100 years ago
April 4, 1920
• The Board of Commissioners of the Broadway-Main Street Bridge District awarded the contract for the construction of the substructures of the Broadway and Main street bridges to the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company of Kansas City yesterday afternoon. The company must complete both substructures within 360 working days from the time it begins work.
50 years ago
April 4, 1970
• Seven businesses at the Southwest City Mall Shopping Center near Geyer Spring Road and Interstate 30 were burglarized Thursday night and an undetermined amount of money and merchandise were stolen, the police reported Friday. The MFA Insurance Company sales and service office reported $286 and two cameras missing. Entry was gained by breaking glass in the front door, officers said. The other businesses burglarized were the Dixie Shop, David's of Arkansas, Stroman's TV and Stereo Center, Mad Cats, Shainberg's Department Store and Ewings Shoe Store. Entry to the establishments was gained by forcing open the front doors, the police said.
25 years ago
April 4, 1995
CONWAY -- The University of Central Arkansas will review its disciplinary process because of an Arkansas Supreme Court decision issued Monday, UCA President Winfred Thompson said. The Supreme Court, with one justice dissenting, upheld Circuit Chancery Judge Watson Villines' decision that overturned a student's three-year school suspension for having a gun on campus. A majority ruled that UCA failed to follow its own procedures in disciplining the student. Heather Denton, a freshman scholarship student, contended she didn't know the gun was in her car when Conway police officer Mike Edgmon stopped her just inside the campus in February 1993.
10 years ago
April 4, 2010
• The Little Rock School Board's vote last week to authorize a court challenge to the state's practice of giving unconditional approval to charter schools has prompted a last-ditch effort to negotiate an out-of-court settlement. At week's end, Chris Heller, an attorney for the Little Rock School District who had drafted an 80-page motion to file in court, was conferring with attorneys for the North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts and intervenors about possible settlement terms to present to the attorney general.
Metro on 04/04/2020