Thursday, August 17, 2006
Get moving Thursday
Former Wal Mart vice-chairman and convicted felon Tom Coughlin will be allowed considerable outdoor freedom while serving 27 months of home confinement. Coughlin will be permitted to tend his cattle farm on the premises of his new home at Centerton.
Former Pine Bluff police officer, Eugene “Dusty” Jones, avoided prison by pleading guilty to felony third-degree sexual assault which occurred while he was on duty, in a deal with prosecutors. In return for the guilty plea, the state dismissed a kidnapping charge that had been filed against Jones, who will be required to register as a sex offender and was ordered to have no contact with the female victim of the incident.
Saline County Sheriff Phil Mask defended his decision to contract for inmate telephone services with a Texas company, saying at a news conference Wednesday that politics had prompted an attorney general’s opinion questioning the legality of his action. Mask’s contract with Evercom includes a $55,000 “signing bonus” for the sheriff.
Unless a judge orders differently, Bryant school officials are preparing to bus Paron high school students to Bryant High when school starts Monday, the district superintendent said Wednesday. A hearing is scheduled Friday in Pulaski County Circuit Court in a lawsuit filed by Paron residents to keep the tiny school rural Saline County open.
Despite missing seven weeks of classes because of Hurricane Katrina, students in the coastal Pass Christian schools boasted some of the best scores on tests taken in the spring. In Greenville, McBride Elementary did particularly well on reading and math tests for grades 3 and 5 and grade 4 math, scoring among the top schools in Mississippi.
State Senator Tracy Steele of North Little Rock is recovering from surgery to clear a blocked artery. The 43 year-old Steele suffered an apparent heart attack early Tuesday morning and is reported to be in “stable”condition.
Little Rock is among the top 25 U.S. cities to find a job, according to a list compiled by Forbes magazine.
A Malvern steak and seafood restaurant has received a permit to sell alcoholic beverages, over the opposition of a group of Hot Spring County residents. In granting the first privateclub alcohol sales permit to a restaurant in Hot Spring County, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board cited a 2003 state law expanding the definition of a private club to include sit-down restaurants.
Hendrix College in Conway has the largest freshman class in the school’s 130-year history. This year’s freshman class comprises 407 students who represent 27 states and four foreign countries. About 54 percent are female and 46 percent male.
City officials are moving forward with attempts to bring a $1 billion coal-fired power plant to the Sallisaw, Oklahoma area, which could create hundreds of jobs during a 42 month construction process.
9 year-old Haley Simmons was awakened at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning by burning debris falling from the ceiling, and is credited with saving the rest of her sleeping family. Six people escaped the burning house before firefighters from Walnut Ridge and Hoxie arrived. Haley was treated for second-degree burns to her abdomen and arms and has been released from a local hospital. The cause of the blaze has not been determined.
Former Pine Bluff police officer, Eugene “Dusty” Jones, avoided prison by pleading guilty to felony third-degree sexual assault which occurred while he was on duty, in a deal with prosecutors. In return for the guilty plea, the state dismissed a kidnapping charge that had been filed against Jones, who will be required to register as a sex offender and was ordered to have no contact with the female victim of the incident.
Saline County Sheriff Phil Mask defended his decision to contract for inmate telephone services with a Texas company, saying at a news conference Wednesday that politics had prompted an attorney general’s opinion questioning the legality of his action. Mask’s contract with Evercom includes a $55,000 “signing bonus” for the sheriff.
Unless a judge orders differently, Bryant school officials are preparing to bus Paron high school students to Bryant High when school starts Monday, the district superintendent said Wednesday. A hearing is scheduled Friday in Pulaski County Circuit Court in a lawsuit filed by Paron residents to keep the tiny school rural Saline County open.
Despite missing seven weeks of classes because of Hurricane Katrina, students in the coastal Pass Christian schools boasted some of the best scores on tests taken in the spring. In Greenville, McBride Elementary did particularly well on reading and math tests for grades 3 and 5 and grade 4 math, scoring among the top schools in Mississippi.
State Senator Tracy Steele of North Little Rock is recovering from surgery to clear a blocked artery. The 43 year-old Steele suffered an apparent heart attack early Tuesday morning and is reported to be in “stable”condition.
Little Rock is among the top 25 U.S. cities to find a job, according to a list compiled by Forbes magazine.
A Malvern steak and seafood restaurant has received a permit to sell alcoholic beverages, over the opposition of a group of Hot Spring County residents. In granting the first privateclub alcohol sales permit to a restaurant in Hot Spring County, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board cited a 2003 state law expanding the definition of a private club to include sit-down restaurants.
Hendrix College in Conway has the largest freshman class in the school’s 130-year history. This year’s freshman class comprises 407 students who represent 27 states and four foreign countries. About 54 percent are female and 46 percent male.
City officials are moving forward with attempts to bring a $1 billion coal-fired power plant to the Sallisaw, Oklahoma area, which could create hundreds of jobs during a 42 month construction process.
9 year-old Haley Simmons was awakened at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning by burning debris falling from the ceiling, and is credited with saving the rest of her sleeping family. Six people escaped the burning house before firefighters from Walnut Ridge and Hoxie arrived. Haley was treated for second-degree burns to her abdomen and arms and has been released from a local hospital. The cause of the blaze has not been determined.
