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Drive-By Shooting Reported
SPRINGDALE — Police are investigating a drive-by shooting reported on Braxton Drive on Friday night.
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LR promises repairs if tax sees increase
Overdue-projects list holds streets, drainage, buildings
LITTLE ROCK — If Little Rock voters approve the 1 percentage point sales-tax increase this September, they will likely begin to see infrastructure improvements by early 2012, city officials said. Continue reading...
Copter deaths first use of new flag law
LITTLE ROCK — Just days after two Arkansas servicemen died in Afghanistan, a newly expanded state law will be invoked that allows flags to be flown at halfstaff without an official proclamation when members of the armed services are killed in action. Continue reading...
Group sees fields ripe for picking as heat takes a toll
A state hunger-relief network is about one-third of the way toward reaching its goal of gathering 1 million pounds of produce left unpicked after harvest, but now expects it will fall short as this year’s weather takes its toll on crops. Continue reading...
Group starts push against LR tax rise
LITTLE ROCK — About 20 members of the group known as “$500 Million Tax — Too Much” attended its news conference Saturday at West 12th Street and University Avenue in Little Rock to kick off their campaign against a proposed 1 percent city sales-tax increase. Group spokesman Jim Lynch, a long-time community activist who has fought tax increases in the past, said the group will now raise money to get the word out about the Sept. 13 special election. Continue reading...
10 plaques on civil-rights path offer lesson in Arkansas history
LITTLE ROCK — Following the bronzeplaque road along Markham Street sidewalks won’t get you a heart or courage or lead you home. Continue reading...
Fans line up for opening of new bridge
Julian VanLandingham perched on a bench in Two Rivers Park, taking gulps of water before biking toward the park’s new bridge for cyclists and pedestrians. The Two Rivers Park Bridge opened to the public Saturday at 7 a.m. It is the newest connection of 17 miles of trails in Little Rock and North Little Rock, and is one of four pedestrian bridges along the Arkansas River Trail, including the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge that is to open later this summer. Continue reading...
Program aims to get meals into more children’s bellies
LITTLE ROCK — From sunrise to sunset, Joyce Dolphus picks up children, fixes them lunch and takes them home. And then she does it again for another 60 or so days. Continue reading...
Track builder treks to capitol
Speedway data vague after talk
Hollister, Mo., developer Russell Cook met Friday with representatives of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission in Little Rock to discuss his plans for building a speedway, but officials would make no comment after the meeting. Continue reading...
