Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Spooky summary
An electrical fire at Arkansas Nuclear One near Russellville forced one of two back up cooling systems for its Unit Two reactor off-line Monday, prompting a precautionary alert for emergency officials in five surrounding counties. The blaze occurred in an auxiliary building with no potential for a radioactive release. The fire began at 12:38 p.m. and was extinguished 10 minutes later without injury.
Appeals Court Judge Wendell Griffen has asked the Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission to end a case accusing him of violating rules restricting judges’ public political speech.
The state could be open to future lawsuits over housing the mentally ill unless it provides treatment in outlying areas to ease overcrowding at the State Hospital, officials told lawmakers Monday. Members of the House and Senate Committees on Public Health, Welfare and Labor discussed the issue in light of a recent lawsuit involving a mentally ill Bella Vista man who died while in the Benton County Jail.
Gov. Mike Huckabee on Monday announced the creation of an exchange program that will allow some Arkansas teachers to spend a year teaching in Taiwan.
Wal-Mart says that it intends to broaden its appeal to all customers by tailoring its advertising to individual stores and communities.
A Virginia-based government services contractor has signed a contract worth up to $164 million with the U.S. State Department and will open a passport-processing facility in Hot Springs that should ultimately create about 150 jobs.
A Little Rock woman who killed a grandmother in a car crash last year was acquitted on mental health grounds Monday after state psychiatrists found that she was incapacitated by schizoaffective disorder at the time of the collision. Carmelita Delores King had been charged with leaving the scene of an accident with death, a felony, and misdemeanor negligent homicide.
Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tabor plans to file charges of attempted capital murder today in Sebastian County Circuit Court against two men arrested Sunday in the shooting of a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student. One of the suspects is 16 but will be charged as an adult. Terrist Parramore, a freshman guard on the UAFS basketball team, is listed in critical condition Monday at Sparks Regional Medical Center.
Prosecutor Robin Green asked a judge Monday to recuse from hearing two of Benton County's highest profile cases, which she's tried unsuccessfully to expedite. Senior Circuit Judge Tom Keith declined to recuse from both a felony drug and theft case against County Coroner Kimberly Scott and a misdemeanor negligent homicide case against former Arkansas State Trooper Larry Norman.
A man was found dead from a gunshot wound on the porch of an east Little Rock home Monday evening. This is the capitol city’s 51st. homicide of the year.
Authorities in south Arkansas are investigating the slaying of an elderly couple whose bodies were found in woods outside of Nashville. The bodies were found Monday night, police said. The victims have not yet been identified.
The third suspect in Friday’s robbery of the Merchants and Planters Bank in McCrory surrendered to Forrest City police Monday, after hiding in a wooded area of St. Francis County and eluding arrest over the weekend, authorities said. Jeremy McEwen of Forrest City walked into the police station shortly after noon and admitted to his role in the robbery
A man has been arrested for trying to use a hundred-dollar bill with no president's face and only the name of former President Clinton. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested Friday after trying to use the bill to buy cigarettes at a Batesville gas station.
In an unusual twist to a weekend robbery, police had to rescue their K-9 unit dog from the armed robbery suspect the dog was chasing. "The man attacked the dog and attempted to strangle him," Capt. Cliff Freeman of the Southaven Police Department said Monday. "He had to be pulled off the dog." Lewis Elliott was charged with armed robbery and taken to the DeSoto County Jail, where he was being held under bonds totaling $79,800.
Appeals Court Judge Wendell Griffen has asked the Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission to end a case accusing him of violating rules restricting judges’ public political speech.
The state could be open to future lawsuits over housing the mentally ill unless it provides treatment in outlying areas to ease overcrowding at the State Hospital, officials told lawmakers Monday. Members of the House and Senate Committees on Public Health, Welfare and Labor discussed the issue in light of a recent lawsuit involving a mentally ill Bella Vista man who died while in the Benton County Jail.
Gov. Mike Huckabee on Monday announced the creation of an exchange program that will allow some Arkansas teachers to spend a year teaching in Taiwan.
Wal-Mart says that it intends to broaden its appeal to all customers by tailoring its advertising to individual stores and communities.
A Virginia-based government services contractor has signed a contract worth up to $164 million with the U.S. State Department and will open a passport-processing facility in Hot Springs that should ultimately create about 150 jobs.
A Little Rock woman who killed a grandmother in a car crash last year was acquitted on mental health grounds Monday after state psychiatrists found that she was incapacitated by schizoaffective disorder at the time of the collision. Carmelita Delores King had been charged with leaving the scene of an accident with death, a felony, and misdemeanor negligent homicide.
Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tabor plans to file charges of attempted capital murder today in Sebastian County Circuit Court against two men arrested Sunday in the shooting of a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student. One of the suspects is 16 but will be charged as an adult. Terrist Parramore, a freshman guard on the UAFS basketball team, is listed in critical condition Monday at Sparks Regional Medical Center.
Prosecutor Robin Green asked a judge Monday to recuse from hearing two of Benton County's highest profile cases, which she's tried unsuccessfully to expedite. Senior Circuit Judge Tom Keith declined to recuse from both a felony drug and theft case against County Coroner Kimberly Scott and a misdemeanor negligent homicide case against former Arkansas State Trooper Larry Norman.
A man was found dead from a gunshot wound on the porch of an east Little Rock home Monday evening. This is the capitol city’s 51st. homicide of the year.
Authorities in south Arkansas are investigating the slaying of an elderly couple whose bodies were found in woods outside of Nashville. The bodies were found Monday night, police said. The victims have not yet been identified.
The third suspect in Friday’s robbery of the Merchants and Planters Bank in McCrory surrendered to Forrest City police Monday, after hiding in a wooded area of St. Francis County and eluding arrest over the weekend, authorities said. Jeremy McEwen of Forrest City walked into the police station shortly after noon and admitted to his role in the robbery
A man has been arrested for trying to use a hundred-dollar bill with no president's face and only the name of former President Clinton. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested Friday after trying to use the bill to buy cigarettes at a Batesville gas station.
In an unusual twist to a weekend robbery, police had to rescue their K-9 unit dog from the armed robbery suspect the dog was chasing. "The man attacked the dog and attempted to strangle him," Capt. Cliff Freeman of the Southaven Police Department said Monday. "He had to be pulled off the dog." Lewis Elliott was charged with armed robbery and taken to the DeSoto County Jail, where he was being held under bonds totaling $79,800.
