100 years ago
May 20, 1918
ENGLAND -- At a Red Cross rally held last night at Hicks' warehouse, England's quota in the coming Red Cross drive was oversubscribed by more than $2,500. More than 1,500 persons crowded the warehouse. The quota for England and the five surrounding townships has been set at $3,500. A total of $6,100 in cash was given at the hall.
50 years ago
May 20, 1968
• Bruce Bennett, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, said Sunday night that Governor Rockefeller's release of a State Police prison investigation report was aimed at intimidating the legislature into passing a $1.8 million prison appropriation. The report into the unearthing of three skeletons at Cummins Prison Farm on January 29 was released by the governor late Saturday. A special session of the legislature will convene today. The report concluded that the skeletons were removed from an old prison graveyard that had been used until the 1940s. It also concluded that two of the three skeletons were not those of slain inmates another convict claimed to have helped bury.
25 years ago
May 20, 1993
• Pulaski County grand jurors took a closer look Wednesday at a state prison site that was the focus of several investigations last month. Those cases involved alleged gang recruitment by former drill sergeant Rodney Spencer and the prison purchase of an irrigation system once belonging to state Rep. Lloyd George of Danville (Yell County). Jury foreman Anna Maria Tolley asked the boot camp administrator, Tonny Rochelle, about the proximity of the barracks to the laundry room and mental health facilities. Boot camp inmates were allegedly taken there in the middle of the night for gang recruitment activities.
10 years ago
May 20, 2008
• One has 11 rubber boots for feet and a bird made from recycled windshield wipers. One is made of steel drums brightly painted in firetruck red and canary yellow. Anyone driving on South Main Street between 12th and 17th streets likely has seen the large, ornate, somewhat odd looking chairs on the sidewalks. People who live, work and shop in the area sure have noticed. "I just love the spontaneity of it," said Tish McClure as she waited in line at Community Bakery. "They're whimsical and fun. They just kind of add an unexpected brightness to your day." The chairs are part of Southside Main Street's public art project "Places, Spaces, Chairs."
Metro on 05/20/2018