Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Wednesday dawning
The body of Win Paul Rockefeller will lie in state today in the Rotunda of the state capitol. The Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas Senate will meet in joint session at 5 o’clock this evening in the House chamber for a memorial service honoring the late Lieutenant Governor Win Rockefeller.
The Democrat-Gazette reports that Ted Suhl, chief executive of the Lord’s Ranch in Warm Springs, answered legislator’s questions about discipline methods used at his facility, an airplane provided to Gov. Mike Huckabee for a trip to a Republican Party event in North Carolina, and why Suhl’s business has received about $8.5 million in state Medicaid funds in fiscal 2006 - an increase from 2000 when its contract with the state was about $140,000 for behavioral health services.
Both Arkansas senators voted for a bill to expand stem cell research. The measure fell four votes short of the number needed to override a promised presidential veto.
The Pine Bluff Commercial reports that two aldermen turned in 820 additional signatures to make up 246 signatures City Clerk Loretta Whitfield said they were short in a petition drive. The petition drive is aimed at placing an ordinance on the ballot in November 2008 where voters would decide about giving Mayor Carl Redus Jr. authority to hire and fire the police and fire chief.
Former congressman Tommy Robinson of Brinkley is scheduled to appear for a plea and arraignment hearing Thursday on charges of second-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Robinson and a son, Greg, face charges stemming from an altercation at a Brinkley restaurant.
A Little Rock man received the maximum prison time Tuesday for his sex crimes - life plus 36 years - by Pulaski County jurors who heard taped phone conversations of the James Al White trying to keep one of his teenage victims from testifying. Jurrors took 14 minutes to reach a guilty verdict.
A recent report from a London property owner led local narcotics agents to find more than 300 marijuana plants, some of which had grown to be about 9 feet tall. 233 plants were found in one area near Augsburg Road off of Highway 333 north of London, while 74 plants were found on an adjacent property.
The Arkansas Board of Parole will recommend clemency for a murderer from Ashley County. Bobby Joe Mitchell is serving a life sentence and was convicted of murder in 1969. According to the Ashley County Ledger, Mitchell shot C. Laney Price, a night attendant at a Crossett gas station with a stolen.22 rifle during the course of a robbery.
AT&T Inc. won approval Tuesday night to offer its new TV service in Little Rock, a move that could get the city sued and has the city’s cable provider demanding a new contract.
Jimmy Moses, the head of a task force to study options for the Little Rock National Airport, has suggested that a new airport be constructed in the capitol city at a cost of around $254 million.
Keith Richards, famed lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones, is seeking a pardon from Gov. Mike Huckabee for a 1975 reckless driving conviction in Fordyce. Who prepared Richards’ application? According to the Democrat-Gazette, the form says “Governor Mike Huckabee - Chief Counsel Milton Fine.”
The Democrat-Gazette reports that Ted Suhl, chief executive of the Lord’s Ranch in Warm Springs, answered legislator’s questions about discipline methods used at his facility, an airplane provided to Gov. Mike Huckabee for a trip to a Republican Party event in North Carolina, and why Suhl’s business has received about $8.5 million in state Medicaid funds in fiscal 2006 - an increase from 2000 when its contract with the state was about $140,000 for behavioral health services.
Both Arkansas senators voted for a bill to expand stem cell research. The measure fell four votes short of the number needed to override a promised presidential veto.
The Pine Bluff Commercial reports that two aldermen turned in 820 additional signatures to make up 246 signatures City Clerk Loretta Whitfield said they were short in a petition drive. The petition drive is aimed at placing an ordinance on the ballot in November 2008 where voters would decide about giving Mayor Carl Redus Jr. authority to hire and fire the police and fire chief.
Former congressman Tommy Robinson of Brinkley is scheduled to appear for a plea and arraignment hearing Thursday on charges of second-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Robinson and a son, Greg, face charges stemming from an altercation at a Brinkley restaurant.
A Little Rock man received the maximum prison time Tuesday for his sex crimes - life plus 36 years - by Pulaski County jurors who heard taped phone conversations of the James Al White trying to keep one of his teenage victims from testifying. Jurrors took 14 minutes to reach a guilty verdict.
A recent report from a London property owner led local narcotics agents to find more than 300 marijuana plants, some of which had grown to be about 9 feet tall. 233 plants were found in one area near Augsburg Road off of Highway 333 north of London, while 74 plants were found on an adjacent property.
The Arkansas Board of Parole will recommend clemency for a murderer from Ashley County. Bobby Joe Mitchell is serving a life sentence and was convicted of murder in 1969. According to the Ashley County Ledger, Mitchell shot C. Laney Price, a night attendant at a Crossett gas station with a stolen.22 rifle during the course of a robbery.
AT&T Inc. won approval Tuesday night to offer its new TV service in Little Rock, a move that could get the city sued and has the city’s cable provider demanding a new contract.
Jimmy Moses, the head of a task force to study options for the Little Rock National Airport, has suggested that a new airport be constructed in the capitol city at a cost of around $254 million.
Keith Richards, famed lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones, is seeking a pardon from Gov. Mike Huckabee for a 1975 reckless driving conviction in Fordyce. Who prepared Richards’ application? According to the Democrat-Gazette, the form says “Governor Mike Huckabee - Chief Counsel Milton Fine.”
