100 years ago
Feb. 24, 1918
FORT SMITH -- Holding to a line of garden hose with one hand, J. R. Miller, owner of a chain of grocery stores, was lowered 40 feet into a well today and with his other hand rescued four-year-old W. T. Bromley Jr. The boy fell through the rotten covering of the well while playing. A fire company that was summoned was helpless because of the lack of ropes. As a last resort the garden hose was used and as the child rose for the third time, Miller grabbed the little fellow and was drawn to the top.
50 years ago
Feb. 24, 1968
n The state Welfare Board directed Welfare Commissioner Len E. Blaylock Friday to go to court if necessary to remove a baby from Cummins Prison Farm. The 2-month-old infant is the son of a woman inmate. The child had been with the mother in the women's reformatory but last week Prison Superintendent Thomas O. Murton placed the infant in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford, two wardens at the farm. The temporary arrangement didn't satisfy the Board, which directed Blaylock to remove the child from the penitentiary and place it in the care of the Child Welfare Division.
25 years ago
Feb. 24, 1993
TEXARKANA -- Texarkana police continued to work Tuesday on identifying an infant boy discovered Monday when trash haulers unzipped a sports bag they found in a garbage can. The infant, who was in critical condition when transported to Arkansas Children's Hospital on Monday afternoon, was upgraded to serious condition Tuesday, hospital officials said. He reportedly was suffering from a respiratory condition. Police detectives dubbed the infant "Baby Moses" Monday, but police were hesitant to use that term Tuesday.
10 years ago
Feb. 24, 2008
n The day after a killer tornado tore a 123-mile path through Arkansas, hundreds of children returned to school in Atkins, the small Pope County town that was one of the first places hit. "We just really felt strongly that we needed to be available to the children and provide counseling as soon as possible if needed," Atkins Public Schools Superintendent Bruce Watkins recalled last week. Besides, he said, compared with home, "We were warm, safe and dry. That was more than a lot of them had." It wasn't business as usual that day, as only half of the children in the 1,000-student district showed up, and it's still not, almost three weeks after the Feb. 5 disaster that killed 13, including four at Atkins.
Metro on 02/24/2018