TOP STORY >> Officials in PCSSD offer hope on schools

By JOHN HOFHEIMERLeader senior staff writerNew buildings to replace the Jacksonville middle schools and both Arnold Drive Elementary School and nearby Tolleson Elementary School are on the draft 2008 Pulaski County Special School District facilities master plan, provided that residents in the district approve the bond issue necessary to pay for them, according to the proposal presented by administrators at […]

TOP STORY >> Base growing, not contracting

By JOHN HOFHEIMERLeader senior staff writerDespite a misleading report on a local television station Wednesday, the future of Little Rock Air Force Base, the premiere C-130 air transport base in the world, is expanding, not contracting and certainly not threatened with closure, officials agree.The misunderstanding apparently occurred through a misinterpretation of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley’s […]