100 years ago
Sept. 15, 1919
• All North Little Rock schools will open for the year this morning. The high school students will assemble at 8:30. All other schools will open at 9 o'clock. Superintendent E. G. Garner yesterday said that the burning of the Book Depository, Little Rock, prevents the pupils from getting the necessary school books immediately, but the publishing firms are hurrying the school books to the state as fast as possible.
50 years ago
Sept. 15, 1969
• Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, the Arkansas governor's son who prepared a well-received cadet training program for the Arkansas State Police while he visited the state this summer, will come into the family millions Wednesday on his 21st birthday. The trusts total $2.5 million. The Rockefeller heir also receives income from one of the trusts set up by his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Jr., for each of his grandchildren. He also is the only child of his father, who is reportedly worth more than $100 million.
25 years ago
Sept. 15, 1994
HOPE -- A police detective has admitted to his police chief that he took money needed as evidence in a drug trial and will be investigated by the Arkansas State Police, the city manager said Wednesday. More than $700 is missing from the evidence room at the Hope Police Department, City Manager David Meriwether said. The trial, which had been scheduled for Monday, was postponed until October. Prosecuting Attorney Brent Haltom of Lewisville said his case would not be damaged. ... Meriwether said the department is reviewing how evidence is handled and filed.
10 years ago
Sept. 15, 2009
• While Little Rock typically relies heavily on developers to build new roads in and around subdivisions, the capital city is considering a unique swap to ease the future construction of a connector in west Little Rock. La Marche Drive is on the city's master street plan to eventually provide drivers another connection from Chenal Parkway to west Taylor Loop Road, where a new elementary school is being built. Taylor Loop Road also intersects with Arkansas 10. ... In 2000, planning commissioners gave Valley Falls Estates developer Rick Ferguson a five-year deferral in building the stretch because it didn't serve his subdivision or property owners on the east side of the planned road. City officials also wanted to prevent the dead-end drive from becoming a hangout spot or illegal dump. That deferral expired four years ago and went unnoticed until recently, city planners said.
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