Friday, April 28, 2006
Freakin' Friday
A not guilty-plea was entered Wednesday for a Fort Smith woman suspected of beating a Van Buren nursing home patient. According to a police report, on March 17, 2003, two employees of Beverly Heathcare of Van Buren reported that they had seen Angela Phone Chaleunsack strike a 58-year-old patient several times. The man is developmentally disabled.
Two investigations are ongoing into the death of a developmentally disabled man who lived at the Alexander Human Development Center in Saline County. The death Monday of Leroy Johnson is being investigated by the State Police and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ronnie Brewer put his name in the NBA draft but left the door cracked for a possible return to Arkansas by not hiring an agent, and after coach Stan Heath said, "Ronnie will always bleed Razorback red,"
A Springdale rally next week in support of immigration reform could attract from 10,000 or 13,000 participants. Nationally, Tyson Foods will close nine of its plants, in part because many workers will be at the rally, company officials have said.
Arkansas health officials have confirmed one case of mumps in White County and suspect another in Clark County, but emphasize that they are likely flukes.
Lieutenant governor candidate Mike Hathorn of Huntsville has filed 13 ethics complaints alleging 154 violations by candidate Bill Halter of North Little Rock. Halter calls it a “publicity stunt.”
Arkansas Times has been removed from the governor’s office list of news organizations to receive releases, schedules, and other information available to the media. In today’s Paper Trails in the Democrat-Gazette, Editor Max Brantley called it “punishment” for editorial positions he has taken.
Business owners who allow smoking in their establishments could be fined up to $1,000 along with any customers or workers caught smoking under draft regulations approved Thursday by the state Board of Health.
A group of bar owners sued the city of Fayetteville Thursday saying the local smoking ordinance is unconstitutional. The group is asking a judge to issue an injunction to stop the city from enforcing the two-year-old smoking ban until their complaints can be heard.
A Bentonville man convicted of killing his sister with a car while driving drunk in 1992, and who has two drunken-driving convictions since 2002, has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Charles E. Perry, was taken into custody when he failed a sobriety test after being stopped because his vehicle did not have working tail lights. Perry spent time in prison after being convicted of negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatality accident and driving while intoxicated in connection with the July 1992 death of his sister.
A Lavaca man who allegedly twisted his 2-year-old son’s arm until it broke pleaded not guilty Wednesday to second-degree battery. Ellis Floyd Dulinsky was arraigned in Sebastian County Circuit Court. According to the Southwest Times Record, Dulinsky told police he found his son, Wayne, playing with a vacuum cleaner and pulled the boy’s arm away, then twisted it behind the boy’s back. Dulinsky did not tell the boy’s mother about the incident and did not take him to a doctor until three days later, at which time a spiral fracture was discovered.
A Fort Smith man who was caught carrying two pounds of cocaine was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison. Warner Mays III pleaded guilty in Sebastian County Circuit Court to possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A big-screen television was the motivation behind Little Rock’s 25th homicide of the year, according to police documents supporting the arrest of a 27-year-old Little Rock man Wednesday night on a first-degree murder warrant.
Personnel at the Pine Bluff Convention Center are again accepting bids to replace the arena roof, after they were informed that the company first chosen for the job did not have a license.
Former Saline County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Harmon is free from federal prison and building what is described as a “storm water management” business. Harmon will be on probation for the next three years. Harmon had been convicted of racketeering, extortion and numerous drug charges.
Russellville's Animal Control department picked up 65 pit bull terriers last year, Director Mike Vernon told the city council during its regular meeting last week. The department has already picked up 25 this year, and Vernon suggested an amendment to the city's vicious animals ordinance to keep any more pit bulls from being brought into the city limits.
Fort Smith Southside High School’s Science Bowl team is competing at the National Science Bowl in Washington that runs today through Monday. Southside will join 64 teams representing high schools in 42 states.
Temple Beth El in Helena-West Helena, the oldest synagogue in Arkansas, will hold its last worship service tonight before a private deconsecration service Saturday that symbolizes their disbanding and turning over the house of worship for secular use.
Two investigations are ongoing into the death of a developmentally disabled man who lived at the Alexander Human Development Center in Saline County. The death Monday of Leroy Johnson is being investigated by the State Police and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ronnie Brewer put his name in the NBA draft but left the door cracked for a possible return to Arkansas by not hiring an agent, and after coach Stan Heath said, "Ronnie will always bleed Razorback red,"
A Springdale rally next week in support of immigration reform could attract from 10,000 or 13,000 participants. Nationally, Tyson Foods will close nine of its plants, in part because many workers will be at the rally, company officials have said.
Arkansas health officials have confirmed one case of mumps in White County and suspect another in Clark County, but emphasize that they are likely flukes.
Lieutenant governor candidate Mike Hathorn of Huntsville has filed 13 ethics complaints alleging 154 violations by candidate Bill Halter of North Little Rock. Halter calls it a “publicity stunt.”
Arkansas Times has been removed from the governor’s office list of news organizations to receive releases, schedules, and other information available to the media. In today’s Paper Trails in the Democrat-Gazette, Editor Max Brantley called it “punishment” for editorial positions he has taken.
Business owners who allow smoking in their establishments could be fined up to $1,000 along with any customers or workers caught smoking under draft regulations approved Thursday by the state Board of Health.
A group of bar owners sued the city of Fayetteville Thursday saying the local smoking ordinance is unconstitutional. The group is asking a judge to issue an injunction to stop the city from enforcing the two-year-old smoking ban until their complaints can be heard.
A Bentonville man convicted of killing his sister with a car while driving drunk in 1992, and who has two drunken-driving convictions since 2002, has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Charles E. Perry, was taken into custody when he failed a sobriety test after being stopped because his vehicle did not have working tail lights. Perry spent time in prison after being convicted of negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatality accident and driving while intoxicated in connection with the July 1992 death of his sister.
A Lavaca man who allegedly twisted his 2-year-old son’s arm until it broke pleaded not guilty Wednesday to second-degree battery. Ellis Floyd Dulinsky was arraigned in Sebastian County Circuit Court. According to the Southwest Times Record, Dulinsky told police he found his son, Wayne, playing with a vacuum cleaner and pulled the boy’s arm away, then twisted it behind the boy’s back. Dulinsky did not tell the boy’s mother about the incident and did not take him to a doctor until three days later, at which time a spiral fracture was discovered.
A Fort Smith man who was caught carrying two pounds of cocaine was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison. Warner Mays III pleaded guilty in Sebastian County Circuit Court to possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A big-screen television was the motivation behind Little Rock’s 25th homicide of the year, according to police documents supporting the arrest of a 27-year-old Little Rock man Wednesday night on a first-degree murder warrant.
Personnel at the Pine Bluff Convention Center are again accepting bids to replace the arena roof, after they were informed that the company first chosen for the job did not have a license.
Former Saline County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Harmon is free from federal prison and building what is described as a “storm water management” business. Harmon will be on probation for the next three years. Harmon had been convicted of racketeering, extortion and numerous drug charges.
Russellville's Animal Control department picked up 65 pit bull terriers last year, Director Mike Vernon told the city council during its regular meeting last week. The department has already picked up 25 this year, and Vernon suggested an amendment to the city's vicious animals ordinance to keep any more pit bulls from being brought into the city limits.
Fort Smith Southside High School’s Science Bowl team is competing at the National Science Bowl in Washington that runs today through Monday. Southside will join 64 teams representing high schools in 42 states.
Temple Beth El in Helena-West Helena, the oldest synagogue in Arkansas, will hold its last worship service tonight before a private deconsecration service Saturday that symbolizes their disbanding and turning over the house of worship for secular use.
