Jake Sandlin

NLR council to pick Gaines’ replacement

The North Little Rock City Council voted 6-0 on Monday to appoint a replacement for former Ward 3 Alderman Cary Gaines instead of holding a special election.
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OUR TOWN North Little Rock notebook

Uncovered marker honors PB Marine A Pine Bluff Marine is among those honored on a granite monument placed in North Little Rock’s Burns Park in 1982 that recently had an overgrowth of weeds cleared away after years of neglect.
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NLR alderman cites legal affairs, resigns

Exit follows Cabot man’s indictment that alleges a scheme to defraud city

Cary Gaines, a North Little Rock Ward 3 aldermen, resigned Friday from the City Council, after a federal indictment this week named a Cabot man and mentioned an unidentified alderman in a scheme to defraud the city.
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Mayor: NLR’s actions upright

No bid-rig taint for city, he says

North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays defended city business ethics Tuesday in the wake of a federal indictment against a Cabot man that says the man attempted to defraud the city with the help of an alderman.
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NLR veterans center pitched

Place of support is best tribute, memorial panel told

A center for North Little Rock’s veterans and their families to seek out jobs, financial assistance and each other would be a better tribute to servicemen than a marble memorial, a city committee heard Tuesday.
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Group feels pull of untidy memorial

A virtually forgotten monument in North Little Rock’s Burns Park has caught the interest of the Amboy Neighborhood Association, which wants to maintain it and properly remember those it honors.
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NLR natural-gas station urged

City wins grant to switch vehicles to fuel backed by mayor

Mayor Patrick Hays wants North Little Rock to build a city-run, publicly accessible fueling station for compressed-natural-gas vehicles in 2010 after the city converts four city trucks to the alternative fuel.
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Museum spotlight on Lee, Grant

LR exhibit to offer side-by-side look at Civil War generals

The lives, careers and historical impact of the Civil War’s two most recognized generals are open for re-examination at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in Little Rock starting Friday.
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NLR delays short-term rentals vote

OK’ing fleeting apartment stays poses worrisome precedent, aldermen say

A North Little Rock apartment complex wanting to rent a few dozen furnished units by the day, week or month will have to wait for the City Council a while longer.
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City Council urged to yank sign proposal

4 NLR aldermen sponsor plan for 5-second messages

Several North Little Rock residents spoke in opposition Monday night to a City Council proposal to allow electronic signs to change their message every five seconds instead of waiting 15 seconds.
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