100 years ago
March 20, 1918
BENTON -- The Saline county food and feed campaign was conducted here yesterday, as scheduled. Mr. Dunn, cashier of the First National Bank, led a party to Lurkhead. Each member of the Women's Club at this place promised to raise 100 hens. Ben Cox, president of the Lurkhead Farmer's Association, took charge of the boys into pig clubs. These clubs will specialize in raising Poland China Pigs. Stephen Ratliff led a party to another schoolhouse near and was enthusiastically received, practically every farmer present pledging himself to raise more food and feed.
50 years ago
March 20, 1968
• The dispensing of mixed drinks by private clubs in both wet and dry counties must stop at once, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said Tuesday. The sale of mixed drinks is illegal in Arkansas -- 44 counties are dry by popular vote -- but the practice has been tolerated behind the facade of private and country clubs in both wet and dry areas. ABC Chairman Walter L. Hinton Jr. of Little Rock said that because the sale of mixed drinks had been tolerated so long, the Board didn't intend to apply force in the form of raids at once. The clubs will be given a reasonable time to dispose of their liquor stocks and bar equipment.
25 years ago
March 20, 1993
BEE BRANCH -- Parents and school officials in Bee Branch agree that homosexuals shouldn't teach classes on AIDS, the school superintendent said Friday. South Side School District Superintendent Waco Sutterfield said that parents submitted petitions to the school board Thursday night outlining their concerns over district plans to offer an AIDS awareness program. Sutterfield said the board took no formal action on the petition, but school officials agreed with the petitioners' opposition to having homosexuals teach awareness classes on acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the schools.
10 years ago
March 20, 2008
FAYETTEVILLE -- Steve Clark, the former Arkansas attorney general who was convicted of a felony while in office, said Wednesday that he's considering running for Fayetteville mayor. "I've been giving it some thought," Clark said in an interview. He said if he decides to run, he'll talk openly about why someone convicted of misusing taxpayer money for his own benefit should be elected mayor.
Metro on 03/20/2018