100 years ago
March 4, 1917
• Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Whitmore, an aged couple, residing at 4000 West Fourteenth street, were roused from their beds at 1 o'clock this (Sunday) morning by fire starting in the kitchen of their one-story residence. At 1:20 o'clock the fire was practically under control of fire companies responding to the alarm, but the entire rear portion of the house had been destroyed. The damage estimate could not be learned.
50 years ago
March 4, 1967
• The Diamond Club at 609 East Washington Avenue in North Little Rock was padlocked Friday morning by Sheriff B. Frank Mackey and two deputies acting on an order obtained from Circuit Judge William J. Kirby by Prosecuting Attorney Richard B. Adkisson. The club has been the subject of published accounts of gambling activities. Twice in the last week North Little Rock detectives have raided the Club armed with search warrants. They found nothing to warrant arrests on both occasions.
25 years ago
March 4, 1992
• Lt. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker may be the state's first acting governor to sign bills into law. Tucker, who is acting governor when Gov. Bill Clinton is out of state campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, signed Senate Bill 47 Monday. The bill, which amends bid preference laws, was approved during last week's special legislative session. "I don't know whether I am or not but that is a possibility," Tucker said Tuesday.
10 years ago
March 4, 2007
• Sharp County Judge Larry Brown realizes it's a simple slogan, but he also believes that signs at low-water crossings advising motorists, "Turn around. Don't drown," could save lives. Brown plans to erect crossing gates, complete with the warning messages, at four county bridges later this month. He hopes each set of long, metal barricades will deter drivers from crossing flooded roads. Sharp County Road Supervisor Dan Melbourne came up with the idea. He's been working on a crossing-safety plan since January 2005, when a husband and wife drowned after trying to drive through a flooded Piney Creek at a low-water bridge in western Sharp County. This crossing will be the first to have the new barricade, Brown said.
Metro on 03/04/2017