Kristin Netterstrom
Recent Stories
Baby boy, first of ’12, comes early
posted: 01/02/2012 4:54 a.m. Comment 1
Preston George Yakoubian waited for his father to wrap up the evening weather forecast before making his way into the world.
Dead birds at 250 in Beebe
posted: 01/02/2012 4:30 a.m. Discuss
Horace Taylor rang in the new year cleaning up dead blackbirds from the streets of Beebe.
Police beat
posted: 01/02/2012 4:28 a.m. Discuss
Toddler’s illness prompts landing A Frontier Airlines flight from Orlando, Fla., to Denver made an emergency stop Sunday morning in Little Rock after a 4-year-old boy had breathing problems.
Beginning today, LR’s sales tax increases to 8.5%
posted: 01/01/2012 5:03 a.m. Comment 1
Little Rock’s first sales tax increase since 1994 kicks in today, meaning everything from a new television to the water coming out of the tap will cost a little more in the capital city.
Fix on way for LR trail
posted: 12/29/2011 4:39 a.m. Discuss
Closed off since a 2009 landslide, a section of the Medical Mile trail in downtown Little Rock will soon be repaired.
E-books demand grows in libraries
posted: 12/27/2011 5:59 a.m. Discuss
Santa brought Riley Montague a Nook for Christmas, an electronic reader that the 8-year-old has pointed out to her mother every chance she could.
With Fern on job, no peace for geese
posted: 12/26/2011 5:17 a.m. Comment 1
At 12 years old, Fern chases pine cones more often than Canada geese.
OUR TOWN: Little Rock notebook
posted: 12/24/2011 4:24 a.m. Discuss
Two area nonprofit organizations that work with homeless people received a financial boost after being nominated for Wal-Mart’s “12 Days of Giving” program.
LR directors’ repeal clears path on Chenal Parkway
posted: 12/21/2011 4:31 a.m. Comments 8
One of Little Rock’s busiest roads is now eligible for widening and expansion with city dollars after city directors repealed a 17-year-old resolution Tuesday that said voters had to specifically approve any tax dollars spent on Chenal Parkway.
LR council OKs purchase of $9 million radio system
posted: 12/21/2011 3:58 a.m. Comment 1
Little Rock city directors signed off Tuesday on an $8.7 million emergency communications system to replace one for which city officials can no longer find parts.
