The Wednesday Wake Up is on at KARK TV Channel 4. Bill Vickery and I have the week’s winners and losers. Set your DVR’s or tune in at 6:45.
Bill and I are guests on David Sanders Unconventional Wisdom show this weekend on AETN. It runs Friday evening at 6:30 and noon Sunday.
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Yesterday’s storms brought hail and 60mph winds to some locations and may have caused a major accident involving three 18wheelers on Interstate 40. Damage was reported in Pope, Garland and Lonoke Counties. Earlier in the day, Little Rock police found the body of a homeless man whose death may be attributed to the heat.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says the University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees’ decision to use an endowment fund to give UCA President Lu Hardin a $300,000 bonus likely violated state law. Hardin has returned the money.
The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation will oppose the annual legislative sessions proposals on November’s ballot.
Congressman Marion Berry is criticizing President Bush for not tapping into the national strategic oil reserves. Berry said oil drilling legislation passed recently addresses long-range concerns but still leaves Americans facing current and near-future woes at the pump
Hino Motors Manufacturing says its employees’ jobs are safe, even though the parts plant in Marion will slow its output following the slide in sales of trucks and SUVs. The company says its employees will get reduced pay to work fewer hours and keep health insurance benefits
The New York Jets signed free agent cornerback Ahmad “Batman” Carroll. He is a former first round pick of the Green Bay Packers. Later he had a brief stint with Jacksonville. He was cut by the Jaguars in May of 2007 after being arrested for possession of ecstasy
The Arkansas Athletic Association is proposing to cut school travel costs by reclassifying school athletic districts. The AAA board will likely vote in August on a measure that will combine current 6A districts and the state’s largest 7A schools.
SoccerCity of Tulsa is going to build a 50,000-SF indoor soccer facility in the Little Rock area. The company will be building a $3 million indoor soccer gym because it couldn’t find an existing facility to retrofit. The gym will have two field
As more evidence that you are driving less, the number of traffic fatalities in Arkansas is down by about 7% this year compared to 2007, mirroring a national trend.
Burn bans are in effect in Jefferson, Cleveland and Lincoln Counties.
The Benton County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has issued subpoenas to three Decatur School District administrators. State auditors have been reviewing district records for six weeks.
Gov. Mike Beebe announced appointments to a Yellow Ribbon Task Force to work on helping veterans return to civilian life from the war in Iraq. Among the appointees, Janet M. Huckabee, the former first lady.
Federal prosecutors may be considering alternatives concerning the illegal dumping of dogs in the National Forrest by Helena- West Helena Mayor James Valley.
Workers earning minimum wage will get a pay increase Thursday from $5.85 per hour to $6.55
The Little Rock School Board will talk with its lawyers Thursday about negotiations to end the Little Rock desegregation case and coming to an agreement to end the state’s continuing payments for desegregation efforts.
Patrick Lynn Sanders is facing capital murder charges for killing a 22-month-old girl by knocking the baby’s head into a wall. The police arrest report said Sanders admitted “slamming” Jamie Alexander to the ground several times.
Media Audit, which surveys nationwide about buying habits and local media preferences, says that Little Rock is in the Top 10 when it comes to eating fast food. Birmingham and Oklahoma City lead the way.
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Join me and Bill Vickery for the WEDNESDAY WAKE-UP around 6:45 every Wednesday morning on KARK TV Channel 4. We pick winners and losers from the past week and comment on the day's top news. Sometimes we play rough, but it is always a million laughs.
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