100 years ago
Sept. 6, 1920
McGEHEE -- A big white motor truck, loaded with road construction material and driven by Dan Enscore, was struck by passenger train No. 105 as it was pulling out of McGehee yesterday afternoon, and completely demolished. Enscore jumped when he saw an accident could not be prevented, and escaped with only minor injuries. An inspector who was sitting beside the driver was not hurt. Enscore said he did not see the train until it was too late to stop the truck.
50 years ago
Sept. 6, 1970
• The installation of high speed computer terminals between the law enforcement agencies and courts in Faulkner County and the state Administration Department at Little Rock will be completed in six weeks, John H. Hickey, director of the state Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement, said Saturday. Hickey said the nine-member policy advisory council for the proposed statewide computer system met Friday at the Crime Commission offices at the University Tower Building and discussed what information should be fed to the computer.
25 years ago
Sept. 6, 1995
• Some orphaned roots, a few twigs and two red ribbons that had been tied 'round the old oak tree remained Tuesday. But the tree was gone. Workers felled the great willow oak, which stood in front of the old University of Arkansas at Little Rock law school on Spring Street, Saturday morning to make room for a new wing of the building. The structure will house the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Last month, some Little Rock residents objected to plans to cut down the tree. The tree's defenders tied two red ribbons on it, and an anonymous poem titled "A Tribute to an Old Friend" was pinned to the tree.
10 years ago
Sept. 6, 2010
• A defunct 600-acre mining complex with a 500-foot-deep 90-acre lake will be the largest site in the state to see cleanup action, according to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Hot Springs County site, Magcobar mining -- short for Magnet Cove Barium Corp. -- is so large, in fact, that cleanup would drain the state's $11 million Remedial Action Trust Fund if the current owners, Halliburton Energy Services and TRE Management Co., had not been working with the state since 2000 to keep the lake from overflowing, said Ryan Benefield, deputy director of the department.