100 years ago
Aug. 10, 1918
JONESBORO-- A three-cornered rally was held in the court square here tonight, celebrating the victory of the boys in France. The war savings drive and a memorial to two Craighead county boys, Charles McKay and James Blankenship, who were killed in action July 15, was the occasion. Dr. Williamson of Memphis; Tom Terrall of Little Rock, secretary of state; Mayor Gordon Frierson and Eugene Sloan were the speakers. Mrs. J. L. Burns read the memorial for the young soldiers. The Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce band furnished excellent music. The parents, brothers, wives and other persons who had relatives in France, had reserved seats near the speakers.
50 years ago
Aug. 10, 1968
• Little Rock Negroes held a demonstration Friday night to protest the death of a Negro youth on the County Penal Farm a week ago and it developed into such disorder that the National Guard was called out. The protestors, about 300 Negroes, had marched from the Dunbar Community Center at Sixteenth and Chester Streets, to the courthouse and held a demonstration on the front steps on Markham Street. There had been some incidents, the breaking of windows, during the march into town.
25 years ago
Aug. 10, 1993
CONWAY-- A former cake decorator at a Conway TCBY store was arrested and charged Monday with adding a laxative to a frozen yogurt cake that then was given to a disgruntled customer, authorities said. Prosecuting Attorney H. G. Foster of Conway charged Robin D. Carson, 21, of North Little Rock with 17 counts of third-degree battery, a misdemeanor. She could receive up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine on each count.
10 years ago
Aug. 10, 2008
• At least 850 felons, including more than 100 violent criminals, illegally used firearms to hunt in Arkansas during the past year -- and state officials say they have no way to stop that from happening. No state agency, including the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, runs a background check on people applying for a hunting license or checking hunted game. No federal or local agencies run checks, either. Commission officials and some state legislators have said it'd be nearly impossible to do a background check on everybody who applies for a hunting license in a state where 330,000 hunting licenses are issued each year. The manpower just isn't there, they added, and there's no procedure in place to even make it possible.
Metro on 08/10/2018