L. Lamor Williams
Stories by L. Lamor
Hawk who flew coop back
posted: 03/28/2012 4:09 a.m. Discuss
If he could talk, Tucson the Harris hawk would have a lot to say about spending the past five weeks on the lam from the Little Rock Zoo.
Thrift store in LR to close
posted: 03/28/2012 4:05 a.m. Discuss
Saturday will mark the end of an era for the Salvation Army Thrift Store in southwest Little Rock.
Longest-serving JP, near exit, looks back
posted: 03/26/2012 4:32 a.m. Discuss
Lining one wall of the Pulaski County Quorum Court chamber are 18 group photographs of justices of the peace dating back to 1977.
1st gorilla born in LR to leave
posted: 03/25/2012 6:21 a.m. Discuss
Mosi, the first gorilla to ever be born at the Little Rock Zoo, is leaving home.
Cleanup at plant surpasses state fund
posted: 03/21/2012 4:40 a.m. Discuss
At $37 million, the cost of cleaning up the defunct Cedar Chemical plant in Helena-West Helena is four times more than the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has in its Remedial Action Trust Fund for rehabilitating such sites.
At LR Zoo, free critters at home, too
posted: 03/17/2012 5:25 a.m. Discuss
As spring approaches, animals at the Little Rock Zoo are up and about, but some have more freedom than others.
Fairgrounds board told new bridge puts big building in reach
posted: 03/16/2012 3:19 a.m. Comments 4
After presenting potential expansion plans to the Arkansas Livestock Show Association executive board on Thursday, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola reminded the group that time will be of the essence if it has interest in a proposal that would see the State Fairgrounds expand across the Roosevelt Road bridge scheduled for replacement next year.
LR’s attorney issues sewer alert
posted: 03/14/2012 4:11 a.m. Discuss
If the Little Rock Board of Directors does not do all it can to support Little Rock Wastewater’s plans to finance repairs to the city’s aging sewer system mandated by a federal lawsuit, the city may be financially liable under that lawsuit, according to the city attorney.
Stodola offers 4 ideas to keep State Fair
posted: 03/13/2012 4:57 a.m. Comment 1
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola previewed plans Monday that would let the Arkansas State Fair expand at its current location by either acquiring land to the east or by connecting to an area to the west with a “promenade” over a new Roosevelt Road bridge.
CURBSIDE CONFUSION: Too early for bins, groans LR mayor
posted: 03/08/2012 5:29 a.m. Comments 4
Normally, Mayor Mark Stodola loves to see his constituents eagerly embrace a city plan.
Utility facing budget crunch
posted: 03/05/2012 5:38 a.m. Comment 1
The clock is ticking for Little Rock Wastewater.
Two former JPs gun for old seats
posted: 03/02/2012 3:03 a.m. Discuss
Pulaski County politics is heating up as two former justices of the peace — Kathy Lewison and Charles Roberson — seek to regain their Quorum Court seats and six candidates vie for two other positions in the May 22 primary election.
Handlers hope hunger will lure hawk
posted: 02/28/2012 4:56 a.m. Discuss
When Tucson the Harris hawk gets hungry, maybe he’ll return to his home at the Little Rock Zoo.
Spay, neuter clinic bearing fruit
posted: 02/26/2012 4:40 a.m. Discuss
A year after the Pulaski County Quorum Court approved $50,000 for a mobile spay and neuter clinic, Comptroller Mike Hutchens said the program has exceeded its goal of sterilizing at least 500 animals.
Agency policy standardizes fines for pollution violations
posted: 02/25/2012 3:29 a.m. Discuss
It’s taken a year to draft, but the state Department of Environmental Quality now has a uniform policy for imposing penalties for those who break its rules.
Candidates file for Pulaski County races
posted: 02/24/2012 4:30 a.m. Discuss
Filing for the May 22 primary election opened Thursday with 14 candidates signing up to run for various county seats, according to the Pulaski Circuit/County Clerk’s office.
Despite study, counties say voter rolls clean of the dead
posted: 02/21/2012 4:25 a.m. Discuss
There appear to be no dead people on the voting rolls in Pulaski County or elsewhere in Arkansas; however, a recent study found that there are almost 2 million deceased people listed as active voters around the country.
Revival of Urban League in works
posted: 02/18/2012 6:29 a.m. Discuss
It’s been nearly two decades since Arkansas had a National Urban League affiliate, but quietly, a group of about 20 people has been working to revive the organization’s presence in the state.
County’s tax roll growing
posted: 02/13/2012 4:36 a.m. Comment 1
An increase in used-car values and business inventories in 2011 led to a rise in property assessments that will generate 3 percent more tax revenue over 2010, according to reports released last week by the Pulaski County treasurer and the county assessor.
Stretches of Ouachita, Red on impaired-river list
posted: 02/08/2012 6:08 a.m. Discuss
The listing of segments of the Red and Ouachita rivers are among the handful of adjustments made in a draft report on the health of Arkansas’ rivers, lakes and streams done every two years by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
Election commissioner calls it quits
posted: 02/03/2012 4:25 a.m. Discuss
Kent Walker, former chairman of the Pulaski County Election Commission, said Thursday that with an uptick in business at his law firm and leadership duties at a nonprofit organization, he had no time left for the commission, so he had to resign.
Suit seeks halt to river park’s use of bit of land
posted: 02/03/2012 4:04 a.m. Discuss
The real-estate company that claims to have partial ownership of the tip of Two Rivers Park filed a lawsuit Thursday asking Pulaski County Circuit Court to block the county and Little Rock from using the property.
WHEELING AND MEALING: Food truck court rolls into LR corner
posted: 02/02/2012 4:55 a.m. Comment 1
Crispy fried catfish; juicy gourmet hot dogs; smoky barbecued meats: One can find just about anything on a food truck.
Residents welcome drainage plan
posted: 01/29/2012 3:45 a.m. Discuss
When it rains, Dileep Vyas said, the front yard of his home on Summerdale Lane in west Little Rock floods and stays that way for at least a week.
Kin cut ribbon on pair of homes
posted: 01/29/2012 3:44 a.m. Discuss
Jimmy Turner hasn’t been sleeping well lately.
Utility awarded conservation grant
posted: 01/28/2012 4:25 a.m. Comment 1
The U.S. Forest Service awarded a $4 million conservation grant on Friday to the Central Arkansas Water utility to help with its purchase of a 915-acre grass farm in the Lake Maumelle Watershed.
LR board holds off vote on spending
posted: 01/25/2012 5:34 a.m. Discuss
City Manager Bruce Moore presented the Little Rock Board of Directors with a capital expenditures plan Tuesday that would see $6.5 million in public works projects completed this year.
LR plans look at how to use increased tax
posted: 01/23/2012 4:53 a.m. Discuss
Little Rock city directors will examine capital projects to be paid for with revenue from the September sales tax increase during a work session Tuesday.
100 at rally back abortion rights
posted: 01/22/2012 5:15 a.m. Discuss
In a short but fiery speech Saturday, Loretta Ross told abortion-rights supporters on the steps of the state Capitol in Little Rock that she didn’t have a choice in 1968 but to bear the child conceived through incest.
LR seeks to take snappier bite out of truancy
posted: 01/22/2012 5:08 a.m. Discuss
School skippers, watch out. The city of Little Rock, in cooperation with the Little Rock School District, is working on better ways to quickly punish truancy.
LR vows crime-fighting support
posted: 01/18/2012 5:06 a.m. Comment 1
Little Rock’s Board of Directors Tuesday pledged City Hall support to community efforts to decrease crime and invited activists to join the discussion of how the city will spend prevention, intervention and treatment money.
LR anti-violence tactics reviewed
posted: 01/15/2012 4:38 a.m. Discuss
Revenue from a September tax increase will start flowing into Little Rock coffers this spring on the heels of a winter that’s seen a spike in violent crimes.
60 occupiers attend LR meeting
posted: 01/15/2012 4:37 a.m. Comments 4
About 60 people gathered Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Little Rock for a town hall meeting as the Occupy Arkansas State Convention continued.
LR drops suit, orders driveway gone
posted: 01/14/2012 4:08 a.m. Discuss
The city of Little Rock has dropped a lawsuit against a homeowner in The Ranch subdivision over a collapsed driveway in order to issue the woman notice that she has 48 hours to remove the structure or the city will, City Attorney Tom Carpenter said late Friday.
Utility’s board OKs bonds to buy 488 watershed acres
posted: 01/14/2012 4:05 a.m. Discuss
Central Arkansas Water is set to buy 488 acres in the Lake Maumelle Watershed after the utility’s board of commissioners approved the sale of $17.5 million in bonds during Thursday’s monthly meeting.
Few back site for VA clinic at LR meeting
posted: 01/13/2012 4:42 a.m. Comments 6
There was scant support for a homeless veterans clinic proposed for downtown Little Rock during a standing-room-only gathering of residents, business owners, caregivers and politicians Thursday night.
LR, VA cite crossed wires in clinic plan
posted: 01/11/2012 4:58 a.m. Comment 1
A perfect storm of miscommunication resulted in the city of Little Rock being surprised by a proposal from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to relocate a homeless servicemen’s clinic to Main Street, officials said Tuesday evening.
1 housing grant won, LR agency is not done
posted: 01/11/2012 4:56 a.m. Discuss
The Metropolitan Housing Alliance has its eye on as much as $30 million in federal money after being awarded a $300,000 grant Tuesday to aid the agency in developing a revitalization plan for some 12th Street neighborhoods in Little Rock.
Volleys again ring out for Dodd
posted: 01/08/2012 4:31 a.m. Discuss
Huixia Lu steadied her camera, trained on the formation of men dressed as Confederate soldiers, but she couldn’t help but jump a little when their period rifles fired into the air with cannon-like ferocity.
A VA clinic on S. Main for indigent riles mayor
posted: 01/07/2012 4:46 a.m. Comments 28
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola said plans for a homeless-veterans clinic across the street from a liquor store on South Main Street are “idiotic,” a “duplication of services” and a waste of federal tax dollars.
Conway firm, LR win grants for natural gas
posted: 01/07/2012 4:42 a.m. Discuss
The state doled out on Friday nearly half a million dollars in grants aimed at lessening Arkansas’ reliance on foreign fuel by supporting compressed-natural-gas filling stations.
Anti-blight spending suits U.S., 2 cities say
posted: 01/06/2012 4:30 a.m. Discuss
After 50 years of marriage and renting, David and Patricia Spencer are elated to finally be homeowners, even though they know their time in their new home is limited.
New aim: A 3-story Capitol neighbor
posted: 01/05/2012 5:33 a.m. Comments 2
The Capitol Zoning District Commission is set this month to once again vote on plans for a construction project that had been struck down because the proposed building was too tall and would block the view of the state Capitol.
Vote on reissuing library bonds approved
posted: 01/04/2012 4:28 a.m. Discuss
Without discussion, the Little Rock Board of Directors voted Tuesday night to hold a special election to let voters decide a proposal that would reissue bonds for the Central Arkansas Library System and generate $19 million for new projects.
Two Rivers bridge to close for repairs
posted: 01/02/2012 4:47 a.m. Comment 1
For the second time since the Two Rivers Park Bridge opened to the public in July, the span will be closed for work on the lighting.
30 call for end to LR violence
posted: 01/01/2012 5:06 a.m. Comments 5
Standing in a church parking lot at Woodrow and 12th streets in downtown Little Rock, not far from where a man was found shot to death in his vehicle Wednesday night, about 30 men gathered Saturday to call for action.
Occupy camp in LR set up for long haul
posted: 12/30/2011 4:18 a.m. Comments 4
The bank of solar panels and the large pile of firewood are telling. The Occupy Little Rock camp is in it for the long haul.
Housing agency unveils new aim
posted: 12/29/2011 4:43 a.m. Comment 1
The Little Rock Housing Authority unveiled on Wednesday a new name aimed at encompassing its broadened array of public services.
Officials say Six Bridges success outlasts its name
posted: 12/27/2011 5:41 a.m. Comment 1
The stationery of the Junction Bridge board proudly proclaims the span as “Part of the Six Bridges Plan.” It’s the only place one can find that phrase on official papers, outside of archival files.
Robbers kill Texan outside LR club
posted: 12/25/2011 1:27 a.m. Comments 3
An outing at a Little Rock nightspot ended in death early Saturday morning when one member of a group of revelers was shot and killed during a robbery, police said.
