100 years ago
May 9, 1918
PINE BLUFF -- Disloyal acts and utterances in Pine Bluff will be punished by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not less than six months and not more than one year, or both, under an ordinance passed Monday night by the City Council. Mayor Bloom, whose only son is in the army, declared anyone who is disloyal should be shot.
50 years ago
May 9, 1968
• Two Paragould men who were found guilty by a federal District Court jury April 16 of conspiring to posses and pass counterfeit $10 and $20 bills in late 1966 and early 1967 were sentenced to prison Wednesday by Judge Gordon E. Young. Judge Young sentenced Cecil L. Ragsdell, 39, to a three-year term and made him eligible for parole after serving seven months. He sentenced Paul Eugene Hunt, 47, to a two-year term and made him eligible for parole after serving five months.
25 years ago
May 9, 1993
CONWAY -- The University of Central Arkansas is continuing its efforts to suspend a student who was discovered with a gun in her car. The University has filed a motion asking that a judge alter his decision that the university's firearm policy is unconstitutional. Earlier this year, UCA suspended Heather Denton after a gun was found in her car. She said she did not know the gun, which did not belong to her, was in the car. Circuit-Chancery Judge Watson Villines of Conway overruled Denton's suspension when he decided the university's firearm policy is unconstitutional because it does not require that the students have intent to violate it.
10 years ago
May 9, 2008
• Hiring a taxi in Little Rock will cost passengers another $1 starting Tuesday, when a new fuel surcharge approved by city directors goes into effect. The additional $1 is a temporary fix while city officials tweak proposals for new taxi rates in Little Rock. The surcharge, which expires June 20, means a taxi ride will start at $4. Yellow Cab, the only permitted taxi company in the capital city, asked the city for the temporary surcharge last week as a way to help drivers recoup increasing fuel expenses until the new ordinance is in place.
Metro on 05/09/2018