Stories from Saturday, June 24, 2000
Shooter, 13, to seek rehearing on high court's insanity ruling

Stories from Friday, June 23, 2000
Boy shooter may be due new hearing

Stories from Friday, June 9, 2000
Boy merited insanity plea, justices told

Stories from Friday, April 28, 2000
Westside killers back in court

Stories from Wednesday, May 10, 2000
Gun maker, grandfather dropped from school shooting suit

Stories from Thursday, October 21, 1999
State seeks out in killer boys' civil suit

Stories from Friday, October 15, 1999
Panel says defense of boys not state's job

Stories from Friday, September 24, 1999
School killer's mental file open for attorney general

Stories from Thursday, September 23, 1999
Westside shooter returns to court to face federal charges

Stories from Saturday, September 4, 1999
Second Westside killer appears in U.S. court

Stories from Thursday, August 19, 1999
Special lyrics to echo in Jonesboro

Stories from Wednesday, August 18, 1999
Free trigger locks chief's idea to curb child shootings
Columbine victim's dad says nation in for change

Stories from Wednesday, August 11, 1999
County asks judge to reconsider Jonesboro ruling
School expulsions for guns drop 8%

Stories from Thursday, August 5, 1999
School shooter sorry, laments 'won't go to prom,' pen pal says

Stories from Tuesday, July 27, 1999
Public defenders agency to pay for Jonesboro shooters civil case

Stories from Friday, July 2, 1999
Westside survivor has her say

Stories from Friday, June 18, 1999
House votes to ease rules at gun shows; Ten Commandments in schools also OK'd
Clinton calls Berry from Paris, urges support for gun control

Stories from Thursday, June 17, 1999
Hutchinson additions to juvenile justice bill pass in two House votes

Stories from Friday, June 11, 1999
Counties' leaders OK state control for youth lockup

Stories from Wednesday, June 9, 1999
Violence eroding rights of students, it's feared

Stories from Sunday, June 6, 1999
Killer's essay haunts Westside teacher

Stories from Saturday, May 22, 1999
Senate approval of gun bill lauded

Stories from Wednesday, May 12, 1999
Kin of Westside victims press for passage of gun legislation

Stories from Thursday, April 22, 1999
Counselors help students in Jonesboro; police patrol

Stories from Saturday, April 10, 1999
School-shooting rifles locked to wall cabinet

Stories from Thursday, April 8, 1999
School shooters swiped guns from unlocked rack
Huckabee signs measure to put harsher sentences on youths guilty of murder

A Year Later: Stories from Saturday, March 27, 1999
Shooter's anger at teacher drove school ambush, reports suggest

Stories from Thursday, March 25, 1999
400 attend memorial to school shooting victims
Capitol Hill remembers Westside five with proclamation

Stories from Wednesday, March 24, 1999
Jonesboro remembers five victims of violence

Stories from Tuesday, March 23, 1999
State flags to fly at half-staff to mark Westside shootings

Stories from Sunday, March 21, 1999
Mom moving past the 'why'
Close-knit town hopes life before loss returns
Shooter's mom sees son jailed, innocence lost
Families go on but can't forget
Services, bells, prayers will mark anniversary of 5 deaths
Beyond Westside: Rash of school shootings across U.S. mars '97-'98
Few bills to tighten youth justice enter, clear state Legislature

Stories from Thursday, March 11, 1999
Panel OKs child-sentencing bill

Stories from Thursday, February 18, 1999
State could keep killer kids in pen for life under bill

Stories from Saturday, November 21, 1998
Funds for shooting victims given to Jonesboro families

Stories from Saturday, September 12, 1998
Crisis fund to seek help from judge

Stories from Saturday, September 5, 1998
Jonesboro school shooter, 12, plans to appeal guilty ruling

Stories from Tuesday, September 1, 1998
Westside fund used for dinner, to hire officer
Johnson's, Golden's parents want suit against them dropped

Stories from Wednesday, August 19, 1998
Sharing information could avert more Jonesboros, officers say

Stories from Friday, August 14, 1998
State gets Guard bill of $6,000 for flying 2 boys to youth lockup

Stories from Thursday, August 13, 1998
In wee hours, 2 killers flown to youth compound
NLR youth assessment center closes
Judge in shootings at Westside school to rule on restitution

Stories from Wednesday, August 12, 1998
Boys convicted of murdering 5
Victims' kin face killers, pour out bitterness
Meant to shoot over heads, 'scare them,' Mitchell says
Father vows to get convicted boy out of state
Other judges allow minors' insanity defense
Death toll 11 students, 1 teacher in nation's recent school shootings
Day 'is like a storm' passing for families of victims, and boys

Stories from Tuesday, August 11, 1998
Jonesboro ambush suspects to face hearing
Journalists bring back bad memories for Jonesboro residents
Talk of shooting rare as school set to reopen
Victims' relatives sue, blame boys, parents, gun makers

Stories from Monday, August 10, 1998
Westside students, kin living nightmare as hearing nears
Fence along edge of woods among school safety moves

Stories from Sunday, August 9, 1998
No 18 and out if teens convicted, Huckabee vows
Husband of slain teacher says 'oldest of these 2' shot her

Stories from Wednesday, August 5, 1998
Bush to speak at award ceremony for 'heroic' slain Westside teacher

Stories from Wednesday, July 22, 1998
Westside killing suspects mistreated?

Stories from Thursday, July 16, 1998
Juvenile justice changes coming, legislators vow

Stories from Wednesday, July 15, 1998
Toughen juvenile laws, slain teacher's husband says

Stories from Saturday, July 11, 1998
Mother will call before birthday, son's 'trial' in Jonesboro shootings
House to hear families' views on shootings
Judge wants youths kept in jail longer

Stories from Thursday, July 9, 1998
Clinton evokes Jonesboro, urges new lid on guns
Ambush suspect's mom: Law to hold parents responsible good idea

Stories from Friday, June 26, 1998
Judge issues gag order in Jonesboro schoolyard ambush case

Stories from Saturday, June 20, 1998
Texans won't take two held in Jonesboro shootings

Stories from Thursday, June 18, 1998
Victim's mom in D.C. to push for gun control
Westside pupil's former attorney accuses new defenders, prosecutors of misconduct

Stories from Tuesday, June 16, 1998
Teen ambush suspect in Jonesboro shootings loved rap music, teacher says

Stories from Monday, June 15, 1998
Patterns emerging in attacks at schools

Stories from Wednesday, June 10, 1998
Memphis seminar: Snoop so kids won't shoot

Stories from Monday, June 8, 1998
Huckabee: School shootings were wake-up call

Stories from Saturday, June 6, 1998
Book in works before gunfire, publisher says

Stories from Friday, June 5, 1998
Huckabee's book critics hypocrites, GOP head says

Stories from Thursday, June 4, 1998
Book on kids, killing angers victims' kin

Stories from Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Huckabee was off the clock when he wrote book, aide says
Not exploiting shootings, author Huckabee says

Stories from Saturday, May 30, 1998
Huckabee opens book with gunfire

Stories from Friday, May 22, 1998
Shooting evokes memories at Jonesboro

Stories from Monday, May 18, 1998
Anger remains after shootings in schoolyard
Kids' poems reflect grief, anger at shootings
School shooting suspects adjusting to jail routine

Stories from Monday, April 27, 1998
Judge in schoolyard shootings decides to open case to public

Stories from Sunday, April 26, 1998
Teacher at dance slain; boy, 14, held
Get tough on youth crime, polled Arkansans say
Shooting puts schools on crisis alert

Stories from Thursday, April 23, 1998
Juvenile justice panel meets, gets outline of tasks

Stories from Friday, April 17, 1998
Attorney for boy in Jonesboro case gets the boot, cries foul

Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 1998
Forum: Media covering shootings biased, rude

Stories from Friday, April 10, 1998
Each victim in shooting to get $7,500
Johnson revises sex-abuse tale
Songwriter turns feelings on shootings into music; profits to fund scholarships

Stories from Thursday, April 9, 1998
TV comments 'hurt,' boy's mother says
With status as juveniles, Mitchell, Drew could cash in on their stories
Ambush-case lawyer linked to debts, charge involving girl
Tragedy at Jonesboro draws checkbook journalists

Stories from Wednesday, April 8, 1998
Westside students returning to rigors; counselors pleased

Stories from Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Lawyer says boy held in ambush molested as kid

Stories from Monday, April 6, 1998
Jonesboro ambush plan was 11-year-old's, mother of 13-year-old says

Stories from Sunday, April 5, 1998
Teacher saw boy, 11, as 'friend'
Shootings discussed on Internet
Girl shot in ambush released by hospital

Stories from Friday, April 3, 1998
Juvenile justice still hot topic for legislators
Casings found at ambush site came from rifles

Stories from Thursday, April 2, 1998
Huckabee absent to fulfill promise to family, aide says
Go slow on juvenile justice legislation, experts tell panel
Announce fire drills beforehand, officials suggest to schools

Stories from Wednesday, April 1, 1998
9,000 mourn, seek strength in Jonesboro
Older suspect in shootings accused of molesting, 2 say
Minute of silence puts children, future on mind of nation
Ammunition clip used at Jonesboro in Congress' sights

Stories from Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Westside students back in class; memorial service today for slain
In videotape, president prods Jonesboro to 'pray for peace and healing'
State 15th in youth killings, was 4th in '94, study says

Stories from Monday, March 30, 1998
Pastors console residents with prayer
Lawmakers debate tougher juvenile punishment
Girl hurt in shooting says suspect was 'trouble'

Stories from Sunday, March 29, 1998
Differing views depict character of suspect, 11
Jonesboro's jolt strikes tender nerve in Paducah
In 3 services, teary towns extol slain teacher, 2 girls
'Innocence is gone' but life goes on in tiny, quiet Bono
Shooting victims
What age qualifies for adult punishment: Top state court debated answer 117 years ago
Divorce files show parents fought over Mitchell, brother
Clinton exhorts nation to remedy violence in schools
Some border states tougher on charging teens as adults
Scotland town looks to Jonesboro, mourns all over again
Data show crime down in schools
Clergy schedules 'healing' service
51% in poll favor trying boys as adults

Stories from Saturday, March 28, 1998
Police detail arsenal 2 boys carried
The funerals start: Two girls laid to rest
Suspect sought Lord's help weeks ago, woman says
Teacher's students, friends recall her laughter, love for kids
Shooting suspects may yet face federal charges
Orders for flowers pour in
Weapons, ammunition listed
Still hospitalized

Stories from Friday, March 27, 1998
Boys locked up, but for how long?
Justice Department eyes charging 2 Arkansas boys
Everywhere, white ribbons flutter as a sign of support
Boys' jailmate also charged in gun death
Police play tape of frantic 911 calls for help
25 chosen to review state laws on juveniles
43 of 251 students absent on first day back after Tuesday's shooting
Community begins saying goodbye to the five slain
Solace, demands to cut firearm availability on lawmakers' lips
Jonesboro casualties

Stories from Thursday, March 26, 1998
Boys held over in killings
Illness faked, the weapons were gathered
Huckabee to create task force to revise juvenile justice code
Find way to deter violence in schools, Clinton tells Reno
Nation to train its eyes on state's juvenile justice system
Juvenile crime bill may get new look
Killings prompt call for review of youth laws
Town reels from shootings
Shocked school copes also with media tumult

Stories from Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Two camouflage-clad boys arrested in schoolyard shootings
Shooting victims
'I never dreamed it would happen here'
Bullets fly on campus: Fourth case in 6 months
Kids waited on slope, shot, officials say
Sixth-grader wonders, 'Why wasn't it me?'
Hospital met carnage of kids
Huckabee cites 'chilling effect' of slayings, bids state to pray
Vigil at ASU draws 1,000 after deaths
Experts speculate on motives