LITTLE ROCK — Governor Mike Beebe has received word from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that more Arkansas farmers will now be eligible to apply for emergency low-interest loans from the federal government.

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Funding for patrol support by sheriff’s deputies, resignation of a city council member, approval of the 2010 city budget, progress of city construction projects and approval of the proposed building plan of the Back Alley youth center were among the actions taken by the Ward City Council at the meeting on Monday.

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After apparently attacking his wife with a car, an Austin man tried to flee from officers, but the chase ended in a crash and arrest.

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The same community vision that brought Little Rock Air Force Base to Jacksonville in 1955 remains alive in the Little Rock Air Force Base/City of Jacksonville Joint Education Center, now being built, 19th Airlift Wing commander Col. Greg Otey said Monday.

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Ward Christmas Parade is Dec. 5 Now is time to begin getting ready for the annual Ward Christmas Parade, JoAnn Brooke, parade planner, announced. The parade will be held Dec. 5, less than a month away, she said.

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Thanksgiving may take on a new significance for former Lonoke chief of police Ronald Jay Campbell, now serving a 40-year sentence for operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise. He could be home by then.

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LITTLE ROCK — At a recent opening for the exhibit “Law in a Land Without Justice: Nazi Germany 1933-1945” at the University of Arkansas at Little rock Bowen School of Law Library, Wilson and Associates PLLC pledged a total donation of $100,000 over three years.

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Since its founding in 1980, the Alzheimer’s Association has been the leader in making the fight against Alzheimer’s a national priority, a call that resonates during November, which is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.

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It was sometime in the 1960s that what is now known as the Cabot Christmas Alliance began delivering Christmas food boxes, helping everyone enjoy the holiday, said Cheryl Moore, a member of the Christmas Alliance board of directors. And the tradition will continue this year, she said.

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Cabot Junior Auxiliary welcomes 10 new members. Front row, from left, are Tonya Camplain, Jennifer Vaught; back row, Amanda Powell, Angela Fortson, Jana Hagge, Deborah Oglesby, Stacy Allen, Amy Champlin, Jenifer Chandler and Angela Bryant. Junior Auxiliary of Cabot is a women’s volunteer organization working to help the youth in the community.

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