Wednesday Wake Up Summary

The Wednesday Wake Up is on this morning at around 6:45 on KARK TV Channel 4. Bill Vickery and I will have the week’s winners and losers.

My morning headlines are on K-106.3 The Greatest Hits of All Time with John Lee and Spirit FM with Don Burns at 93.3 and 100.7.

The radio show is on at 9.

KSMD 99.1 FM – Searcy/Batesville

KWCK 1300 AM – Searcy

KAPZ 710 AM – Bald Knob/Augusta

KAWW 1370 AM – Heber Springs/Clinton

The July inflation rate, adjusted annually, is 9.8%.

Baptist Medical Center  is the only Arkansas hospital that scored better than the U.S. average for preventing Medicare patient deaths in any of three diagnoses tracked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Family Council says it will submit sufficient signatures by Friday to qualify its ballot initiative to prohibit adoptions by households with unmarried couples. Opponents say they plan a lawsuit if that measure is approved for the ballot.

The number of students home-schooled in Arkansas is expected to increase this year following an established trend of growth of enrollments in the state.

A subpoena has been issued to learn the owner of a number of a cell phone listing connected to a number found in the home of a Searcy man who shot and killed state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney.

Kevin Jones, acquitted in the murder of Russellville beauty queen Nona Dirksmeyer, has been denied admission to Arkansas Tech. Officials cited safe concerns when contacted by Jones lawyer.

Adrienne Bradley’s appointment to the Central Arkansas Water Board of Commissioners sailed through the Little Rock Board of Directors.

Central Arkansas Transit Authority will be asking for a $1.64 million dollar budget increase in 2009.

The Saline County Quorum Court on approves two sales-tax initiatives, one to fund an animal control program and another to expand 911 operations.

The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission approves a recommended plan for a renovated terminal that will be phased in over the next two decades. Security will move downstairs, there will be 5 new gates and some roadwork

Hewlett-Packard, building a $28 million customer service facility in Conway, saw a second quarter profit increase of 14%.

Trial is to start Thursday in a lawsuit by Wal-Mart in which the retailer seeks to avoid paying millions of dollars in a retirement package to former executive Tom Coughlin claiming it should not have to pay Coughlin because he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company. The benefits were estimated at between $12 million and $16 million.

The Alberto-Culver Co., a manufacturer of beauty and personal care products, officially opened its new manufacturing facility in Jonesboro with local and state officials on hand.  400 new jobs may be created.

Superior Industries, which employs about 1,600 workers in Rogers and Fayetteville, announced today that it will make major reductions to its national workforce. The two Arkansas plants will let 65 workers go and 90 unfilled positions will remain unfilled.

A report says obesity rates in Missouri and Arkansas are rising. The study by Trust for America’s Health lists Missouri as the 13th most obese state. Arkansas rose this year tying it with Oklahoma as the 8th most obese state.

Mark Sanchez has recovered from his injuries, so Mitch Mustain will not be starting for USC against Virginia on August 30.

Pine Bluff police report the arrest of a 27-year-old man who allegedly hit a three-year-old toddler with a belt, leaving welts on the child’s right cheek. Circuit Judge Jodi Dennis ruled prosecutors have sufficient probable cause to charge DeMarcus Woods with second-degree domestic battery.

War Memorial Stadium officials will re-dedicate the stadium at a September 19^th ceremony to commemorate its 60^th anniversary. The hogs face regional powerhouse Louisiana Monroe.

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