100 years ago
Sept. 20, 1920
HARRISBURG -- Henry Williamson and Lode Leater, farmers living near Harrisburg, were arrested Friday by Revenue Officers Lumpkins and Pasley, charged with manufacturing and selling moonshine liquor. The officers say they found Williamson working at his still, which had a capacity of about 90 gallons a day. The boiler, which was practically new, was made of copper. Besides the still the officers confiscated about 450 gallons of mash and three gallons of moonshine.
50 years ago
Sept. 20, 1970
• The Board of Trustees of Arkansas Polytechnic College at Russellville adopted a resolution Thursday commending the apparent solution of an administrative disagreement between college President George Pratt and former Associate Dean Travis Adams. The resolution expressed "confirmation of a compromise worked out by the president and former associate dean" and noted that "problems arise, and from solutions of these problems comes learning and maturity."
25 years ago
Sept. 20, 1995
HOPE -- Tuesday's school election is one that local officials would just as soon forget. Not only did they face a tough sell in trying to raise property taxes, but officials also had to deal with a controversy involving their efforts to turn out the vote. C. M. "Pod" Rogers, a local activist, complained last week that the district provided transportation for 36 students to vote early in the school election. County Clerk Velora Haltom said the high school bused the 18-year-olds to her office at the county courthouse on Thursday. "I think 32 of them voted," she said, adding that the others registered but could not cast ballots because they had missed the sign-up deadline. Rogers faulted school officials for helping the students vote.
10 years ago
Sept. 20, 2010
• An $871,000 federal grant will give Arkansas duck hunters access to more land in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge. "Any addition to the refuge is going to be good for ducks and good for all wildlife," said Matt Lindsey, Delta project manager for the Nature Conservancy, an agency funded primarily through private donations. "East Arkansas is a duck hunter's paradise and the public land is one of the best ways for citizens to get out and enjoy recreational opportunities from hunting and fishing to bird watching and boating," Lindsey said.