UCA President Lu Hardin today told college Board members of a recurrence of his eye cancer, which will require surgery in August.
The letter was included in a document dump by UCA in response to FOI requests for recent communications between H read more »
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Add the name of Adrienne Bradley, rate analyst and economist at the Arkansas PSC, to the list of applicants for a seat on the Central Arkansas Water Commission. read more »
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Another abduction reported by gunmen seeking to get someone to tap an ATM. This note is going around to UAMS employees today from Chancellor Dodd Wilson:

I wanted to let you know of a situation that occurred this morning involving one o read more »
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A reader yesterday commented on improper handling of one of the anti-adoption petitions at a church. The group working to challenge that initiative would like to hear more. Call 280-0082 if you have any information about the conduct of that petition read more »
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers rounded up 13 undocumented workers at the WaCo Manufacturing boat plant in North Little Rock yesterday. They are being held pending a court appearance. The workers were Mexican and Guatemalan, a read more »
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Westbound I-30 traffic was detoured at North Little Rock, just before the river bridge, for almost three hours this morning after a body was found on the westbound lanes of the highway about 3:45 a.m. The man was idenitfied as Kavontae Anderson read more »
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Remember "The Queen," the hit movie about the British royal family starring Helen Mirren?
Peter Morgan, the screenwriter of that movie and "The Deal," depicting Tony Blair's rise to power, is planning a read more »
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I have some close friends who once supported the war and now don't. Like Max Brantley and Joe Wilson and despite the evidence, they don't believe that Iraq had a WMD program.Maybe this will help change their minds. Probably not, but Saddam did hav read more »
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Roland Smith, former superintendent in Rogers, has been named as interim chief of the Greenland School District, now under Arkansas Education Department control in an effort to right it financially. read more »
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The Charlotte Business Journal, in a story about a shopping center that won't sell, mentions another Dillard's store closure. Last month, Dillard's Inc. became the latest an... read more »
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Morning Roundup for Thursday, July 24, 2008: Jacksonville Hospital Suffe... read more »
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Refrains from giving unsolicited back rub. Behaves, instead, like credible world leader. Counting the days. read more »
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A certifiable homophobe gave a congressional committee an earful yesterday about the dangers of allowing gay people to serve in the military. Dana Milbank's column does this wackjob's testimony -- perils of lesbian rape, explosive HIV rates -- read more »
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Courtesy of Stephens Media, I have on the jump the full text of the letter UCA President Lu Hardin wrote to his Board of Trustees seeking a $150,000 pay bump in the form of deferred compensation over six years. I also have the unsigned memo, bearing read more »
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Secretary of State Charlie Daniels has found, as expected, that the Family Council fell short of the number of registered voter signatures required to qualify its initiated act for the ballot. It would prohibit adoptions and foster parenting in home read more »
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