100 years ago
Sept. 23, 1914
FAYETTEVILLE -- About 60 farm demonstration agents and other government experts in farming, representing more than 50 of the 75 counties in Arkansas are here this week attending the annual demonstrators meeting being held at the university under the joint supervision of State Agent O.W. Watson and Dean Martin Nelson of the university. W.J. Jernigan, former instructor in the university, and at present state agent in charge of the corn club and canning club work, also is taking an important part in the one week's school of instruction to the local agents.
50 years ago
Sept. 23, 1964
• The administration of the Little Rock School District was advised to investigate the possibility of selling West Side Junior High School to Arkansas Baptist Hospital and using the money to build a new plant in that area of the city. A number of other schools were reported in such bad shape that there should be major repairs or abandonment.
25 years ago
Sept. 23, 1989
• The state Board of Education while not acknowledging it violated the state Freedom of Information Act at a July meeting, said Friday it would adhere to its provisions in the future. The board's promise was part of a settlement the board reached with the Arkansas Gazette over a freedom of information lawsuit the newspaper had filed against it.
10 years ago
Sept. 23, 2004
• Glenmere Road neighbors in North Little Rock fearful of another pit bull attack are leading an effort to ban those dogs from the city. At 7 p.m. Monday, the North Little Rock City Council will have the first of what may be several public hearings on whether to prohibit any dog commonly referred to as a pit bull. Neighboring Sherwood and Maumelle already prohibit pit bulls, while Little Rock doesn't ban a specific breed. Within North Little Rock, attacks by dogs identified as pit bulls are on the upswing, said Billy Grace, North Little Rock's Animal Services director. Reported pit bull incidents have doubled in four years, from 15 in 2000 to 31 so far this year, he said. "There just seems to be a resurgence the last couple of years in pit bull fighting and pit bull breeding," Grace said. "We get dogs all the time with scars all over them or dead with bite marks on them. One thing we cannot control is the pit bull population."
Metro on 09/23/2014