100 years ago
July 18, 1916
HOT SPRINGS -- With the statement that he desires to be the friend of friends of the late Sheriff Webb, that he desires harmony and will earnestly strive to do his duty, Tom L. Hanley, appointed sheriff of Garland county by Governor Hays Saturday, was this morning sworn into office by Circuit Clerk Abe Sullenberger. He told Watty Parker, Wi Brown and Walter Brackenridge, all deputies under Sheriff Webb, that he desired them to retain their positions.
50 years ago
July 18, 1966
• A high-ranking official of the Negro Elks Clubs said Sunday at Little Rock that "black power," an idea conceived by some of the more militant civil rights leaders, was "racism in reverse." George W. Lee of Memphis, grand commissioner of education of the Improved, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, said he could not agree that "integration is irrelevant," as some Negro leaders have said.
25 years ago
July 18, 1991
• A public hearing has been set for Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers of North Little Rock's City Hall to discuss a curfew for teen-agers. Mayor Patrick Henry Hays said Wednesday that an ordinance has been drafted to implement a curfew, but he wants public reaction before the issue is voted on by the City Council. "I'm really concerned with what to do with people who are picked up as a result of it." Hays said, adding there are only about four or six spaces that the city can claim at the Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center.
10 years ago
July 18, 2006
PERRYVILLE -- A pollution-fighting plan sought by the state's largest water utility took a beating Monday night from property owners who would see some restrictions placed on their land to help safeguard water they cannot get. More than 100 people filled the Perryville High School cafeteria to grill officials from Central Arkansas Water and its outside consultant over its proposal to restrict development near Lake Maumelle and its feeder streams. The plan also seeks to limit how much existing landowners can divide their property for their heirs. "That's not a plan for the people," said Jim Kendrick, who owns about 75 acres off Bringle Creek Road just west of the lake. "You need to look at what the individual's rights are and keep those permanent."
Metro on 07/18/2016