The Pine Bluff Civic Auditorium Complex and Advertising & Tourist Promotion commissions should adopt a tough policy on deadbeats who fail to remit motel and “hamburger” taxes on prepared food they have collected from their customers.

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Organizers of the Arkansas Big Bass Bonanza are considering a change to the way the annual tournament awards prize money in an effort to raise participation after seeing the number of contestants drop for the second straight year.

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THE CARLISLE PUBLIC LIBRARY held “Be Creative @ Your Library” Karate Style Tuesday, June 16. Monica Davis from Cabot Karate for Kids read the story “Karate Girl” and taught the children some karate moves. Forty-eight children were in attendance. The kids also made slime or gloop afterward.

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Carlisle City Council members discussed construction plans for the new civic center during their June 16 meeting.

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The Lonoke County Quorum Court approved a request by the Sheriff’s Department for an increase from $5 to $15 added to fines for people who receive a misdemeanor offense, such as speeding.

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Nicholas W. Tarkington, 27, of North Little Rock who was listed as Lonoke County’s “Most Wanted” fugitive was located and taken into custody at a residence in Little Rock on Monday by the Little Rock Police Department.

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June 27 — King Kat Fish Fry at the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall in Humnoke from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Meal is all you can eat with a homemade dessert. Cost is adult plate — $13 and child plate — $8. Take -outs will be available. The Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church is [...]

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Scholarship applications are available for single parents residing in Lonoke County who want to pursue their post-secondary education in the fall 2009 semester.

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Jordan Jackson, of Carlisle, a senior at Carlisle High School, has accepted a Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship to attend Arkansas State University-Jonesboro this fall.

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Millions of dollars in the state’s economy could hinge on the coming work of the Senate Appropriations Committee with a push to gain construction funding for the Bayou Meto Basin Project.

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