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State and Little Rock police have released reports on the Bill Gwatney case with no new information on what might have caused Timothy Dale Johnson to shoot the Democratic Party Chairman.
Fox 15 reports there are over 9,000 Arkansans who work in the automotive industry from dealerships to parts plants all over the state. Those businesses are watching the big 3 closely.
Discussion on a proposed “back-to-school tax-free holiday” in a legislative committee Thursday included questions about whether it would cover thong underwear.
A legislative panel will invite a corrections company to present its ideas about privatizing Arkansas prisons despite opposition from state correction officials.
The state Game and Fish Commission approves a special hunt for elk on private lands in Searcy County. The hunt is scheduled for five days, Jan. 12-16, or when a quota of seven elk is reached.
A committee reviewing the University of Central Arkansas’ response to a shooting on campus last month plans to recommend that UCA add a text-messaging system, an alarm system and more video surveillance.
Brandon Yarbrough of Memphis faces felony charges of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats after the Wednesday shooting on a Ouachita Baptist University parking lot, police said. Yarbrough was being held Thursday at the Clark County jail, pending a bond hearing today. The others in the car stopped by police were questioned and released.
A December trial date was set for three Arizona residents arrested in Hot Springs Village and accused of using an elderly woman’s credit cards and money from her bank accounts to purchase $250,000 worth of items for themselves and friends.
Roby Brock reports on TalkBusiness.net that an internal video was shared with Alltel employees that declared the Verizon merger would not close in 2008.
Based on emissions at two of its three coal-fired power plants, Arkansas is among the nation’s “dirty dozen” states when it comes to mercury pollution, says a group founded by a former Environmental Protection Agency official.
The latest FEMA study of the New Madrid fault area says a major quake would be the highest cost natural disaster ever. Arkansas is part of that area, but Tennessee would suffer the heaviest losses.
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith administrators want approval to hire an architect to design on-campus housing that would add 300 to 500 beds.
Washington County Judge-elect Marilyn Edwards asked the county’s budget committee Thursday to set aside $50,000 to purchase county-owned vehicles for herself and her yet-unknown administrator
Texas A&M University has broken ground on a $75 million dollar construction project on its Texarkana campus.
ASU trys to break a three game losing streak against Florida Atlantic in Jonesboro Saturday. The Hogs travel to Mississippi State.
Little Rock Superintendent Linda Watson proposes carving $10 million out of next year’s school district budget, in part by closing a school, eliminating dozens of teacher and counselor jobs, and offering an employee retirement incentive.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was in the River Market yesterday protesting the Ringling Circus.
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November 21, 2008 • 9:59 pm 0
A few laughs for the weekend
With the bad news out of Dillard’s (who could have foreseen that kind of thing from such a professionally managed corporation?) and all the uncertainty at Alltel, not to mention the pre-Mississippi State anxiety, I think we all need a good laugh.
Read the rest here.
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