100 years ago
Feb. 19, 1919
• A landing site for airplanes in Little Rock was selected yesterday by Major Krogstad, commanding officer of Eberts Field, in the 66 acres of ground immediately east of the aviation warehouse property owned by O. B. Field. The Board of Commerce has placed the property on lease and will hold it until the government takes it over. It is expected that in a short time, instead of shipping engines and planes out of the aviation warehouse by freight, as it is necessary to do now, it will be possible to set up, equip and fly the machines out of here to the different fields in the United States.
50 years ago
Feb. 19, 1969
• Senator Fred H. Stafford of Marked Tree had a telephone spat with Jim Johnson Tuesday and a state trooper was stationed behind Stafford in the Senate part of the day to protect him. Stafford, who is 72, said Johnson called him a string of vile names. "It was terrible," Stafford said. Stafford said Johnson implied a threat and Senator Max Howell of Little Rock ... summoned a state trooper at the Capitol to stay awhile in the chamber.
25 years ago
Feb. 19, 1994
CONWAY -- Hendrix College officials are investigating an apparently bogus Republican group that solicited donations nationwide from abortion rights advocates. The solicitation, sent via InterNet, a national computer network, asked that donations be sent to a Hendrix campus post office box rented by an abortion opponent and another student. ... [National Organization for Women President Irene] Stuber said she received the solicitation Jan. 29 and thought: "This smells to high heavens. This is not how Republicans do things." Her inquiries into Republicans for Reproductive Freedom led to Hendrix College. The Hendrix student who opposes legalized abortion declined to comment on his attorney's advice. However, he said he suspects someone is trying to frame him.
10 years ago
Feb. 19, 2009
• A former Pine Bluff School District employee who has admitted to stealing more than $800,000 from the district is set to be sentenced in March, authorities said Wednesday. Lynda King, who was a longtime secretary and data analyst, surprised prosecutors by pleading guilty to 1,577 counts of theft and forgery days before she was set to go to trial. She was not offered a plea deal, and it's unclear what evidence she will use, if any, in seeking leniency in sentencing, Kyle Hunter, a deputy prosecuting attorney in Pine Bluff, said Wednesday. King, 40, appeared before a judge in Pine Bluff on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to 573 counts of forgery, 549 felony counts of theft, 431 felony counts of forgery, one count of attempted theft and 23 misdemeanor theft counts.
Metro on 02/19/2019