Monday heads

Private William Long will be laid to rest today. Long was one of two soldiers shot outside a Little Rock recruiting station. His alleged assailant had admitted the shooting and entered a plea of “not guilty.”

Two convicted murderers who escaped the Cummins Unit prison in Grady to southwest New York are back in Arkansas.

The Arkansas Lottery Commission on Friday hired the executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery as the Arkansas lottery’s first executive director at a salary of $324,000 a year.

The University of Central Arkansas board of trustees wrapped up two days of interviewing finalists for the president’s position Saturday but did not choose anyone for the post.

The University of Arkansas board of trustees Friday approved relatively moderate increases in tuition and mandatory fees for the coming school year. UCA is the most expensive state school while the University of Arkansas at Monticello claims to be the cheapest.

Dassault Falcon let go 153 Little Rock workers Friday as the economic downturn took an additional toll on the state’s aerospace business.

Wal-Mart Stores’s Vice Chairman Eduardo Castro-Wright promised shareholders at its annual meeting that it will press for more diversity in its workforce and create more career opportunities for advancement.

A longtime Washington County road worker was killed after he was struck by a car while directing traffic southeast of Fayetteville.

Two armed assailants robed a neighborhood ice cream wagon and shot the woman driving the concession.

The City of Helena-West Helena is considering reopening the animal control office after postal employees are harassed by packs of roaming dogs.

Memphis transit officials and the local congressman are seeking to have the proposed southeast high speed rail corridor originating in Fort Worth, extended from Little Rock to Memphis.

A concerted effort by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in May resulted in the arrest of 28 people, both male and female, who together owned nearly $257,000 in unpaid child support.

A Palestine-Wheatley High School student who sued the school district last month so that he could participate in the school’s graduation ceremony, despite a failing English grade, will not receive his diploma, a circuit court judge has ruled.

A Sebastian County circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accuses Fort Smith police of negligence after a woman was fatally stabbed in a busy intersection.

A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury has awarded a $21 million verdict to a doctor in a 15 year-old complaint against Allstate Insurance Co. Dr. Jon Dodson and Forest Park Medical Clinic sued Allstate Insurance Co. over several allegations, including defamation and conspiring not to pay medical claims.

With a shrunken budget, stagnant advance ticket sales and declining contributions, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra is planning a frugal approach to the season ahead.

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