Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Arkansas' Wednesday Morning
The Memphis Commercial Appeal has this one. Beale Street developer and landlord Performa Entertainment Real Estate Inc. has reached an agreement with New York-based King Biscuit Entertainment Group Inc. to host a fall music festival -- tentatively titled the King Biscuit Music Festival. The agreement comes less than three months after the famous King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Ark., was forced to drop the King Biscuit moniker.
The Stephens Center is open on the campus of UALR and beer is being sold!
A circuit judge upheld Arkansas' payday lending law Tuesday. Opponents who challenged the six-year-old statute said they would appeal Pulaski County Circuit Judge Barry Sims' ruling that the Check Cashers Act of 1999 is constitutional.
The Bentonville City Council approved creating a tax increment financing district in the city's downtown area, covering 2.8 square miles. TIF’s are a form of corporate welfare that divert tax money for schools and libraries to subsidize real estate developers.
Frank Broyles is getting married again. The athletic director of the University of Arkansas confirmed that he and Guendaline “Gen” Whitehead of Little Rock will be getting hitched soon.
The Widener City Council will cease all payments "to or on behalf of" the city's police department without council approval, and the council may even stop meeting until someone can be found willing to take the job of city attorney. There was also an ongoing complaint about whether tickets written by Police Chief David Hydrick on U.S. Highway 70 were valid, and whether he had authority to write tickets on the highway.
An Arkansas government employees union has voted to oppose bond issues benefiting interstate highway repairs and higher education on the Dec. 13 ballot
On Thanksgiving Day, Forrest City basketball fans can start rumblin' when the ninth annual Forrest City Grocery Rumble on the Ridge basketball tournament opens at Mustang Arena.
Saturday's NCAA Division II football playoff game at Estes Stadium has UCA playing North Alabama. A sellout is expected. Kickoff is at 1 and these rivals played to double-overtime in October.
The Stephens Center is open on the campus of UALR and beer is being sold!
A circuit judge upheld Arkansas' payday lending law Tuesday. Opponents who challenged the six-year-old statute said they would appeal Pulaski County Circuit Judge Barry Sims' ruling that the Check Cashers Act of 1999 is constitutional.
The Bentonville City Council approved creating a tax increment financing district in the city's downtown area, covering 2.8 square miles. TIF’s are a form of corporate welfare that divert tax money for schools and libraries to subsidize real estate developers.
Frank Broyles is getting married again. The athletic director of the University of Arkansas confirmed that he and Guendaline “Gen” Whitehead of Little Rock will be getting hitched soon.
The Widener City Council will cease all payments "to or on behalf of" the city's police department without council approval, and the council may even stop meeting until someone can be found willing to take the job of city attorney. There was also an ongoing complaint about whether tickets written by Police Chief David Hydrick on U.S. Highway 70 were valid, and whether he had authority to write tickets on the highway.
An Arkansas government employees union has voted to oppose bond issues benefiting interstate highway repairs and higher education on the Dec. 13 ballot
On Thanksgiving Day, Forrest City basketball fans can start rumblin' when the ninth annual Forrest City Grocery Rumble on the Ridge basketball tournament opens at Mustang Arena.
Saturday's NCAA Division II football playoff game at Estes Stadium has UCA playing North Alabama. A sellout is expected. Kickoff is at 1 and these rivals played to double-overtime in October.
