NLR evildoers, beware!

Scott Miller is on the job! His newest blog looks very sharp and, as is typical for him, bulging with North Little Rock News. That is why they call it NLR Daily News.

Lots going on with Mayor Hays and new school revenue sucking TIFS. I have added a link in the sidebar.

Filed under: Arkansas, Little Rock

Early headlines for a stormy Tuesday

What the weather service calls strong to severe storms are possible in south and central Arkansas today. This blog has a complete listing of weather and travel links in the right hand column.

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.

My passenger train blog is very popular. You will be surprised at the happenings on Trains for America.

http://trains4america.wordpress.com/

District Judge Lee Munson will not loosen his protective orders pertaining to Curtis Lavelle Vance, suspect in the murder of Anne Pressly. Parties in the case remain gagged and he refused to lift his order that prevented release of County Jail records about Vance. These are typically open to inspection.

Arkansas’ ACLU is looking for families who believe they will be harmed by Initiated Act 1, which forbids unmarried couples being adoptive or foster parents.

Chesapeake Energy will not be cutting back drilling in the Fayetteville Shale despite nationwide cuts.

Dissident Dillard’s investors are renewing demands for documentation on directors and executives compensation, perks, and business dealings with the company.

Equity Media, the Little Rock based owner of 121 television stations, has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

The Pine Bluff Arsenal is now in its final chemical-weapons disposal campaign with the destruction of its first mustard ton container and expects to destroy its remaining stockpile by 2012.

The Dollarway School District appears to be on course to being removed from the list of school districts failing to meet adequate yearly progress, the state Board of Education heard Monday. The board also agreed to give the Hughes school District more time to solve academic problems.

Voters in Independence and Jefferson Counties decide on economic development measures today in special elections.

The Greenland City Council approved a special election asking voters to direct income from a one-cent sales tax to the city’s fiscally distressed school district.

Delays in getting a new pump mean that Conway Corp. customers will not have fluoridated water until sometime in January. It’s been about a year, so far.

Three men face attempted murder charges in the shooting of a Henderson State football player at the Arkadelphia Country Club, the Clark County sheriff said.

State Police and Truman authorities are investigating the strange death of a local firefighter. After Todd Short got into a fight with his wife, she left with a family friend and Short went looking for them. Unfortunately, Short forced his way into the wrong house in a case of mistaken identity which apparently resulted in him being fatally wounded.

Fort Smith attorney Oscar Stilley repeatedly refused to answer questions at the start of his disbarment trial Monday, claiming he is the focus of a federal criminal investigation in Oklahoma.

Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino signed a contract in early September that would make it difficult for him to leave the Razorbacks for another job, particularly one in the Southeastern Conference’s West Division. Petrino’s contract includes a non-compete clause that ends Dec. 31, 2012, stating that he “shall not seek or accept employment in any coaching capacity” with another SEC West school. The university could sue if he breaks the clause.

A Little Rock District Court judge will review and revise a gag order he made involving the suspect in the slaying of a television anchorwoman. Judge Lee Munson says he will change an order sealing jail records for Curtis Lavelle Vance, 28, accused in the death of KATV anchorwoman Anne Pressly.

The Little Rock Board of Directors will have a special meeting this afternoon to authorize the purchase of property on 12th Street as a police substaiton.

The State Board of Education is giving Dreamland Academy, a Charter School in southwest Little Rock, another month to get its books in order. The school is reportedly a quarter-million dollars behind in payroll tax withholding and teacher pension payments.

Fox 16 is reporting that all Little Rock Garden Ridge employees were fired without notice and are being replaced with workers from out of state.

Brent D. Geels, former senior vice president of Twin City Bank of North Little Rock, admitted = that he misappropriated more than $2.1 million between October 2000 and the discovery of the crime in June of this year.

Robert Wanless was beaten before he died, but medical examiners have not ruled it a homicide. Little Rock police are investigating the death of the homeless man.

Filed under: Arkansas