100 years ago
Oct. 14, 1918
TEXARKANA -- For the first time in its history there were no church services on Sunday in any of the churches of Texarkana today. This action was taken to safeguard against a further spread of influenza. The public schools and theaters will continue [to be] closed until further notice.
50 years ago
Oct. 14, 1968
• Three North Little Rock teen-agers attempted to kick the windows out of a police patrol car early Sunday after being arrested. All were either 15 or 16 years old. One was still in jail late Sunday and two were free on $200 bond each. They were charged with resisting arrest, assaulting an officer, possession of liquor as a minor and public drunkenness. Patrolmen Johnny Foster and B.L. Ward said they stopped the three in a car at Washington Avenue and Vine Street after the officers saw them throw a beer can from the window. They said the boys were handcuffed after one tried to escape and the two others tried to kick the rear windows out of the police vehicle. The officers said the youths became violent again when they reached police headquarters and the handcuffs were removed. One tore the buttons from one officer's uniform and tore his tie off, they said.
25 years ago
Oct. 14, 1993
• The Internal Revenue Service has developed another way of helping frustrated taxpayers when writing letters or calling a toll-free telephone number isn't enough -- a human being. The IRS in Arkansas has set aside today to do nothing but listen and help Central Arkansas residents who are experiencing tax problems. The IRS will hold "IRS Listen Day" at the IRS office in Little Rock, 700 W. Capitol Ave., Room 1002. Prissy Gray, IRS problem resolution officer in Arkansas, will be available from 9-11 a.m. to help people find solutions to unresolved federal tax problems.
10 years ago
Oct. 14, 2008
• The steps Little Rock has taken to open a day resource center for the area's homeless will likely keep the city off the National Coalition for the Homeless' list of the 20 meanest cities four years after being named No. 1, the organization's director said Monday. But Little Rock isn't off the hook yet, said Michael Stoops, the coalition's executive director who was in North Little Rock on Monday at the 19th annual Arkansas Homeless Conference. "We will monitor what's going on," Stoops said, talking about recent reports of new no-loitering signs under the Broadway bridge and churches being told they can't feed homeless people who gather there for meals. In 2004, Little Rock overtook Las Vegas as the organization's meanest city after threatening to close down several homeless camps.
Metro on 10/14/2018