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  • Friday, May 17 2013 7:37 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:37:05 GMT
    There are a couple cases that Seven-On-Your-Side has been tracking that are worthy of updates this evening, starting with a construction quandary for an 89 year-old woman. The Arkansas Contractors Licensing
    Seven On Your Side updates two cases from earlier this year.

  • Thursday, May 16 2013 7:54 PM EDT2013-05-16 23:54:25 GMT
    For millions of Americans, social security is the paycheck they live on every month. One Saline County woman is missing hers. All we know is Verna Potts' $724.00 check didn't make it to her account
    A Saline County woman is going without her monthly Social Security check...so far.

  • Wednesday, May 15 2013 7:29 PM EDT2013-05-15 23:29:41 GMT
    Friday will mark the official end of the recently adjourned legislative session. If there is one thing that lawmakers may want to remember is this: don't wait until the final day to file your bills.
    You would have to ask each lawmaker who filed legislation on March 11th why he or she waited until the last day to file.  But we can tell you this...the chance to pass those bills was cut in half.

  • Monday, May 13 2013 7:35 PM EDT2013-05-13 23:35:38 GMT
    State Republican lawmakers have picked a Rhode Island consultant known for reforming social programs to suggest some changes for the Natural State. Four months of review and recommendations come with
    The state of Arkansas has contracted with a Rhode Island consultant to help reform state social programs.

  • Friday, May 10 2013 7:38 PM EDT2013-05-10 23:38:24 GMT
    Three months after paying for a new roof, members of a North Little Rock church say it leaked. It has now been more than a year and patience has run out. That's why Seven-On-Your-Side is now involved.
    A new roof on a church is failing to do the main thing it is supposed to do...keep the inside dry.

  • Friday, May 10 2013 11:36 AM EDT2013-05-10 15:36:32 GMT
    The desire to go green is often driven by a desire to save green. But make sure the claims are backed up by the performance. Some words of warning from the Better Business Bureau to help make sure that
    The Better Business Bureau has a word of warning about inflated claims regarding solar savings.

  • Thursday, May 9 2013 1:56 PM EDT2013-05-09 17:56:22 GMT
    When told we were looking into her husband's criminal past, an exasperated Geraldine Hausler pointed out that his crimes took place over 20 years ago. And there is no evidence his sexual crimes continued
    Three years after being charged with failing to register as a convicted sex offender, a Van Buren County man has yet to go to court.

  • Wednesday, May 8 2013 7:51 PM EDT2013-05-08 23:51:59 GMT
    If justice delayed is justice denied, then the potential for denial exists in Van Buren County...where a convicted sex offender has been facing charges in Arkansas for three years but has yet to step foot
    Coming up on Channel 7 News at 10:00...a close look at a case involving a convicted sex offender from Texas and the slow judicial process in Arkansas...at least with this case.

  • Monday, May 6 2013 6:49 PM EDT2013-05-06 22:49:24 GMT
    Little Rock mechanic Glen Daniels is used to dealing with transmission trouble. But after a showdown at his shop last weekend, he has some legal trouble. Daniels is a familiar face...at least to Seven-On-Your-Side. It
    From under the hood to under the gun: a Little Rock mechanic appears in court, accused of shooting a customer in the face during an argument over a transmission repair.

  • Friday, May 3 2013 7:46 PM EDT2013-05-03 23:46:15 GMT
    Nearly ten years after his father was indicted by federal prosecutors, a son in the same line of work is being sued by the Arkansas Attorney General. The name of the Greenbrier auto dealer J. Eric Turner
    The Attorney General is suing the son of a man convicted of bank fraud nearly 10 years ago.  Both are...or were...used car dealers.

  • Thursday, May 2 2013 7:32 PM EDT2013-05-02 23:32:09 GMT
    Having a toilet that doesn't work is bad enough. But when it is the only toilet in the house...and when sewage is backing up into sinks and the bathtub...well, living like that is hard to imagine. A
    A Jacksonville woman says a week after calling Seven-On-Your-Side, her living conditions are much improved.

  • Thursday, May 2 2013 12:55 PM EDT2013-05-02 16:55:59 GMT
    In recent months our Seven-On-Your-Side office got several complaints that we had never heard before. People were voluntarily giving their horses to what they believed would be a "forever home," only
    Several families are desperate to know if their horses got the good homes they were promised or if they were sold...possibly to a "kill buyer."

  • Monday, April 29 2013 8:17 PM EDT2013-04-30 00:17:29 GMT
    It has taken awhile... but a Seven-On-Your-Side story we first told you about near the end of last summer has finally played out in a small claims courtroom. You haven't needed the air conditioning in
    A Conway couple is finally rewarded after a failed car repair. 

  • Friday, April 26 2013 7:45 PM EDT2013-04-26 23:45:50 GMT
    Not every tip called into our Seven-On-Your-Side office turns out to be as nefarious as it seems. Often there is a simple explanation for what appears to be an obvious misdeed. There is a verse in Proverbs
    Seven-On-Your-Side looks into a viewer concern...and doesn't find much cause for concern.

  • Thursday, April 25 2013 7:29 PM EDT2013-04-25 23:29:35 GMT
    A bill filed during the recently completed legislative session sought to require Arkansas landlords to maintain safe and livable conditions for their tenants. It went nowhere. That means renters still
    A Jacksonville woman and her neighbors complain to Seven-On-Your-Side about what they call a do-nothing landlord.

  • Wednesday, April 24 2013 7:29 PM EDT2013-04-24 23:29:50 GMT
    Anyone who golfs knows that bad shots are part of the sport. But there are bad shots...and then there are really bad shots. One Little Rock woman says she is the victim of a really bad shot and wants
    A Little Rock woman will likely have to pay at least $150 for a new windshield after an errant shot off the tee hits her car.

  • Tuesday, April 23 2013 6:17 PM EDT2013-04-23 22:17:52 GMT
    He believes two of the homes built inside Hidden Lake Estates fall in that flood plain as well. The ground directly behind two homes built on the backside of the subdivision is wet and muddy. And it
    A property owner with part of his land in a 100 year flood plain believes the developer next door built two homes in the same watery area.

  • Two candidates passed-over for a state job claim the old adage "It's not what you know but who you know" is alive and well in Arkansas. The viewer messages posted online following last night's Seven-On-Your-Side
    7OYS looks at the connection between a recently hired state employee and the agency director who supervises the man who approved the hire.

  • Two people trained to read sign language claim they were beaten out for a job by a candidate who isn't qualified. A recent hire by the State of Arkansas is being questioned. The job pays about $35,000
    Two deaf interpreters passed over for a state job say the person picked for the job lacks the ability to do the job. 

  • Monday, July 30 2012 8:23 AM EDT2012-07-30 12:23:39 GMT
    After several years of severe springtime storms in Arkansas, 2012 has been so far been thankfully uneventful. The down time helped give the Arkansas Better Business Bureau the extra time necessary to
    The Arkansas BBB and KATV bring you a resource to help ensure you are prepared for a severe storm and ready to deal with the aftermath if your home is hit.

  • Friday, May 18 2012 3:38 PM EDT2012-05-18 19:38:49 GMT
    Wednesday night we shared with you the plight of Rodney Ply, an Arkansas fisherman who caught a huge striped bass back in February. We told you how a couple technicalities will prevent his fish from
    An Arkansas angler may not be able to reel in a state record, but a world record is still a possibility for his huge catch.

  • Friday, May 18 2012 3:38 PM EDT2012-05-18 19:38:15 GMT
    Sportsmen are known for embellishing their stories. The following is a fish tale with twists and turns worthy of a real whopper…and the ending has yet to be written. For starters…it won't be a state
    A Missouri man's 12 year-old striped bass state record will stand despite an Arkansas angler's claim that he bested it by a full four pounds.  But the world record out of California is being threatened by the same massive Bull Shoals bass. 

  • Friday, May 18 2012 3:37 PM EDT2012-05-18 19:37:25 GMT
    At least $20,000.00 handled by a central Arkansas charity is in question tonight…with its next big event 48 hours away. Several Arkansas companies say Scotty Adams is misrepresenting their involvement
    At least $20,000.00 is unaccounted for after a review of the 2011 financial statement for the "Craws for a Cause" charity event. 

  • Friday, March 25 2011 1:01 PM EDT2011-03-25 17:01:37 GMT
    The goal of Seven-on-your-Side is to help settle disputes. Most of our assistance is done behind the scenes... not on the air. But after broken promises and missed deadlines, several

  • Friday, February 18 2011 5:51 PM EST2011-02-18 22:51:30 GMT
    Seven-On-Your-Side's Jason Pederson takes a look back at an unsolved mail bomb murder from 1998.

  • Monday, November 22 2010 9:12 PM EST2010-11-23 02:12:37 GMT
    A Yell County family continues to live in a home even though an appraiser says it should be demolished.  Seven-On-Your-Side looks at why they bought it, why they stay, and the problems that they are facing.
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