My column in today’s Democrat-Gazette is about Arkansas’ Initiated Act 1 and California’s Proposition 8. How do I deal with the controversy? What wisdom have I for you today? Find out on the Voices page in the Arkansas section.
My morning updates 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. You can also hear my early morning headlines on Y-95 in Camden.
Just in case some of my closer friends are wondering, for the second straight year there will be no Lyncho Christmas party. Marie and I regret that 2008 sucks.
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/
Arkansas Over LSU 31 – 30 in a dream career ending game for Casey Dick. Sylvester Croom has resigned at Mississippi State and Matt Jones Mitch Mustain threw two touchdowns and an intereception in the fourth quarter in USC’s romp over Notre Dame. (UPDATE: Well, you know who I meant. Maybe Matt would be happy to get an extra year of college.)
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name former Arkansas First Lady Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State today.
A tight state fiscal outlook means money from the General Improvement Fund the legislature often includes for senior citizen centers, local fire departments, Boys and Girls clubs, and such may be severely limited in the upcoming session.
One of State Senator Danny Altes more interesting prefiled bills (SB 25) would make it easier to build a race track. The bill would lower from 75 percent to 38 percent the number of registered voters within three miles of a proposed track needed to approve its construction.
A preliminary report on a fatal plane crash near Nashville, Tenn., showed that the Arkansas pilot reported an instrument problem before the accident.
Dexter Watkins, a senior at Searcy High School, scored a perfect 36 on his ACT.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. appears to be gearing up to sell $1-$2 billion in new stock, according an SEC filing reported by Roby Brock of TalkBusiness.net.
Hot Springs Village has tentatively set a two-week controlled bow hunt of deer next September.
Five months after 25-year-old Cristie Ann Johnson fell from a moving vehicle and was killed, felony manslaughter charges have been filed against the vehicle’s driver, Steven T. Sanson of Conway.
A Huntsville man is in jail after reportedly shooting his wife to death on Thanksgiving for nagging him all day, a prosecutor says. Kenneth Hissom, 43, was arrested for the shooting Thursday night almost two hours after officers arrived at his home in Madison County.
A Miller County jail inmate incarcerated on suspicion of stealing $10,000 worth of cigarettes by crawling through a ventilation system has escaped from the troubled facility for the third time. Demarcus Lamar Cooks escaped as jailers let him take a shower.
Little Rock City Hall claims it can not say how many proposals have been submitted. Today at 4 is the deadline for ideas on what to do with Ray Winder Field, a pirme site for expanding the zoo.
North Little Rock’s city budget will have a 4% increase in spending and no layoffs, if approved by the city council.
22 people are displaced from their apartments after a weekend fire at Normandy Place Apartments on Indiana.
The Harmony Clinic on Roosevelt Road will open this week to provide free medical and dental services to the poor and under insured. Doctors will see patients Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.
North Little Rock police arrested a man over a shooting that left another man dead. Police say Thomas Jefferson was arrested Friday afternoon. Jefferson faces capital murder charges and five counts of attempted capital murder.
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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