100 years ago
June 17, 1919
FORT SMITH -- Fines ranging from $300 to $500 and jail sentences ranging from 30 to 60 days were imposed upon four men in Police Court today on charges of violating the city's bone dry law. Forest Corbin, aged 18, who was found early today in the Frisco railway yards with three sacks containing bottled whiskey, was fined $300 and was given 30 days in jail. ... Corbin is alleged to have broken into a box car that contained the whiskey. T. E. Austin, Frisco freight conductor, was fined $500 and was given 60 days in jail, and John Long and Homer Bass, Frisco brakemen, were each fined $300 and were given 30 days in jail as a result of the discovery of 12 cases of whiskey in a car of a freight train they brought to Fort Smith from Monett, Mo., June 9.
50 years ago
June 17, 1969
ENGLAND -- Police here captured three escapees Monday from Tucker Prison Farm. Prison authorities said the three Tucker inmates were spotted walking down the railroad tracks near the city limits of England. The men gave themselves up. They were not armed, authorities said. ... Authorities continued their search for Walter Mark Carson, 33, who walked off from the rice fields of Cummins Prison Farm about 1 p.m. Monday. ... The three who were caught escaped Saturday from the dormitory area of Tucker Prison Farm.
25 years ago
June 17, 1994
WALNUT RIDGE -- An 8-year-old Hoxie girl found and chewed a piece of gum that doctors say was injected with a drug, possibly LSD. Lawrence County Sheriff Waymon Hutton found the gum's wrapper while searching the Hoxie City Park shortly after the girl was hospitalized. He said the wrapper was blue, red and yellow. He was not sure about the brand. An extensive search of the park yielded no other suspicious substances, but Hutton was advising parents not to let their children pick up candy from the ground or accept anything from strangers. "It is probably adults doing this, maybe trying to get kids hooked on drugs or just trying to hurt them," Hutton said. "We have to be careful about soft drinks, candy, anything that could be tampered with. It was bad seeing what that little girl went through with the hallucinations. She was seeing things come at her and things from the walls."
10 years ago
June 17, 2009
• Cat owners whose felines roam outside will have 30 days to sterilize and microchip their pets under an ordinance Little Rock city directors approved Tuesday. A first-time offender, however, will get a warning and 10 days to comply if animal-control officers pick up his cat and find it unneutered and without a microchip. After that, the pet owner will face a ticket and a day in court. "I'd hate to put them in jeopardy of being fined and found guilty of a misdemeanor on a first offense," said Mayor Mark Stodola, who asked Tuesday that a warning be included in the law. Little Rock will also allow veterinarians to weigh in on whether a cat should be sterilized if it's too old or has lost the ability to reproduce. City directors asked for that provision after saying that they wanted the ordinance to be similar to what is required of dogs. Little Rock requires dogs that are deemed potentially dangerous -- pit bulls are currently the only breed -- to be sterilized and microchipped unless a veterinarian says the animal would be harmed.
Metro on 06/17/2019