Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Wednesday, Wazup?
Jake Bleed of the Democrat-Gazette reported late last night that State Rep. Dustin McDaniel of Jonesboro and North Little Rock City Attorney Paul Suskie repeatedly swapped leads in the runoff election for the Democratic nomination for attorney general, a race too close to call as the tally neared completion. Elsewhere on the statewide ballot, it’s Halter and Shoffner.
Governor Mike Huckabee will depart Sunday on a 13 day trip to Japan, Korea and Taiwan. High on his intenary will be a meeting with Toyota executives, who are poised to announce a new American plant sometime this summer.
Ronnie Floyd, Pastor of First Baptist in Springdale, and Jerry Sutton of Nashville, Tennessee only managed to rack up around 24% each in the first round of voting for President of the Southern Baptist Convention. By a slim majority vote, Messengers elected Frank Page of Taylors, South Carolina to lead Southern Baptists.
Two University of Arkansas professors who worked with a Fayetteville man accused of trying to join a terrorist group had different recollections of his demeanor as trial continued in federal court. Arwah Jaber is charged with knowingly attempting to provide material support to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group the U.S. government considers a terrorist organization.
Boone County authorities are investigating multiple shootings in Lead Hill which appear to be a double murder and a suicide.
Heather E. Carter, of Alexander, a third-year science teacher at Malvern High, is accused of second-degree sexual assault involving a 17-year-old female student. The Class B felony count is punishable by five to 20 years in prison. Police said they learned of possible inappropriate contact between Carter and the girl after the husband of another school employee found a letter in Carter’s car May 19 and turned it in to the principal.
Pine Bluff City Clerk Loretta Whitfield will not answer a Pine Bluff Commercial reporter’s questions about the process of verifying signatures on petitions seeking a referendum that challenges a city ordinance giving the mayor authority to hire and fire police and fire chiefs.
A concerned parent questioned the Mayflower School District's bullying policy Monday night. Melanie Newby said her 11-year-old son Tanner has been bullied at school. While Newby blames the principal, school officials deny all allegations.
Villonia and Mayflower school districts have agreed to a land swap. The Villonia school board also accepted a bid of $134,000 from the Bleacher Company for a section of seating at the football stadium.
Local school officials in Hughes will ask voters for a millage increase, an idea that has been defeated twice in the past five years. Hugh enrollment has simultaneously declined from over one-thousand students to just under six hundred. Hughs was one of four districts officially designated as fiscally distressed by the State Department of Education earlier this week.
The Democrat-Gazette reports that Arkansas farmers are wrapping up their first row-crop harvest of the year, and the news could hardly be better. Soft red winter wheat is up in terms of acres harvested, yield and price.
Buildings going up in flood prone areas will have to raise the level of their bottom floors under an ordinance passed by the Cabot City Council this week. The ordinance revises the city’s flood-plain regulations and adopts a revised flood insurance map.
Black Enterprises magazine released its second list of the best companies for diversity, and Wal-Mart is included. Wal-Mart was mentioned on two sections of the list: the 40 best companies for diversity and the 10 best companies in marketing diversity.
Governor Mike Huckabee will depart Sunday on a 13 day trip to Japan, Korea and Taiwan. High on his intenary will be a meeting with Toyota executives, who are poised to announce a new American plant sometime this summer.
Ronnie Floyd, Pastor of First Baptist in Springdale, and Jerry Sutton of Nashville, Tennessee only managed to rack up around 24% each in the first round of voting for President of the Southern Baptist Convention. By a slim majority vote, Messengers elected Frank Page of Taylors, South Carolina to lead Southern Baptists.
Two University of Arkansas professors who worked with a Fayetteville man accused of trying to join a terrorist group had different recollections of his demeanor as trial continued in federal court. Arwah Jaber is charged with knowingly attempting to provide material support to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group the U.S. government considers a terrorist organization.
Boone County authorities are investigating multiple shootings in Lead Hill which appear to be a double murder and a suicide.
Heather E. Carter, of Alexander, a third-year science teacher at Malvern High, is accused of second-degree sexual assault involving a 17-year-old female student. The Class B felony count is punishable by five to 20 years in prison. Police said they learned of possible inappropriate contact between Carter and the girl after the husband of another school employee found a letter in Carter’s car May 19 and turned it in to the principal.
Pine Bluff City Clerk Loretta Whitfield will not answer a Pine Bluff Commercial reporter’s questions about the process of verifying signatures on petitions seeking a referendum that challenges a city ordinance giving the mayor authority to hire and fire police and fire chiefs.
A concerned parent questioned the Mayflower School District's bullying policy Monday night. Melanie Newby said her 11-year-old son Tanner has been bullied at school. While Newby blames the principal, school officials deny all allegations.
Villonia and Mayflower school districts have agreed to a land swap. The Villonia school board also accepted a bid of $134,000 from the Bleacher Company for a section of seating at the football stadium.
Local school officials in Hughes will ask voters for a millage increase, an idea that has been defeated twice in the past five years. Hugh enrollment has simultaneously declined from over one-thousand students to just under six hundred. Hughs was one of four districts officially designated as fiscally distressed by the State Department of Education earlier this week.
The Democrat-Gazette reports that Arkansas farmers are wrapping up their first row-crop harvest of the year, and the news could hardly be better. Soft red winter wheat is up in terms of acres harvested, yield and price.
Buildings going up in flood prone areas will have to raise the level of their bottom floors under an ordinance passed by the Cabot City Council this week. The ordinance revises the city’s flood-plain regulations and adopts a revised flood insurance map.
Black Enterprises magazine released its second list of the best companies for diversity, and Wal-Mart is included. Wal-Mart was mentioned on two sections of the list: the 40 best companies for diversity and the 10 best companies in marketing diversity.
