New deadline given
for Clinton papers
WASHINGTON - No new records from the Clinton White House will be released this week, the National Archives announced Thursday.
An archives news release also states that the White House gave archivists an extra month to review 25,000 documents that became eligible for release under federal law a year ago. The new deadline is April 26, according to the release. It did not state when the next batch of records would become public.
Under the Presidential Records Act of 1978, presidents can seal some records for 12 years after they leave office. Clinton’s last day in office was Jan. 20, 2001.
In February, Politico reported that 33,000 pages of records had not been made public in January 2013 when that restriction on their release expired.
About 8,000 pages of records have been released in the last three weeks.
Many of those records detail advice given to then-President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton by top aides. The documents are available online at clintonlibrary.gov/formerlywithhelddocuments.html.
Archives officials said that only 4 percent of the Clinton White House papers have been prepared for release thus far.
Among other things, archivists are sorting through about 78 million pages of records and 20 million emails.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTECorps lifts advisory
for Arkansas River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has lifted a smallcraft advisory for the Arkansas River from Russellville downstream.
The agency had issued the advisory Monday.
Advisories are issued when flows reach 70,000 cubic feet per second. Although flows have receded below that threshold, Corps officials urge boaters to always use caution when on the river, the agency said in a news release Friday.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Hardy man pleads guilty to gun charge
HARDY - An Arkansas man featured on Clash of the Ozarks has pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge.
Kerry Wayne Evans of Hardy pleaded guilty this week to illegally possessing an unregistered machine gun. Evans appears on theDiscovery Channel show, which highlights two feuding families in the Arkansas town of Hardy. The show’s website describes Evans as a “savvy businessman whose sole purpose is to bring progress to the sleepy town of Hardy.”
The Jonesboro Sun reported that Evans faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. He’s due in court June 20 for sentencing.
The Discovery Channel declined to comment on Evans’ plea or say whether the show will be picked up for a second season. Evans also declined to comment.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ex-teacher admits to sex with student
TULSA - A former English teacher in Sand Springs has pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Prosecutors said Erin Kathleen Queen admitted having sex with a 17-year-old student. According to Tulsa television station KOTV, Queen was arrested after she and the male student were found at a Tulsa motel after the teen’s parents called police.
Queen was arrested in March 2012 and resigned shortly thereafter from her job as a teacher at Charles Page High School.
On Friday, Queen received a three-year suspended sentence and a $600 fine. As part of the plea, prosecutors dismissed a charge of second-degree rape.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Man gets 15 years for planning attack
BOLIVAR, Mo. - A southwest Missouri man accused of planning shooting attacks at a movie theater and a Wal-Mart has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for first-degree assault and armed criminal action.
The Springfield News-Leader reported that Blaec Lammers, 21, was sentenced to 15 years on each charge Thursday, with the terms to run concurrently.
Authorities said Lammers told them he originally planned to open fire on the opening-night crowd for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 at a Bolivar theater in November 2012. He opted for the Wal-Mart because he could get more ammunition there.
Lammers was arrested after his mother told police he had gone off his medication for mental-health conditions and that she feared he was planning an attack. No shots were ever fired.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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