Thursday, April 13, 2006
Holy Thursday Items
Skip Rutherford will take over as the new Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Rutherford is a former Little Rock school board member, presidential advisor, founder of Political Animals, and Chair of the Clinton Library Foundation.
A new poll shows North Little Rock Democrat Bill Halter and Springdale Republican Jim Holt leading in their respective party’s primaries for lieutenant governor.
Rod Bryan of Little Rock needs every signature he can get by the end of the month in his quest to qualify for the November election ballot as an independent candidate for governor. So when he saw Gov. Mike Huckabee walk by Wednesday, Bryan thought he'd ask. Huckabee did.
The director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving criticized Gov. Mike Huckabee after a four-time DWI offender to whom the governor granted executive clemency two years ago recently pleaded guilty to driving drunk. Eugene Fields, 67, of Fort Smith was arrested April 4 in Barling and charged with DWI and refusing to take a blood alcohol breath test. He pleaded guilty Friday to DWI in Barling District Court. He was fined $300 and ordered to pay $300 in court costs, and the other charge was dismissed.
More than 30 hours into the investigation of the death of Memphis millionaire Logan Young Jr., police were backpedaling in their explanation of how he died. In the hours after Young's body was found Tuesday, police deemed it a homicide investigation. But Wednesday, they changed that description to a "death investigation," a term they use when they haven't determined if it's a homicide or an accident.
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas reports that grand jurors spent 45 minutes behind closed doors with Benton County Circuit Judge David Clinger on Wednesday, then adjourned two hours earlier than usual. The jury sent prosecutors out of the room several times Wednesday. According to state law, no one is allowed in the jury's presence when they are "deliberating or voting." However, a grand jury can switch back and forth between investigation and deliberation at will.
Former State Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate, Jimmie Lou Fisher, who is now the Chair of Dustin McDaniel’s campaign for Attorney General, is in St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock after apparently suffering a stroke Wednesday morning.
Some fires in east Arkansas have led St. Francis County Judge Carl Cisco is considering putting a burn ban in place in the next few days.
Developing the $211 million Bella Vista Bypass in Northwest Arkansas as a toll road, the first in the state in more than 30 years, won approval from the Arkansas Highway Commission on Wednesday.
Enforcement of a new statewide indoor smoking ban will begin July 1, and the Department of Health and Human Services is working on the rules. Legislation provides for fines from $100 to $500 for violations.
The library board refused to ban two movies from the Springdale Public Library after residents complained of child pornography and homosexuality. According to Stephens Media Group, Michelle Jordan objected to the movie "Songcatcher," directed by Maggie Greenwald. The PG-13 movie about mountain folk music weaves in a lesbian love affair. Robert Bennett asked the board to take out "The Emerald Forest," a movie about a father's search for his son who was kidnapped in the Amazonian jungle. The film includes a scene with nude tribal children. The board has yet to act on the HOB series “Six Feet Under.”
For the first time since taking over the reins of Wal-Mart, President and CEO Lee Scott is taking an entire month's paid vacation. Scott will travel with family and friends during May, while keeping in touch by Blackberry. He will be back in Bentonville for the June 3 shareholders meeting.
Those wanting to hear what Colin Powell has to say tonight at Arkansas State University will have to be on campus because the retired general has barred anyone from recording his speech.
This weekend concludes the Oaklawn racing season with the Arkansas Derby Saturday.
Tiger Woods, the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, will participate in the first Jackson T. Stephens Charitable Golf Tournament to be played May 29-30 at The Alotian Club of Little Rock. Warren Stephens, founder and president of the club, announced the five-year series of tournaments named in honor of his father.
Home delivery and street sales of The Dallas Morning News in Arkansas have been discontinued because of rising distribution costs, according to Carey Hendrickson, vice president of investor relations and corporate communications for Belo Corp., the newspaper’s parent company.
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A new poll shows North Little Rock Democrat Bill Halter and Springdale Republican Jim Holt leading in their respective party’s primaries for lieutenant governor.
Rod Bryan of Little Rock needs every signature he can get by the end of the month in his quest to qualify for the November election ballot as an independent candidate for governor. So when he saw Gov. Mike Huckabee walk by Wednesday, Bryan thought he'd ask. Huckabee did.
The director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving criticized Gov. Mike Huckabee after a four-time DWI offender to whom the governor granted executive clemency two years ago recently pleaded guilty to driving drunk. Eugene Fields, 67, of Fort Smith was arrested April 4 in Barling and charged with DWI and refusing to take a blood alcohol breath test. He pleaded guilty Friday to DWI in Barling District Court. He was fined $300 and ordered to pay $300 in court costs, and the other charge was dismissed.
More than 30 hours into the investigation of the death of Memphis millionaire Logan Young Jr., police were backpedaling in their explanation of how he died. In the hours after Young's body was found Tuesday, police deemed it a homicide investigation. But Wednesday, they changed that description to a "death investigation," a term they use when they haven't determined if it's a homicide or an accident.
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas reports that grand jurors spent 45 minutes behind closed doors with Benton County Circuit Judge David Clinger on Wednesday, then adjourned two hours earlier than usual. The jury sent prosecutors out of the room several times Wednesday. According to state law, no one is allowed in the jury's presence when they are "deliberating or voting." However, a grand jury can switch back and forth between investigation and deliberation at will.
Former State Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate, Jimmie Lou Fisher, who is now the Chair of Dustin McDaniel’s campaign for Attorney General, is in St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock after apparently suffering a stroke Wednesday morning.
Some fires in east Arkansas have led St. Francis County Judge Carl Cisco is considering putting a burn ban in place in the next few days.
Developing the $211 million Bella Vista Bypass in Northwest Arkansas as a toll road, the first in the state in more than 30 years, won approval from the Arkansas Highway Commission on Wednesday.
Enforcement of a new statewide indoor smoking ban will begin July 1, and the Department of Health and Human Services is working on the rules. Legislation provides for fines from $100 to $500 for violations.
The library board refused to ban two movies from the Springdale Public Library after residents complained of child pornography and homosexuality. According to Stephens Media Group, Michelle Jordan objected to the movie "Songcatcher," directed by Maggie Greenwald. The PG-13 movie about mountain folk music weaves in a lesbian love affair. Robert Bennett asked the board to take out "The Emerald Forest," a movie about a father's search for his son who was kidnapped in the Amazonian jungle. The film includes a scene with nude tribal children. The board has yet to act on the HOB series “Six Feet Under.”
For the first time since taking over the reins of Wal-Mart, President and CEO Lee Scott is taking an entire month's paid vacation. Scott will travel with family and friends during May, while keeping in touch by Blackberry. He will be back in Bentonville for the June 3 shareholders meeting.
Those wanting to hear what Colin Powell has to say tonight at Arkansas State University will have to be on campus because the retired general has barred anyone from recording his speech.
This weekend concludes the Oaklawn racing season with the Arkansas Derby Saturday.
Tiger Woods, the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, will participate in the first Jackson T. Stephens Charitable Golf Tournament to be played May 29-30 at The Alotian Club of Little Rock. Warren Stephens, founder and president of the club, announced the five-year series of tournaments named in honor of his father.
Home delivery and street sales of The Dallas Morning News in Arkansas have been discontinued because of rising distribution costs, according to Carey Hendrickson, vice president of investor relations and corporate communications for Belo Corp., the newspaper’s parent company.
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