100 years ago
Jan. 14, 1918
PRESCOTT -- J. L. Daniels, wealthy farmer and former justice of the peace, living in the lower part of this county, will be placed on trial in Circuit Court here tomorrow, charged with the murder of an aged negro couple about a year ago. The state alleges that Daniels fraudulently secured or forged a deed to a large body of land belonging to the negroes, and that when the negroes learned of that fact Daniels went to their home late one night and persuaded them to drink some whiskey, which contained poison, from the effects of which the negro woman died the next day, while the man lived several weeks.
50 years ago
Jan. 14, 1968
BENTON -- Mrs. Amanda Wilson, who resided about a mile north of the East End community (Saline County) on U.S. Highway 167, was killed about 5 p.m. Saturday when her house was destroyed by fire. The Saline County Sheriff's Office said the house was demolished before firemen from the Baseline Road Fire Department arrived. The cause of the fire was unknown.
25 years ago
Jan. 14, 1993
FORREST CITY -- Speaking as 9-year-old "Billy," one of his 23 personalities, William Francis Bowen testified Wednesday that it was Cheryl Fiser Lobdill, a former co-defendant, who stabbed a bank teller to death in Phillips County and not him. Bowen, 27, of Fort Smith is accused of capital murder in the Sept. 19, 1990, slaying of Connie Faye Vondran, 43, a teller at Delta State Bank at Elaine. Lobdill, 30, of Fort Smith, pleaded guilty in March 1992 to attempted aggravated robbery in the case and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
10 years ago
Jan. 14, 2008
• Hoping to encourage "green" building practices among developers, the Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday will consider transferring two vacant lots to a local developer to build two energy-efficient, affordable homes. The homes, which could use some solar energy, efficient insulation, energy-saving appliances and other energy-saving designs, would be aimed at families earning within 80 percent of the area's median income, which is about $40,700 for a family of four. The lots are at 304 W. 26th St. and 2821 S. Spring St. in the heart of a modest residential neighborhood in south Little Rock.
Metro on 01/14/2018