100 years ago
Mar. 6, 1915
CONWAY -- The faculty of the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture today finished its [24th] farmers' institute since February 15, with two sessions at Eudora and Dermott. The attendance at the meetings, according to reports by the members in charge, has been well over 3,000. In co-operation with the State Federation of Women's Clubs and the canning club agents, Miss Marcella Arthur of the home economies department of the University, is giving domestic science work in various cities of the State.
50 years ago
Mar. 6, 1965
• Governor Faubus Friday signed a bill raising the state cigarette tax 2 cents -- the first tax increase since 1957, he noted -- and vetoed as too stringent a bill tightening up eligibility for unemployment benefits. As Act 141, the cigarette tax measure (HB 283) is expected to produce $3.6 million a year more in general revenues, primarily going to education, health and welfare.
25 years ago
Mar. 6, 1990
• Thirty-one felony charges against Otis D. Simmons Jr. were dismissed Monday because authorities apparently couldn't find him to serve the warrant. He was in prison the whole time, serving time on a parole revocation for a previous string of armed robberies. The new charges were punishable by a maximum sentence of more than 15 consecutive life terms, but the dismissal means Simmons could be released as early as his next parole hearing. "The warrant was never served," Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Alexander said. "It's everybody's fault; the system's just overloaded," Alexander said.
10 years ago
Mar. 6, 2005
• When Laura Chew needs to call home from her University of Central Arkansas dorm, it's always on her shiny flip cell phone. She uses it to dial friends on campus and those who are far off at other colleges. It's the main way she communicates with anyone outside of her Conway dorm room. Like many college students across Arkansas, she's abandoned her land line. "I don't use it," she said. "I don't think I've used it once this semester." Campuses in Arkansas have already quit providing long distance service to their students in residence halls. But as some universities across the United States begin to take traditional land lines out of the dorms, colleges here aren't ready to make that leap, officials say.
Metro on 03/06/2015