100 years ago
Sept. 10, 1916
• Interest in the presidential election November 7 in Arkansas centers in the adoption or rejection of the three proposed constitutional amendments and the two initiative acts to be voted upon under the initiative and referendum amendment. There will be Republican candidates for governor, associate justice of the Supreme Court and Congress in the Second, Third and Fifth districts, and probably in the Fourth and Seventh districts, but none of these contests are expected to be close.
50 years ago
Sept. 10, 1966
• State Education Commissioner A. W. Ford said Friday that he would recommend that the 1967 legislature change the law to prevent financial distress to school districts where the attendance is reduced by boycotts such as the one at Marvell. Payments to the school districts under the state Minimum Foundation Program are based on the average daily attendance (ADA) of the previous year.
25 years ago
Sept. 10, 1991
• The North Little Rock City Council tabled action on a bid for work on the Redwood Ditch project Monday because Dixie Addition residents said they need more time to discuss it. "I don't know why we're pushing it." Alderman Olen Thomas said, asking the council to put off the matter two more weeks. "Those people out there have the right to have a say in the matter." The project calls for clearing debris from the ditch and building a fence on both sides.
10 years ago
Sept. 10, 2006
• As the debate continues over Pulaski County's need to fund and operate a bigger county jail, Steve Woodall sees the problem defined simply as too many familiar faces. A Little Rock Police Department sergeant who commands the downtown precinct's burglary division, Woodall says he and his seven detectives are seeing more and more repeat offenders when they investigate property crimes. The reason, he insists, is there is no room for them in the Pulaski County jail. "We're seeing the same people over and over and over again," Woodall said. "We'll arrest them one week and then a couple weeks later, we'll pop them again." Late last year, Pulaski County reduced its jail capacity from 1,125 to 880 beds. Law enforcement and court officials say the reduction has meant more nonviolent offenders are being put back on the street where, all too often, they commit more crimes.
Metro on 09/10/2016