100 years ago
Jan. 7, 1919
• A man believed to be T. J. Ledwell, aged about 35, was found dead on the switch track near the foot of East Ninth street about 9:45 o'clock last night. His skull had been crushed by a heavy bolt which was found lying beside the prostrate body. U. Noff Singer, 1603 West Fourth street, flagman at the foot of East Ninth street, who was on his way home, discovered the body. He immediately notified the police, who guarded the body until Deputy Coroner H. F. Villars arrived. The body was removed to the parlors of Healey and Roth. Singer said that the body could not have been there longer than 30 minutes as a switch engine was at work on the track.
50 years ago
Jan. 7, 1969
• The Little Rock Tollway Authority voted Monday to contract with John Nuveen and Co. of Chicago to act as financial adviser to the Authority on the preparation of a bond issue to complete the East-West Expressway as a toll road. The firm will evaluate authority studies on the feasibility of the toll road, help develop a plan for financing the project, develop and present specific recommendations concerning the proper time and manner for issuing the bonds, and provide the Authority with other consultant services.
25 years ago
Jan. 7, 1994
• Little Rock School Superintendent Dr. Henry P. Williams announced Thursday that today's Little Rock Central game at Little Rock Hall has been postponed. The girl's game was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. with the boy's game to follow. The cancellation was apparently a reaction to Tuesday's alleged gang-related violence at Central where Anthony Nash, 17, was beaten by a group of Central students. Nash has been identified by police as a member of a local Crips gang. "It's just that our best thinking on this matter was that we should cancel this game," Williams said. "We just don't want to put students or residents in jeopardy until this thing cools down."
10 years ago
Jan. 7, 2009
TEXARKANA -- A man accused in the August slayings of his mother and stepfather was found unfit to stand trial and was committed to the Arkansas State Hospital after telling a judge Monday that he doesn't believe they are dead. "How can I be charged with capital murder when Al and Sandra Walsh are alive and doing fine?" Bronson Scoggins asked at a pretrial hearing before Circuit Judge Joe Griffin. "The bruises are gone. We did rerun." Griffin ruled that Scoggins was unfit to proceed to trial and ordered that he be committed to the State Hospital. A status hearing on the case was scheduled for April. "President Bush has already granted me a signed pardon, and I still haven't been let out. We're friends," Scoggins said despite his attorney's advice to make no statement.
Metro on 01/07/2019