Applause marked the approval by the Quorum Court on Monday of an operating plan for the new county detention center. The deadlock on how to fund the operating costs was broken by a proposal by Sheriff Jim Roberson.
Applause marked the approval by the Quorum Court on Monday of an operating plan for the new county detention center. The deadlock on how to fund the operating costs was broken by a proposal by Sheriff Jim Roberson.
There is an irony in flood damage occurring near possibly the highest point in Lonoke County. However, after six weeks of using a wheelbarrow to ferry groceries and other necessities across a makeshift footbridge, the humor escapes Wildwood residents Jill and Charles Walker.
Applause marked the approval by the Quorum Court on Monday of an operating plan for the new county detention center. The deadlock on how to fund the operating costs was broken by a proposal by Sheriff Jim Roberson.
LITTLE ROCK — Six people remain hospitalized following an accident caused chlorine gas to fill a Tyson Foods plant in Northwest Arkansas.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Former Arkansas guard Jeff Peterson is transferring to Florida State.
They just don’t get it The response of the Pulaski County Special School District trustees to the district being placed in fiscal distress is indicative of how it got there in the first place — extravagant spending, lack of financial control and being out of touch with reality.
Last week, 32 Pulaski County Special School District teachers and administrators walked out of diversity training. One of their chief complaints as voiced by board member Gloria Lawrence was that the facilitator made them feel uncomfortable and used the term “white,” which they found objectionable.
During last week’s emergency meeting of the Pulaski County Special School District board, new board member Tom Stuthard of Jacksonville moved to go into executive session because he said he had some things he wanted to say to board members in private and not “out here for everyone to hear.”
The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.
