It reportedly occurred during an attempted robbery at Cupids at Treasure Hill. Rescue and police dispatched. 7:35 PM
9700 N. Rodney Parham.
Looks like nobody was hurt. 7:50 PM
Now, I’m going to have dinner.
Filed under: Little Rock
• 7:14 pm 0
Incident on I-430 Arkansas River Bridge
7:10 OM. No other details, BUT a man involved in an accident on the bridge may now be hanging from it. Very confused situation.
This may be part of an accident on I-430 and Rodney Parham. (Yeah, I know.)
Police are also looking for a heavy-set, white male wearing a sweatshirt. He is supposedly walking down Rodney Parham and may have some involvement in the incident.
7:20 State Police have made contact with the subject who walked away from the incident.
WRAPUP. It looks like these were two different incidents. When something happens on the river bridge, you naturally pay attention.
Filed under: Arkansas, Little Rock
• 4:38 pm 0
Bass Pro closer to Pyramid move in Memphis
This is noteworthy to those who have desired to dole out some corporate welfare in North Little Rock. Although that project seems to have hit a stumbling block, we know the welfare queens never sleep. Here is today’s latest from the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Shelby County Commissioners approved a development agreement with Bass Pro Shops today, reversing an earlier vote and giving the outdoor retail giant another 12 months to draft plans for its megastore.
In an 9-3 vote, commissioners endorsed the deal and authorized county Mayor A C Wharton to sign the contract for a 12-month development period. During the year, Bass Pro must meet quarterly milestones to finish planning and gather all necessary permits and approvals. Bass Pro will make monthly payments of $35,000 and pay a $500,000 penalty if they drop out of the deal.
The commission was the only party left to vote on the deal – Bass Pro signed the deal in August and the City Council approved it in October.
• 1:25 pm 0
Coal fired power plants suffer setback
Glen Hooks of the Sierra Club sends this release.
STATEMENT OF GLEN HOOKS (SIERRA CLUB) ON BONANZA DECISION BY EPA ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD
The EPA board’s decision is a significant and important victory for those who value clean air. The decision effectively halts construction on all new coal-fired power plants in the United States, including the dirty Turk plant proposed for Hempstead County, Arkansas. The board agreed with an argument Sierra Club has pushed for the last two years: that carbon dioxide should be regulated as an air pollutant, and that the EPA is required to regulate it.
The Turk plant is estimated to emit between five and six million metric tons of CO2 every year, dramatically increasing our state’s contribution to global warming. Despite ADEQ’s recent issuance of an air permit for the Turk plant, the EPA board’s decision effectively halts all construction until the incoming Obama EPA constructs rules for regulating and limiting carbon dioxide emissions.
The EPA board’s decision echoes the recent vote of our state’s Global Warming Commission, which recommended a halt to coal-fired power plants in Arkansas until CO2 pollution can be captured.
The trend is clear. Environmentalists, the courts, state commissions, and now the EPA board stand united in the view that C02 pollution must be regulated. The days of dirty coal’s free ride are over.”
• 6:30 am 1
Another Monday, another week
My weekly column is in today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. It’s about one of the classic movies and how it fits into current events/ Guess which movie I’m talking about. Look for me on the Voices page in the Arkansas section every Monday.
My morning newscasts are on K-106.3 The Greatest Hits of All Time with John Lee and Spirit FM on 93.3 and 100.7. I am on twice an hour.Also, in south Arkansas, look for me on 100kw. Y-95 in Camden.
It is very possible I will attend Little Rock Touchdown Club today.
Did I mention that I am still looking for my third job?
My passenger train blog is very popular. You will be surprised at the happenings on Trains for America.
http://trains4america.wordpress.com/
TODAY at
The Little Rock Touchdown Club the special guest is:
UCA Head Football Coach
Clint Conque
The Hogs matchup vs Miss St will be previewed and SEC Games from the weekend
will be reviewed, as well as action from other Arkansas colleges
Standard TD Club memberships are $50. For priority seating at all of our meetings without having to get there early, you can purchase the Fifty Yard Line Membership, for $250, which also includes a picture with each guest speaker . The quality and number of outstanding speakers traveling to Little Rock comes with a price and your support will help us continue to make the LR Touchdown Club of the best in the nation. Help us keep the momentum going and of course have awesome Monday lunches throughout football season.
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Lunch is $15 for members and $25 for non members. There is a $10 attendance fee if you are not going to eat, but still want to attend the meeting.
Buffet Lunch 11:00-12:00, Program 12:00-1:00 Embassy Suites Hotel
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A soldier from Mountain Home is dead from injuries he suffered in a vehicle accident in Iraq. Spc. James M. Clay died in Anbar Province in western Iraq, according to a news release from the Defense Department.
Some legislators are calling for harsher penalties for employees convicted of stealing public funds. Members of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee expressed their frustration after learning that city employees in Russellville, Dyer, Stuttgart and Bald Knob were not sentenced to prison.
As Arkansas lawmakers prepare to hammer out enabling legislation for a lottery to fund college scholarships, some are questioning why the state’s scholarship fund is already running at a $59 million surplus.
AAA reports gasoline in below $2 a gallon for the first time since 2005.
The State Hospital fired three nurses and suspended three other employees for failing to follow procedures after a patient hanged herself in late October.
State auditors have discovered that Karen Brewer may have embezzled a lot more than the previously estimated $42,000 originally suspected from the DF&A office that sells vanity license plates. Now, it looks a little more like $260,000.
Tonight and Tuesday night a two part interview Varner SuperMax with one of the West Memphis three, Damien Echols, will be shown on KATV.
The state Highway and Transportation Department needs more bridge inspectors.
Roby Brock reports at TalkBusiness.net that, despite a Supreme Court ruling, action from the Attorney General’s office, and the departure of the state’s biggest payday lending operation, two payday lending stores remain open in Mountain Home.
It was not much of a tremor, but the U. S. Geological Survey confirms a quake, of magnitude 2.9, occurred at 7:47 a.m. Saturday, 14 miles north of Hector in Pope County. There was an even smaller quake in northeast Arkansas later in the day.
An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife officer is dead after the helicopter he was in crashed in Cleburne County. The officer was participating in an operation aimed at catching night hunters. The crash took place five miles northeast of Quitman on Highway 25. Monty Carmikle of Heber Springs has been with the AGFC since 1985.
Conway officials are starting to talk seriously about setting up local transit services, including a fixed route bus system.
Pine Bluff Mayor Carl A. Redus Jr. fell short of a second term as mayor by one vote Friday night and will face City Treasurer Gregory Gustek in a runoff Nov. 25.
Authorities say a stabbing suspect at an assisted living center in Haskell was fatally wounded after he attacked a Saline County officer. Jerry Baer reportedly attacked Sgt. Cecil Dobbs with a knife, striking the Saline County officer above the right eye. Police officer Kyle Vaugh then shot Baer, killing him.
Westside school gunman Mitchell Scott Johnson was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing a credit card on the day his son was born.
Jennifer Marie Spaeth is facing charges after a Conway Police Department investigation into a series of car accidents she caused on June 6. Prosecutors say she may have been mistakenly been given a wrong drug by a local pharmacy before the accident but they also believe she illegally received prescription pain meds.
A bizarre story from Fayetteville: A University of Arkansas employee arrested last week for allegedly videotaping a 16-year-old girl as she showered is exonerated, after his girlfriend admits that she was trying to frame him.
For the second time in a week, the Pulaski County Special School District is closing an elementary campus because of roof safety concerns and assigning pupils of the Clinton magnet in Sherwood to an alternate location at First Assembly of God until further notice.
With the help of a $9.2 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Little Rock’s Museum of Discovery is planning a renovation of its building in the downtown River Market District that will include the addition of three new galleries and a new entrance on President Clinton Avenue.
The results of the Metroplan transportation outreach are in and the most congested intersection is Shackleford and Financial Center Parkway, The 40 – 430 interchange is bad. Surprises include Arkansas 5 between I-30 and Hot Springs Village. Also, the intersection of Alexander and Vimy Ridge Road was mentioned.
Jermain Taylor put on one of his best performances in winning a unanimous decision over Jeff Lacy in their 12-round super middleweight bout at Vanderbilt University.
Filed under: Arkansas
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