July 04, 2008
The University of Central Arkansas Board of Trustees Endowment Fund was created by the board to provide long-term support for scholarships and other operations of the university, according to the minutes of the Aug. 11, 1995, meeting. President Lu Hardin recently received a deferr...
July 04, 2008
LITTLE ROCK (AP) More Arkansas residents are expected to stay closer to home for the Independence Day weekend, and tourism officials say there are plenty of fireworks displays and state attractions to keep folks entertained. Billy Dalton, general manager of State Line Fireworks ne...
July 04, 2008
LITTLE ROCK Gov. Mike Beebe announced Thursday the formation of the Arkansas Yellow Ribbon Task Force, which will study issues faced by veterans returning home from war. George Westmoreland of Rogers, who serves as Arkansas' civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army, will serve o...
July 04, 2008
CLARKSBURG, Md. Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, canons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded. Indianapolis residents watched in 1911 as two trains purposely...
July 04, 2008
LITTLE ROCK Guards at Arkansas state prisons would be able to use force on inmates who failed to obey "lawful orders" under a new rule being considered by correction officials, the first change to the department's corporal punishment policy in nearly three decades. Under a policy ...
July 04, 2008
Among recent reports generated by local law enforcement agencies: 1. Residential burglary at the 3000 block of Rupert Drive. A resident reported someone entered his home and stole a laptop computer and a wet tile saw from the residence. There was no sign of forced entry. Total val...
July 04, 2008
Soaring to a new high mark for nearly three years, the thermometer registered a maximum of 104 degrees yesterday. Relief from the intense heat has been promised for tonight. In spite of the temperature above the 100 mark, an audience which filled the downstairs and overflowed into...
July 04, 2008
LITTLE ROCK Passing through Little Rock National Airport, Cornelis Ooms of Houston said he was looking forward to life in the fast lane. Ooms is enrolling in Clear, a program that provides access to fast, members-only lanes at security checkpoints in some airports for a $128 annua...
July 04, 2008
Today is Friday, July 4, the 186th day of 2008. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. Today's Highlight in History: On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. <...
July 04, 2008
WASHINGTON They're the most fickle voters, and potentially the most powerful. Thus, with party nominations secure, John McCain and Barack Obama now are pushing toward the center to win them over. Meet the "mushy middle," a complex chunk of people likely to decide the presidential ...
July 04, 2008
HOT SPRINGS (AP) A private business is preparing to open its doors at the refurbished Quawpaw Baths on historic Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs. The park service has been working to rehabilitate the bathhouses and lease the structures to bring them back into use. Part-ow...
July 04, 2008
CONWAY (AP) Police say a man posing as an undercover police officer scammed guests staying at two Conway hotels into giving him their money to check for drug residue, a crime matching similar thefts across Arkansas in recent weeks. Police Lt. Danny Moody says the man showed a badg...
July 04, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years. Meredith Smith died in February at age 74. About a half-teaspoon of his ashes will b...
July 04, 2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Looking for work in all the wrong places? That's what happened to job seekers who dialed a phone number listed on the state's Family Health Administration's Web site which actually was a phone number for women looking for sex. The number for the M...
July 04, 2008
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) A man who was arrested for climbing to the roof of a gas station to sing a song protesting high gasoline prices says he will plead guilty to a trespassing charge. Twenty-nine-year-old Jay Weinberg of Valparaiso is scheduled to appear in a Porter County courtr...
July 04, 2008
BERLIN (AP) A farmer in Germany has learned a harsh lesson about the dangers of smoking. While he ducked into a convenience store to buy cigarettes, his parked tractor and its load of 25 tons of potatoes went rolling down a hill and over a parked car. Police say the ...
July 04, 2008
NOWTHEN, Minn. (AP) Residents of Nowthen know it's a funny name, but they're proud to officially become a city. The community north of the Twin Cities changed its name Monday from Burnsville Township to Nowthen, which was the name the first local post office was given by mistake....
July 04, 2008
DELAND, Fla. (AP) A man was charged with battery after he hit his mother in the head with a three-pound package of Polish sausage, police said. Gregory Allen Praeger, 46, was in the kitchen cooking and talking on the phone when officers arrived Saturday night. His mother told poli...
July 04, 2008
Faulkner County communities have a variety of events planned over the weekend to celebrate the Fourth of July. A free celebration in Conway open to the public today will be held by The Rock Solid Church. Games for children, relay races and free hot dogs and hamburgers will be avai...
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