100 years ago
Nov. 8, 1918
CONWAY -- Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will be the "headline attraction" of the lyceum course for the season of 1918-1919, conducted by Hendrix and Central Colleges, the State Normal and the high school, the Lyceum Committee announced today. The vice president is expected to deliver a lecture here some time this month.
50 years ago
Nov. 8, 1968
FAYETTEVILLE -- The decomposed body of Vernon Swartzreck, 17, of Charles City, Ia., who was piloting a plane that has been missing since July 28, was found by a squirrel hunter Thursday about 12 miles southwest of here. Swartzreck's plane had landed at Drake Field here July 28 from Charles City and had taken off at night after refueling for a flight to Longview, Tex., when he encountered a thunderstorm south of here. A search for the missing plane by the Civil Air Patrol didn't produce any clues. Ray Landelius of near Woolsey (Washington County), the hunter, found the scattered wreckage of the plane.
25 years ago
Nov. 8, 1993
• The city of Maumelle is exploring the possibility of annexing the Morgan area at Interstate 40 and Arkansas 365, which has experienced a business boom in recent years. Maumelle is looking at the area because of the growing number of businesses and an outdated sewer plant that is in violation of Environmental Protection Agency regulations, City Manager Gerald Boon said. Several businesses have been built in the Morgan interchange area in recent years, including a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, a McDonald's and three convenience stores. A sign on a recently cleared lot notes a Waffle House is next. The Morgan interchange is a little less than a mile northeast of Maumelle. The city already has extraterritorial jurisdiction over the Morgan business area, meaning it controls planning and zoning.
10 years ago
Nov. 8, 2008
• When more than 400,000 Arkansas hunters hit the woods for the opening of deer season today, it's ever more likely that some among them have already encountered a deer long before they settled into their deer stands. Only those encounters were between deer and cars and trucks. Arkansas ranks fifth in the nation in the frequency of deer-vehicle collisions, according to a leading insurance company. Only West Virginia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Iowa had a higher likelihood of deer-vehicle collisions, according to State Farm Insurance Co., which has about 500,000 auto policyholders in Arkansas.
Metro on 11/08/2018