100 years ago
Aug. 24, 1916
• Truck gardening in the northern section of Arkansas, cotton and other crops were damaged during the last week by the hot, dry weather, according to the weekly weather and crop bulletin issued Wednesday morning from the local office of the United States weather bureau. There was a new feature of the Arkansas bulletin this week. The exact condition of truck gardens and the location is given by towns on the bulletin, considered a great aid to the gardeners, and shows place where products can be marketed to advantage.
50 years ago
Aug. 24, 1966
• A new position was added Tuesday to the Little Rock School Board, whose six members have frequently tied 3 to 3 on important matters. The Board voted recently to add a seventh position. It petitioned the Pulaski County Board of Education to approve the position, a step that is required by state law. The Board of Education met briefly Tuesday to consider and approve the request. It was a special meeting for a public hearing on the request but the only visitor was School Superintendent Floyd W. Parsons, who spoke in behalf of the request.
25 years ago
Aug. 24, 1991
• The proposed legislative redistricting maps released Thursday by the State Board of Apportionment are "a bunch of crap" and will be challenged in federal court by black residents of eastern Arkansas, a state legislator said Friday. Rep. Ben McGee of Marion (Crittenden County) said the maps, which propose the creation of six new non-incumbent legislative districts, do not represent the interest of black Arkansans. "The state Board of Apportionment lacks the intestinal fortitude to do what is right," McGee said.
10 years ago
Aug. 24, 2006
• For the past two years, residents of Hollinsworth Grove have watched as Little Rock National Airport, Adams Field, bought up houses and businesses around the east Little Rock housing project. The airport wants to extend its general-aviation runway and reduce complaints about noise. Hollinsworth Grove sits just north of the airport, and the Little Rock Housing Authority has long expected the airport to buy the 50-year-old project, too. That would give the authority money to build better housing elsewhere. But with Hollinsworth becoming surrounded by vacant houses and businesses, the authority has decided it can't wait any longer.
Metro on 08/24/2016