Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Tuesday scan
A federal court jury found 33-year-old former University of Arkansas student, Arwar Jabar, innocent of the most serious of six charges he faced: attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. It was the only charge he wasn’t convicted on. Jurors found Jaber guilty on the five other felony charges, including two counts of using another person’s Social Security number to obtain credit cards.
A 24-yearold woman who authorities say was driving drunk while trying to use her cell phone has been charged in the February traffic death of her daughter. Autumn Brooke Lewis faces a felony negligent homicide charge in the Feb. 27 death of her 3-year-old daughter, Anna Clair.
An attorney for Arnell Willis says the defeated candidate for Senate Seat 16 will challenge the results in court. A recount in St. Francis County confirmed a 100 vote discrepancy in totals announced on election night. Officials say the differences are because of a clerical error. Earle School Superintendent Jack Cumbly was declared the winner of the Democratic nomination for the seat.
Pine Bluff Alderman Janice Roberts has introduced an ordinance that would ban the use of city-owned vehicles outside the city limits unless the driver is on official business, meaning the police chief, fire chief and both fire marshals - among others - couldn’t drive their city vehicles home after work.
The former physical-plant director at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville says he was fired just hours after a letter to the editor he wrote criticizing student housing was published last month in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Luebker’s letter criticized the university, among othe things, for housing eight Asian students in two large rooms without locks. “The students are human beings and should not be housed in a construction zone,” he wrote.
Entergy Arkansas has asked state regulators to reconsider their suspension of a 9.9 percent rate increase request. Entergy proposes that the 9.9 percent increase originally set for April begin in July instead. It would let Entergy recover about 78 percent of its request by year’s end and save ratepayers about $18.6 million of an estimated $25 million in interest costs.
The owner of a private club which has operated for over 20 years in Russellville's city limits has filed a lawsuit against the city after it passed an ordinance last month to limit the hours of the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. According to the lawsuit, the court should declare the ordinance unconstitutional because its wording is arbitrary, capricious and vague. In addition, the lawsuit indicates the ordinance is a substantial taking of property rights and the plaintiff is entitled to a trial by jury to determine damages for lost property rights and earnings.
Brian Baskin reports in the Democrat-Gazette a proposal to end restrictions on air travel from Dallas’ Love Field would make it easier for travelers to fly from Little Rock to points west on a single Southwest Airlines ticket - assuming they don’t mind making a few stops along the way. After the change, a traveler can depart Little Rock any time of the day for Los Angeles through Love Field, instead of the two current scheduled departures.
That new roof going up on the 81 year old part of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Conway is made of copper. It will last a long time and has an appearancewhich is typical for buildings of that era.
A 24-yearold woman who authorities say was driving drunk while trying to use her cell phone has been charged in the February traffic death of her daughter. Autumn Brooke Lewis faces a felony negligent homicide charge in the Feb. 27 death of her 3-year-old daughter, Anna Clair.
An attorney for Arnell Willis says the defeated candidate for Senate Seat 16 will challenge the results in court. A recount in St. Francis County confirmed a 100 vote discrepancy in totals announced on election night. Officials say the differences are because of a clerical error. Earle School Superintendent Jack Cumbly was declared the winner of the Democratic nomination for the seat.
Pine Bluff Alderman Janice Roberts has introduced an ordinance that would ban the use of city-owned vehicles outside the city limits unless the driver is on official business, meaning the police chief, fire chief and both fire marshals - among others - couldn’t drive their city vehicles home after work.
The former physical-plant director at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville says he was fired just hours after a letter to the editor he wrote criticizing student housing was published last month in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Luebker’s letter criticized the university, among othe things, for housing eight Asian students in two large rooms without locks. “The students are human beings and should not be housed in a construction zone,” he wrote.
Entergy Arkansas has asked state regulators to reconsider their suspension of a 9.9 percent rate increase request. Entergy proposes that the 9.9 percent increase originally set for April begin in July instead. It would let Entergy recover about 78 percent of its request by year’s end and save ratepayers about $18.6 million of an estimated $25 million in interest costs.
The owner of a private club which has operated for over 20 years in Russellville's city limits has filed a lawsuit against the city after it passed an ordinance last month to limit the hours of the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. According to the lawsuit, the court should declare the ordinance unconstitutional because its wording is arbitrary, capricious and vague. In addition, the lawsuit indicates the ordinance is a substantial taking of property rights and the plaintiff is entitled to a trial by jury to determine damages for lost property rights and earnings.
Brian Baskin reports in the Democrat-Gazette a proposal to end restrictions on air travel from Dallas’ Love Field would make it easier for travelers to fly from Little Rock to points west on a single Southwest Airlines ticket - assuming they don’t mind making a few stops along the way. After the change, a traveler can depart Little Rock any time of the day for Los Angeles through Love Field, instead of the two current scheduled departures.
That new roof going up on the 81 year old part of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Conway is made of copper. It will last a long time and has an appearancewhich is typical for buildings of that era.
