TOP STORY > >Sheriff says prostitution ring busted in Greystone

By JOAN McCOYLeader staff writerTwo women and one man were arrested Wednesday in Greystone, Cabot’s upscale golf course subdivision, for allegedly being involved in the practice of what is euphemistically called the world’s oldest profession. Two more arrests are likely, said Lonoke County Sheriff Jim Roberson. The man believed to be in charge of the alleged house of prostitution was […]

TOP STORY > >Wooldridge: I can win

Former state Sen. Tim Wooldridge of Paragould is one of six Democrats in Tuesday’s primary running for Congress in the First District.A run-off is likely. The winner will face either Princella Smith or Rick Crawford, the Republican candidates. Rep. Marion Berry (D-Gillett) announced in January he would not run for re-election because of health reasons.Wooldridge served eight years in each […]

TOP STORY > >Surgeon seeks office

Dr. Terry G. Green of Mountain Home, who is one of six Democrats running for Congress in the First District, is an orthopedic surgeon who has practiced medicine in Mountain Home since 1972.He was born and raised in Dewitt (Arkansas County). He served six years in the Marine Corps Reserves. He has degrees from the University of Arkansas and from […]

TOP STORY > >Training changes at LRAFB

By JOHN HOFHEIMERLeader senior staff writerEstablishing a new Air Reserve component training unit at Little Rock Air Force Base, announced May 4 by Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, is part of a plan to augment the C-130 Hercules training fleet with C-130s from the nation’s Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Squadrons.“C-130 training is still to be done by […]

TOP STORY > >PCSSD fraud found

By NANCY DOCKTERLeader staff writer An investigation by the state into the finances of the Pulaski County Special School District over a six-year period has unearthed a wide range of abuses, including fraud, theft, missing funds, improper reimbursements, overpayments, misappropriations, and, in general, slipshod business practices, resulting in losses totaling at least $500,000. Highlights of the investigation were presented Friday […]

EDITORIAL >>Consider Crane for Pulaski clerk

You start thinking that it is immaterial who holds a ministerial job like the circuit-county clerk until someone poorly prepared for the task screws up everything, including our elections. Pulaski County voters learned that bitter lesson a few years ago and picked someone with demonstrated competence.Now we must make that decision again in the Democratic primary. Larry Crane and Steve […]

EDITORIAL >>Davenport choice for commissioner

For commissioner of state lands, our choice is Monty Davenport. Experi-ence, knowledge and a public record are the keys. Davenport, a farmer and businessman from Yellville, has served three terms in the state House of Representatives. He voted progressively and was the primary sponsor of a dozen laws, including reform of the land office’s duties to protect school districts. Of […]

EDITORIAL >>O’Brien for state secretary

We should not be electing the secretary of state and commissioner of state lands, who are hired to maintain some of the voluminous records of state government and very little else. There are at least a thousand government jobs more crucial to the lives and fortunes of Arkansas people, but 135 years ago, the framers of the Constitution deemed these […]

EDITORIAL >>For Bryles (D), Smith (R)

We take an uncommon interest in the politics of the First Congressional District, the western boundary of which we lie athwart. The First District once embraced most of the delta farm region, but now it is about half mountain, and redistricting next year almost certainly will detach White County from the Second District and join it to its neighbor Lonoke […]

EDITORIAL >>For Elliott (D), Wallace (R)

Although we often wish that he were more combative and less obliging of the other side, our template for a congressman is Rep. Vic Snyder. He studies hard, follows his conscience on every vote, defers to his foes and critics and eschews the year-round money chase that consumes every other member of Congress. No solicitation went out and his campaign […]