Kenneth Heard
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Two towns approve sales taxes
posted: 05/16/2013 5:01 a.m. Discuss
Collection of a renewed sales tax in Osceola won’t begin until three months after an existing 1 percent tax expires, resulting in the Mississippi County town losing about $300,000 in potential tax revenue, Mayor Dickie Kennemore said Wednesday.
New circuit judge assigned to trial in Jonesboro killing
posted: 05/16/2013 4:49 a.m. Discuss
A circuit court judge who presided over the pleadings of three men charged in the 2011 killing of a Jonesboro businessman will now hear the capital-murder case against the victim’s wife.
Phillip County court hears jail financing options
posted: 05/15/2013 5:20 a.m. Discuss
HELENA-WEST HELENA — Members of the Phillips County Quorum Court were overwhelmed Tuesday night by the amount of planning and money needed to reopen the county’s decrepit jail. As a result, the justices of the peace readily agreed to an architect’s suggestion that he put off his presentation until another meeting.
Gay alumnus sees school snub
posted: 05/10/2013 12:04 a.m. Comments 36
A 1990 graduate of a northeast Arkansas high school who went on to a career in national television has said that officials at his alma mater have withdrawn an invitation for him to speak at today’s commencement ceremonies because he is homosexual.
I-40 pileup kills 1, stalls traffic 5 hours
posted: 05/09/2013 12:59 a.m. Comment 1
One person died and two others were injured Wednesday in a six-vehicle accident in an Interstate 40 construction zone near Hazen that blocked traffic for more than five hours, officials said.
A MATTER OF DEGREES: 30-foot change gives rise to weather rivalry
posted: 05/05/2013 4:17 a.m. Discuss
GILBERT — Harold Bing greets visitors to his home on Gilbert’s Frost Street with a hearty handshake and an invitation inside.
May snow one for books
posted: 05/04/2013 4:54 a.m. Comments 2
On Friday, for the first time in recorded history, it snowed in May in Arkansas.
Phony calls: Pay power bills, or else
posted: 05/02/2013 4:44 a.m. Discuss
Customers with Entergy Arkansas Inc. and a north Arkansas electric cooperative received fraudulent calls Wednesday from a person purporting to be with the utilities and asking for payment before the companies shut their services off, officials said.
Arson cases in Dyess spark security boost
posted: 04/30/2013 12:28 a.m. Discuss
Four recent house fires in Johnny Cash’s boyhood town of Dyess have driven local authorities to increase patrols of the small Mississippi County town and have spurred Arkansas State University officials to closely watch their renovation project at the country singer’s childhood home.
Arctic bite sets records across state
posted: 04/26/2013 4:54 a.m. Comments 18
More than two dozen Arkansas towns saw record low temperatures Thursday, and 10 cities recorded the latest date for a freeze in decades as nursery owners scrambled to save plants and meteorologists kept watch on another cold spell forecast for next week.
