Rock Police called a press conference at 10pm Wednesday night and named Curtis Lavell Vance as a suspect in the murder of KATV morning anchor Anne Pressly. Shortly after, Vance was captured. Vance was arrested at a house on 24th and Cross St in Little Rock, after police received a tip-off. Police say the car he was driving was located at 20th and Pulaski. Vance, 28 years old, of Marianna, Arkansas, is accused of capital murder. Earlier Wednesday night, Police Chief Stuart Thomas said Vance had fled his Marianna home with a woman and three young...

<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after she didn't answer her wake-up call and was found beaten in her home, hospital officials said. Anne Pressly, 26, died at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Margaret Preston said.</p>

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after she didn't answer her wake-up call and was found beaten in her home, hospital officials said. Anne Pressly, 26, died at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Margaret Preston said. In a statement released by the hospital, Pressly's parents, Guy and Patti Cannady, asked for privacy as they grieved.

<p>An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after she didn't answer her wake-up call and was found beaten in her home, hospital officials said.</p> <p>Anne Pressly, 26, died at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Margaret Preston said.</p>

An Arkansas television anchorwoman [Ann Pressly] died Saturday, several days after she didn't answer her wake-up call and was found beaten in her home, hospital officials said.

An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after she didn't answer her wake-up call and was found beaten in her home, hospital officials said. Anne Pressly, 26, died at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Margaret Preston said.

Little Rock - KATV Daybreak anchorwoman Anne Pressly, has died at the age of 26, as a result of injuries sustained earlier this week. The staff of Channel 7 cannot express our grief at the loss of Anne, our dear friend and co-worker.

CNN) -- CNN affiliate KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas, said Saturday evening that its morning anchorwoman, Anne Pressly, died. She was 26 years old. Anne Pressly, 26, was a popular morning news anchor at KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Pressly was found beaten early Monday at her home. She was hospitalized and sedated. Pressly's parents released a statement, saying they were "with her in her last moments." They also asked for "the privacy we need at this very difficult time," KATV reported. Police said Pressly was apparently not targeted but was attacked during the course of a burglary. Her purse...

Pressly was found beaten early Monday at her home. CNN affiliate KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas, said Saturday evening that its morning anchorwoman, Anne Pressly, died. She was 26 years old.

The credit card of a television anchor woman left in critical condition after a brutal beating in her home was used in the minutes following the attack. Anne Pressly's credit card was used at a Shell gas station near her Little Rock, Ark., home between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Monday morning, an attendant told America's Most Wanted. Shell station clerk Shiva Reddy told FOX16.com that police did visit the station at Interstate 30 and 9th Street on Tuesday to request surveillance video from early Monday morning, in the hours around the time Pressly was brutally beaten.

The credit card of a television anchor woman left in critical condition after a brutal beating in her home was used in the minutes following the attack. Anne Pressly's credit card was used at a Shell gas station near her Little Rock, Ark., home between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Monday morning, an attendant told America's Most Wanted. Shell station clerk Shiva Reddy told FOX16.com that police did visit the station at Interstate 30 and 9th Street on Tuesday to request surveillance video from early Monday morning, in the hours around the time Pressly was brutally beaten.

Anne Pressley, 26, a news reporter for KATV, was assaulted in her home on Club Road in the Country Club neighborhood last night and suffered serious wounds. A police spokesman said Pressley was "beaten and stabbed" and that her injuries were "life-threatening." The police do not have a suspect. Pressley has a small role in the current movie, "W," Oliver Stone's portrayal of George W. Bush. She played commentator Ann Coulter in the movie, much of it filmed in Shreveport.

A 2,000-foot television tower collapsed while workers were restringing guy wires, knocking a Little Rock television station off the air. KATV news director Randy Dixon said one person suffered a minor injury Friday when the tower collapsed in a field about 20 miles south of Little Rock. The station was working to establish a feed to restore its signal to the portion of its audience that obtains programming by satellite. "We're off the air. It's a heckuva mess," Dixon said. KATV is an ABC affiliate.

Russellville, Pope County - Channel seven news has learned late Monday night that Sports Director Paul Eells was killed in a two car accident on Interstate 40. He was returning home from Fayetteville after interviewing Coach Houston Nutt. The accident happened at the 83 1/2 mile marker, near the Highway 7 overpass around 8 o'clock. The driver of the other vehicle, Billy J. Burton, of Dover, was also killed.. Paul has worked at KATV since 1978, and he is most beloved for his play-by-play of Razorback athletics. We are still learning more about the accident We will have more...