100 years ago
Feb. 15, 1920
• Four cases of pneumonia were reported to the city Health Department yesterday. The number of influenza cases was less than at any time since January 22. Only nine cases were reported for February 14, although 32 report cards were received, bearing dates of the past week. No deaths were reported yesterday. According to the Arkansas statutes all deaths must be reported to the Bureau of Vital Statistics within 72 hours.
50 years ago
Feb. 15, 1970
TEXARKANA -- Dr. Mitchell Young of Texarkana, Tex., national president of Freedom, Inc., said Saturday that his group is planning a rally of from 10,000 to 20,000 people on the steps of the Arkansas Capitol at 1 p.m. next Saturday to show "we aren't going to let the social planners take over the schools and are opposed to forced integration." He said the demonstration would be to show Governor Rockefeller that the citizens of Arkansas were against busing and HEW guidelines and "if he doesn't take a stand he's dead politically in Arkansas. ... He'd might as well not even file to run for governor."
25 years ago
Feb. 15, 1995
• Buster Corley and Dave Corriveau, two of Little Rock's most successful restaurateurs in the 1970s, plan to go public with their Dave and Buster's Inc. and its giant restaurant-entertainment concept. The two, who now live in Dallas, have five Dave and Buster's restaurant and entertainment complexes operating and are building two more in Chicago.
10 years ago
Feb. 15, 2010
• The Pulaski County Quorum Court Ways and Means Committee is set to discuss the distribution of state money to the county's fire departments that has ruffled the feathers of the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Jacksonville mayors. The meeting, which had been planned for Feb. 9, was rescheduled because of weather and is now set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The money in question is $179,700 of Act 884 General Improvement Funds. The Legislature appropriates the money annually to the counties, which divide it among 900 fire departments. Mayors Mark Stodola of Little Rock, Patrick Hays of North Little Rock and Gary Fletcher of Jacksonville have said their cities were cheated six months ago when the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council voted in their absence to distribute the money equally rather than based on population as in the past.
Metro on 02/15/2020