Thursday, September 14, 2006
Thursday throughput
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. paid bonuses to store managers that encouraged them to limit employee meal and rest breaks, a human resources consultant testified Wednesday at a trial over claims the company cheated workers in Pennsylvania. The bonuses, based on a ratio of profit to sales, sometimes exceeded managers’ salaries, Frank Landy, a Colorado-based psychologist, said in a third day of testimony in Philadelphia.
Clothing maker Hanesbrands is sending over two thousand American jobs to Central America in a move to make the company more profitable. The Marion, S. C. plant will close and 60 jobs will move to the Clarksville plant in Arkansas, which presently employs about 425.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced Wednesday it will build a regional headquarters in White County, a facility that will create about 30 jobs.
A pistol-packing church choir member came to the aid of a robbery victim and killed her assailant late Wednesday in a church parking lot. Little Rock police say this is homicide number 46. There have been no names released, although the choir member produced a 9mm and shot the robber in the head.
A Mammoth Spring man charged with capital murder in the death of his girlfriend’s infant daughter was found hanged at the Sharp County jail Wednesday morning, authorities said. Jailers found Shane B. Hagginsin his cell at 6:02 a.m., Sheriff Dale Weaver said in a news release.
A man who had just complained to the Marion County Quorum Court about road conditions in his neighborhood was escorted from the meeting room Tuesday night and arrested on a charge of impersonating a police officer. Ronald C. Bourg allegedly presented a phony law enforcement identification card during a traffic stop last month.
A father and son were arrested at the Forrest City Medical Center Wednesday evening after allegedly attacking a doctor near the emergency room. Dr. Sudhir Kumar was walking toward the emergency room when he was struck by two men who were angry and cursing. Charles Ray Lytle and Charles Ray Lytle, Jr. were being restrained by hospital employees on the floor when police arrived. Both men reportedly admitted to having consumed alcohol and also reportedly made racial slurs to the black arresting officer.
A pair of escapees from the Bolivar County jail in Cleveland, Ms. are back in custody this morning.
A defendant in a Lonoke County corruption case has asked a special judge to delay the trial because the state's coming deer-hunting season will attract many would-be jurors into the woods. Bobby Junior Cox is scheduled for trial Nov. 8 with other defendants. According to attorney John Wesley Hall's calculations, using figures from the state Game and Fish Commission, a full 10 percent of Arkansas' population could be planning hunting trips for when the season opens Nov. 11.
Jackson, Ms. mayor Frank Melton has been accused of participating in the destruction of a duplex on Aug. 26, and members of his entourage have been accused of beating a handcuffed manager of The Upper Level Bar & Grill hours later. Attorney Dennis Sweet has filed a notice to sue the city, the mayor, the police department and 10 unnamed officers on behalf of his client, Jennifer Sutton, who owns the demolished duplex.
A car driven by Lauren Huckabee, a daughter-in-law of Gov. Mike Huckabee, was in an accident Wednesday morning that left one man hospitalized in critical condition. Huckabee, 24, the wife of the governor’s youngest son, David, was unhurt in the accident. The driver of the other car, Robert Echols of Forrest City was cited for careless and prohibited driving.
The ongoing struggle between Cleveland and Greenville over the future of the federal building and courthouse will have to take place without the input of the Sunflower County Bar Association. The Delta Democrat reports that attorneys in Indianola voted against adopting a resolution in support of locating a federal building and courthouse in Cleveland.
The Fort Smith Planning Commission has conditionally approved a new downtown location for The Next Step Day Room, which offers the homeless a variety of services, including individual counseling, a temporary telephone number and mailing address and computer-training courses. Opponents promise to appeal to the city council.
Pine Bluff has gained its first professional basketball team. The American Basketball Association’s Arkansas RiverCatz, formerly the Little Rock RiverCatz, held their first news conference Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. The RiverCatz, originally slated to play in Little Rock, side-byside with the NBA Development League’s Arkansas RimRockers, will begin an 18-game home schedule at the Convention Center on Nov. 10.
Clothing maker Hanesbrands is sending over two thousand American jobs to Central America in a move to make the company more profitable. The Marion, S. C. plant will close and 60 jobs will move to the Clarksville plant in Arkansas, which presently employs about 425.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced Wednesday it will build a regional headquarters in White County, a facility that will create about 30 jobs.
A pistol-packing church choir member came to the aid of a robbery victim and killed her assailant late Wednesday in a church parking lot. Little Rock police say this is homicide number 46. There have been no names released, although the choir member produced a 9mm and shot the robber in the head.
A Mammoth Spring man charged with capital murder in the death of his girlfriend’s infant daughter was found hanged at the Sharp County jail Wednesday morning, authorities said. Jailers found Shane B. Hagginsin his cell at 6:02 a.m., Sheriff Dale Weaver said in a news release.
A man who had just complained to the Marion County Quorum Court about road conditions in his neighborhood was escorted from the meeting room Tuesday night and arrested on a charge of impersonating a police officer. Ronald C. Bourg allegedly presented a phony law enforcement identification card during a traffic stop last month.
A father and son were arrested at the Forrest City Medical Center Wednesday evening after allegedly attacking a doctor near the emergency room. Dr. Sudhir Kumar was walking toward the emergency room when he was struck by two men who were angry and cursing. Charles Ray Lytle and Charles Ray Lytle, Jr. were being restrained by hospital employees on the floor when police arrived. Both men reportedly admitted to having consumed alcohol and also reportedly made racial slurs to the black arresting officer.
A pair of escapees from the Bolivar County jail in Cleveland, Ms. are back in custody this morning.
A defendant in a Lonoke County corruption case has asked a special judge to delay the trial because the state's coming deer-hunting season will attract many would-be jurors into the woods. Bobby Junior Cox is scheduled for trial Nov. 8 with other defendants. According to attorney John Wesley Hall's calculations, using figures from the state Game and Fish Commission, a full 10 percent of Arkansas' population could be planning hunting trips for when the season opens Nov. 11.
Jackson, Ms. mayor Frank Melton has been accused of participating in the destruction of a duplex on Aug. 26, and members of his entourage have been accused of beating a handcuffed manager of The Upper Level Bar & Grill hours later. Attorney Dennis Sweet has filed a notice to sue the city, the mayor, the police department and 10 unnamed officers on behalf of his client, Jennifer Sutton, who owns the demolished duplex.
A car driven by Lauren Huckabee, a daughter-in-law of Gov. Mike Huckabee, was in an accident Wednesday morning that left one man hospitalized in critical condition. Huckabee, 24, the wife of the governor’s youngest son, David, was unhurt in the accident. The driver of the other car, Robert Echols of Forrest City was cited for careless and prohibited driving.
The ongoing struggle between Cleveland and Greenville over the future of the federal building and courthouse will have to take place without the input of the Sunflower County Bar Association. The Delta Democrat reports that attorneys in Indianola voted against adopting a resolution in support of locating a federal building and courthouse in Cleveland.
The Fort Smith Planning Commission has conditionally approved a new downtown location for The Next Step Day Room, which offers the homeless a variety of services, including individual counseling, a temporary telephone number and mailing address and computer-training courses. Opponents promise to appeal to the city council.
Pine Bluff has gained its first professional basketball team. The American Basketball Association’s Arkansas RiverCatz, formerly the Little Rock RiverCatz, held their first news conference Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. The RiverCatz, originally slated to play in Little Rock, side-byside with the NBA Development League’s Arkansas RimRockers, will begin an 18-game home schedule at the Convention Center on Nov. 10.
