Friday Pat Classic

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. AND, the entire staff and management at the Lyncho Intergalactic Headquarters welcome 100kw.Y-95 in Camden. You can hear my morning updates all over south Arkansas on this MONSTER FM powerhouse.

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

 

My weekly column is in Monday’s Democrat-Gazette on the Voices page in the Arkansas section.

 

The lottery amendment will stay on the ballot. The state Supreme Court has voted 6-0 and said the ballot title was sufficient and a rewording of the lottery prohibition in the Constitution did not amount to its repeal. It said voters can understand what the phrase state lottery means.

 

The Arkansas Wildlife Federation will oppose a November ballot measure that would give a state agency the authority to issue $300 million in bonds for water projects. The group said the measure also would give the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission authority to take title to or determine the use of private recreational lakes, stock ponds, irrigation reservoirs, and certain rivers.

 

About 4,400 voter registration applications were being held in suspense statewide a, according to Secretary of State Charlie Daniels’ office. Newly registered voters will need to get the applications completed before they can cast a ballot.

 

Arkansas risks being relegated to the fringes of corporate desirability if an intelligent,  highly-trained work force that can compete globally for knowledge-based jobs is not immediately cultivated, Gov. Mike Beebe said at the first Governor’s Summit on Education and Economic Development.

 

A proposed bill to let cities and towns in Arkansas double the fines they can impose for ordinance violations is among the items in the Arkansas Municipal League’s legislative package for 2009.

 

Health-care costs are rising nearly six times faster than wages for Arkansas families, according to a study released Thursday by Families USA, a leading health-care advocacy group.

 

Entergy wants you to help pay for the wild weather that knocked out power to more than half a million Arkansans this year. The company says it had to borrow $26 million dollars to clean up after several severe storms.

 

Tony Alamo will appear before United States Magistrate Judge Barry Bryant in Texarkana this morning at 10 and an indictment against him is expected to be unsealed.

 

Wal-Mart Canada shut down a tire and lube express in its store after its employees unionized nearly two months ago, according to the Montreal Gazette.

 

Shoe maker Nike is suing Wal-Mart, claiming that the retail giant is selling athletic shoes that infringe on its design patents.

 

American Railcar Industries has told workers at its Paragould plant that layoffs may be necessary if orders do not increase.

 

The Beebe High School is broken into and damaged. Now police are looking for who’s responsible. Beebe police say vandals took several items ranging from a computer to calculators and left a big mess.

 

That slippery stuff on Cloverdale Street in Searcy was not toxic.

 

Little Rock police are investigating an attempted home invasion in the southwest part of the city. The residents fought back. Two of the would be intruders were wounded by gunfire.

 

The city of Jacksonville is looking at a daytime curfew for juveniles.

 

With only one home game remaining, Arkansas State is on pace to shatter the school record for home football attendance. The home attendance average of 23,670 is a 32 percent increase over the previous best average. ASU plays Louisiana Lafayette.

 

Hogs play Kentucky tomorrow.

 

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