Monday, January 30, 2006
Monday Already
A De Queen mother suffocated her three young children before trying to kill herself Saturday morning, she told police. Paula Eleazar Mendez is being treated for ingesting what police believe was insecticide.
Burn bans in both Washington and Benton County were lifted over the weekend after the rain came.
The board of governors of the St. Francis County Hospital System and quorum court have approved a pair of measures authorizing the execution of a lease between the county and Community Health Systems. The transaction must be completed by February 28, when Baptist Memorial Health System will terminate operation of the Forrest City hospital.
A Johnson County jury on Friday night convicted Lloyd Lee Holt of negligent homicide and second-degree false imprisonment in the November 2003 death of his 10-year-old daughter. The jury recommended a sentence of a year in jail and fines.
More than 200 people gathered at the state Capitol on Sunday in support of a Searcy County couple that has been pressing the state to re-investigate the Sept. 9, 1989, death of their teenage daughter, Janie Ward. Her father, Ron, has given several exclusive interviews to Pat Lynch and can be heard in the WAI Radio.com archives. Mike Masterson has written over 90 columns in the Democrat-Gazette on this matter.
The Democrat-Gazette reports that Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey is seeking North Little Rock’s cooperation to help sell his plan to ban tobacco smoking in bars, restaurants and most workplaces. Most North Little Rock aldermen, however, said last week that they wouldn’t favor telling restaurant owners what to do.
No one was injured when a set of tires from an 18-wheeler eastbound on Interstate 40 flew into Conway’s Outback Steak House Friday night.
Roby Brock, in his business report in the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas has kudos for a pair of Arkansas companies. Arkansas Best Corp., the Fort Smith-based trucking operator, increased its profits by nearly 24 percent over the last quarter of 2004 and 38.5 percent for all of 2005. Acxiom Corp. announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended Dec. 31. The embattled database giant set new quarterly records for revenue, earnings, and cash flow.
The Jonesboro Sun has a story about the newest way to violate our privacy rights. In the future, drug detection may be as easy as taking a swipe of someone's sweat, according to an associate professor at Arkansas State University. Robyn Hannigan and her company, Hyphenated Solutions Inc., have begun pursuing Federal Drug Administration tests to approve just such a technique.
Dyess townfolks are making plans to celebrate the life of Johnny Cash, who was born there.
St. Francis and Lee counties will be known by another name, at least for tourism purposes, after a new brand name for the area is introduced. The area will be promoted as "The Gladlands Region of Eastern Arkansas." The logo will include the slogan, "Down home fun in the Delta sun."
Burn bans in both Washington and Benton County were lifted over the weekend after the rain came.
The board of governors of the St. Francis County Hospital System and quorum court have approved a pair of measures authorizing the execution of a lease between the county and Community Health Systems. The transaction must be completed by February 28, when Baptist Memorial Health System will terminate operation of the Forrest City hospital.
A Johnson County jury on Friday night convicted Lloyd Lee Holt of negligent homicide and second-degree false imprisonment in the November 2003 death of his 10-year-old daughter. The jury recommended a sentence of a year in jail and fines.
More than 200 people gathered at the state Capitol on Sunday in support of a Searcy County couple that has been pressing the state to re-investigate the Sept. 9, 1989, death of their teenage daughter, Janie Ward. Her father, Ron, has given several exclusive interviews to Pat Lynch and can be heard in the WAI Radio.com archives. Mike Masterson has written over 90 columns in the Democrat-Gazette on this matter.
The Democrat-Gazette reports that Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey is seeking North Little Rock’s cooperation to help sell his plan to ban tobacco smoking in bars, restaurants and most workplaces. Most North Little Rock aldermen, however, said last week that they wouldn’t favor telling restaurant owners what to do.
No one was injured when a set of tires from an 18-wheeler eastbound on Interstate 40 flew into Conway’s Outback Steak House Friday night.
Roby Brock, in his business report in the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas has kudos for a pair of Arkansas companies. Arkansas Best Corp., the Fort Smith-based trucking operator, increased its profits by nearly 24 percent over the last quarter of 2004 and 38.5 percent for all of 2005. Acxiom Corp. announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended Dec. 31. The embattled database giant set new quarterly records for revenue, earnings, and cash flow.
The Jonesboro Sun has a story about the newest way to violate our privacy rights. In the future, drug detection may be as easy as taking a swipe of someone's sweat, according to an associate professor at Arkansas State University. Robyn Hannigan and her company, Hyphenated Solutions Inc., have begun pursuing Federal Drug Administration tests to approve just such a technique.
Dyess townfolks are making plans to celebrate the life of Johnny Cash, who was born there.
St. Francis and Lee counties will be known by another name, at least for tourism purposes, after a new brand name for the area is introduced. The area will be promoted as "The Gladlands Region of Eastern Arkansas." The logo will include the slogan, "Down home fun in the Delta sun."
