EDITORIALS>>Blaming Daniels

The name or political party of the Arkansas secretary of state has never mattered much to us because his or her work is ministerial and you merely hope that whoever wins the office hires competent people to keep all the files straight. The secretary of state is Arkansas’ official record keeper. We frankly never expected a lot from Charlie Daniels, […]

SPORTS >> Turnovers doom Sylvan Hills against NLR

IN SHORT: The Bears turned the ball over five times to help opposing Wildcats to a 28-7 victory at SHHS.By JACOB SCHIMMELSpecial to the LeaderFive turnovers by the Sylvan Hills Bears set the stage for a 28-7 victory by the North Little Rock Charging Wildcats (2-1). Sylvan Hills (1-2) was able to gain nearly 200 yards of offense, and played […]

SPORTS >> Lonoke runs wild for win

IN SHORT: The Jackrabbit football team scored four times in the first half en route to a 35-14 victory over North Pulaski Friday night.By RAY BENTONLeader sports editorLonoke’s offense finally began working the way first-year coach Jeff Jones has been wanting. In fact, it worked so well Friday night, that when sophomore Clarence Harris scored with 6:28 left in the […]

SPORTS >>Cabot ladies shine in 7A win

IN SHORT: The Lady Panthers defeated Bryant in straight sets on Thursday night for their first conference win of the season.By JASON KINGLeader sports writerCabot got its first conference win of the season in dominating fashion over Bryant Thursday evening at the Panther gymnasium. The Lady Panthers (5-3, 1-2) hammered the Lady Hornets (0-4, 0-1) in straight sets, 25-9, 25-15 […]

SPORTS >>Devils roll past Wolves

IN SHORT: Jacksonville’s defense forced eight turnovers and led a route of Lake Hamilton on the road.By JASON KINGLeader sports writerJacksonville wrapped up its second victory in as many weeks with a 35-21 non-conference road win over Lake Hamilton Friday night. The Red Devils defense hammered the Wolves offense to force eight turnovers in the game. Five came off of […]

SPORTS >>Cabot skirts by Lions

IN SHORT: The Cabot Panthers had a tough time with Searcy, but got past the winless team to remain undefeated as they head into conference play in the brand new 7A-East Conference against rival Conway.By JOHNNY RAY LAKESpecial to the LeaderFor the second week in a row, the Cabot Panthers overcame a second half deficit to come away with a […]

OBITUARIES >> 09-16-06

David FiskDavid Lee Fisk, 74, of Jacksonville, passed away Sept. 12 in Jacksonville. He was born June 20, 1932 to the late Vernon and Lina Anderson Fisk in Bark River, Mich. Fisk was also preceded in death by his brother, Guy Fisk. He retired from the Air Force, was a recipient of a master’s degree in economics from ASU and […]

EDITORIALS>>Why it failed

One of the arguments against the quarter-cent sales tax for Pulaski County jails, the most philosophically persuasive was that we already lock up too many people for too long for too many reasons. By defeating the jail tax, we draw a line in the sand and tell the government that it must adopt more realistic — that is, affordable and […]

TOP STORY>>Deer season seen as need to postpone trial

IN SHORT: A motion was filed in Lonoke Circuit Court in behalf of Bobby Cox Jr. to delay his trial to let jurors hunt.By JOAN MCCOYLeader staff writerLonoke County Prosecutor Lona McCastlain says using the upcoming deer season as the basis for postponing the trial of a local bail bondsman is original, but she hopes the judge doesn’t go along […]

TOP STORY>>Easing up on discipline

IN SHORT: PCSSD hopes new rules will answer critics that black students are treated more harshly than whites.By JOHN HOFHEIMERLeader staff writerThe Pulaski County Special School District will lighten up on disciplining elementary school students for infractions outside their ability to control, such as coming to school late, according to Brenda Bowles, executive director of equity and pupil services at […]