100 years ago
Aug. 16, 1914
• Two highwaymen held up Jack Williams, negro, driver of George Hubbard's ice wagon at the point of a revolver near the Deaf Mute Institute at 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning, but got only an empty pocketbook for their trouble. Williams said that he was going around a curve with his wagon and team, near the school when two men stepped out and ordered him to stop the wagon, throw up his hands and climb to the the ground. Then he was commanded to give up his money. When he told the hold-up men that he had no money, he was cursed by one of the men who threatened to strike him with the gun. Then he told them he had a little money that Mr. Hubbard had given him to buy ice with and gave them the empty pocketbook and was then ordered to "beat it," which he did.
50 years ago
Aug. 16, 1964
• Dr. Ralph A. Phelps Jr., president of Ouachita Baptist College at Arkadelphia, has accepted the presidency of the Churches United Against Gambling. Announcement of Dr. Phelps as head of the organization, which is combating the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling in Garland County, came Saturday from Dr. William E. Brown, secretary of CUAG. Dr. Phelps called the proposed amendment -- to be voted on in November -- the greatest "challenge (ever presented) to an honorable, moral people."
25 years ago
Aug. 16, 1989
SEARCY -- While law enforcement officials statewide struggle to eradicate the state's marijuana supply, White County Sheriff Jerry Johnson is growing his own -- legally. "It would be illegal if I was growing them for my personal use or to sell them or something," Johnson said Tuesday. "But since it's evidence from a case, there's no problem. This is nothing new. They're just confiscated plants that we repotted." The two budding marijuana plants will be used for display at a drug abuse booth at the White County Fair in September, Johnson said.
10 years ago
Aug. 16, 2004
• A central Arkansas group is collecting historical items, raising money and planning to open a military museum in downtown Jacksonville. Little Rock is home to the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, but some say that museum is not enough for the area. "Jacksonville is a military town, and we want to have our own museum," said Ben Rice, an attorney and board chairman of the nonprofit organization that's working to open the Jacksonville Museum of Military History.
Metro on 08/16/2014