Monday, July 10, 2006
Too early Monday morning
Lieutenant Governor Win Paul Rockefeller is back in Arkansas after a second bone marrow transplant reportedly failed to achieve the desired result. He will continue further treatments at UAMS.
The federal government says Arkansas’ Benchmark and End-of-Course exams appear to be too easy. The notice directs Arkansas’ education leaders to produce “evidence that the assessments measure higher-order thinking skills and student understanding of challenging content.”
The U.S. Department of Justice has put Sebastian County on notice that conditions at the county jail violate the constitutional rights of inmates confined there. A 23-page report on the findings of a 2005 investigation said the jail fails “to provide for inmates’ serious medical needs, serious mental health needs, right to protection from physical harm and right to be confined in sanitary and safe environmental conditions.”
Firefighters dousing a burning car dumped just inside the gate of Little Rock’s Oakland Cemetery discovered a charred body in the trunk early Saturday morning. Investigators had yet to identify the victim of the capital city’s 35th homicide this year. They had no suspects or motive in the killing.
Pagagould police continue to investigate the Sunday shooting spree that left two dead and one wounded. A suspect is in custody.
Rebecca Montgonery, of Johnson County, suspected of fatally drugging her 2-year-old daughter is scheduled to be arraigned this week on a felony charge of manslaughter. Prosecutors believe the woman administered several different drugs to make the child quit crying and go to sleep.
Dennis Bailey, who was fined $1.3 million by a state agency last week and ordered to shut down his 14 stores, is still in business, and apparently illegally collecting on loans.
The oldest active case in Benton County Circuit Court is over after laying dormant nearly 15 years. The city of Bentonville must pay $242,000 to a man who owned property at the corner of Arkansas 102 and S.W. "A" Street but couldn't get the city to restore electric service after a 1987 fire, a jury decided Friday.
An accreditation team arrives in town Monday to inspect the Little Rock Zoo, part of a standard review that assesses the zoo’s physical and financial health.
The federal government says Arkansas’ Benchmark and End-of-Course exams appear to be too easy. The notice directs Arkansas’ education leaders to produce “evidence that the assessments measure higher-order thinking skills and student understanding of challenging content.”
The U.S. Department of Justice has put Sebastian County on notice that conditions at the county jail violate the constitutional rights of inmates confined there. A 23-page report on the findings of a 2005 investigation said the jail fails “to provide for inmates’ serious medical needs, serious mental health needs, right to protection from physical harm and right to be confined in sanitary and safe environmental conditions.”
Firefighters dousing a burning car dumped just inside the gate of Little Rock’s Oakland Cemetery discovered a charred body in the trunk early Saturday morning. Investigators had yet to identify the victim of the capital city’s 35th homicide this year. They had no suspects or motive in the killing.
Pagagould police continue to investigate the Sunday shooting spree that left two dead and one wounded. A suspect is in custody.
Rebecca Montgonery, of Johnson County, suspected of fatally drugging her 2-year-old daughter is scheduled to be arraigned this week on a felony charge of manslaughter. Prosecutors believe the woman administered several different drugs to make the child quit crying and go to sleep.
Dennis Bailey, who was fined $1.3 million by a state agency last week and ordered to shut down his 14 stores, is still in business, and apparently illegally collecting on loans.
The oldest active case in Benton County Circuit Court is over after laying dormant nearly 15 years. The city of Bentonville must pay $242,000 to a man who owned property at the corner of Arkansas 102 and S.W. "A" Street but couldn't get the city to restore electric service after a 1987 fire, a jury decided Friday.
An accreditation team arrives in town Monday to inspect the Little Rock Zoo, part of a standard review that assesses the zoo’s physical and financial health.
