SPORTS>>Short-handed ’Rabbits can’t get past Trojans

By JASON KING Leader sportswriter Lonoke’s cupboard was bare as Marianna-Lee took a 62-32 victory at Lonoke on Tuesday. The Jackrabbits went with one semi-regular starter in sophomore post player Reid McKenzie in the 2-4A Conference matchup; the rest were substitutes on a team hit by illnesses and disciplinary issues. Senior guard Rico Bryant was the only upperclassman to start […]

SPORTS>>Balance, Neighbors give boost to Lonoke

By JASON KING Leader sportswriter Lonoke spread out the scoring but Cara Neighbors’ totals did not suffer in a 76-50 home victory over Marianna-Lee at the Jackrabbits gymnasium on Tuesday. The senior guard scored 32 points to keep her average of 30 points a game in 2-4A Conference play. Neighbors scored 35 in a victory at Clinton the previous night. […]

SPORTS>>MSRA has new title, new deal for series

By JASON KING Leader sportswriter The former Mid South Racing Association is now the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series. The super late-model racing series based out of Beebe made the announcement at last weekend’s championship banquet and gave details of a three-year agreement between Comp Cams and the series. Comp Cams was the title sponsor in 2010, and with the […]

SPORTS>>Devils pounce on Patriots

By TODD TRAUB Leader sports editor One of the primary reasons the Jacksonville Red Devils beat Little Rock Parkview 60-44 on Tuesday could be seen in the way the players responded to the victory, coach Vic Joyner said. “There wasn’t any hoopla, there wasn’t anybody jumping up chest bumping,” Joyner said of the all-business demeanor the players carried out of […]

SPORTS>>Frye was the guy in 2010

By JASON KINGLeader sportswriter The dirt late model series formerly known as the Mid South Racing Association held its annual Night of Champions banquet at the Holiday Inn Express ballroom on Saturday to crown 2010 champion Bill Frye, of Greenbrier. The night started with an announcement from series director Chris Ellis regarding sponsorship and a name change for the series. […]

EDITORIAL >>The Ledge in session

When the legislature has little serious business to tend to, it turns its attention to monkey business. We knew there would be a lot of monkey business in the 88th General Assembly after the tumultuous elections last year, and there seems to be nothing momentous to do this winter but pass Gov. Beebe’s little half-penny reduction in the sales tax […]

TOP STORY > >Mayor reports Jacksonville is doing very well

By RICK KRON Leader staff writer Jacksonville Mayor Gary Fletcher, in the state-of-the-city report he presented to the council Thursday, called 2010 a year of extremes that left him in awe. He said the city won the coveted Abilene Trophy for its strong support of Little Rock Air Force Base, but loss its effort to annex acreage to the north […]

TOP STORY > >Brawl leads to fines for Cabot men

By JOAN McCOY Leader staff writer Jack McNally, the new Lonoke County assessor, and Odis Way-mack, a former Cabot alderman, were both found guilty of disorderly conduct in Cabot District Court on Thursday in connection with an altercation following an October forum for Cabot mayoral candidates. Both were fined $100 plus $100 for court fees. But the misdemeanor charges will […]

TOP STORY > >Big Reserve unit coming to base

By Capt. JOE KNABLE 19th Airlifit Wing Public Affairs Air Force Reserve Command is assigning a new unit to Little Rock Air Force Base to augment the older C-130 training mission with an additional 700 reservists and support staff in the next few years. The new Reserve unit commander, Col. Archie Frye, huddled recently with Col. Mark Czelusta, 314th Airlift […]

TOP STORY > >Save our school, parents plead

By JOHN HOFHEIMER Leader senior staff writer Don’t consolidate our high school with Jacksonville High, and don’t send us the underclassmen and the upperclassmen either, many among the 85 people attending 2020 Vision school facilities meeting at North Pulaski High School told district officials Thursday night at the fourth and final public meeting before the school board considers a plan […]