A Little Rock-born grandmother who appeared in the movie "The Blues Brothers" died last week at her home in Altadena, Calif., as a wildfire raged through the community.

Born in Little Rock in 1929, Dalyce Curry, or “Momma Dee” as she was known to family, lived in Altadena, where she died in her home at the age of 95 amid the Eaton Fire last week.

Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine Black teenagers who enrolled at Little Rock Central High School following the passage of Brown vs. Board of Education.

Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine teenagers who helped to break the bonds of segregation when they were the first Black students to attend Little Rock Central High School.

A $100,000 gift from U of A alumni Marty and Ginger Casteel and daughter Mary Robin Casteel will benefit the Land of Opportunity Scholarship initiative.

She settled in Los Angeles, where she never became a star but did rub shoulders with some of the elites of old Hollywood, including backing up singer Pearl Bailey, being an extra in a scene with Diana Ross in "Lady Sings the Blues" and being mentored by the first Black woman to ever sign a movie contract.

Despite their federal convictions, Benjamin Coney and Emily Brinley still face charges in the State of Arkansas.

Although all of Curry’s family mementos, including numerous scrapbooks, were destroyed in the blaze, one prized possession — a 1981 blue Cadillac parked in front of her home that she had planned to rehab and rent to Hollywood production companies — was unscathed.

At age 95, there was no other way to describe Dalyce Curry, or “Momma Dee” to her large extended family, other than “fabulous.”

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Officials with the UAMS Police Department are searching for a missing woman last seen on January 8 in Little Rock. 30-year-old Jacklyn Bailey was last seen leaving UAMS in a 2004 Blue Chevy Cavalier with AR license plate ASD57P.

A 35-year-old Little Rock woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting a stranger in downtown Little Rock and subsequent drug-trafficking offenses.

Candace Chapman Scott, 37, of Little Rock, will serve a total of 15 years in federal prison for transporting stolen human body parts--including fetuses--out of Arkansas and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.