EDITORIAL >> Market price or fixed deal

Sometime soon, after hearings and some pondering, the state Public Service Commission will give Entergy Corporation the go-ahead to raise the monthly electricity bills of homeowners, businesses and large industries on the company’s distribution system in Arkansas. If everything goes according to Hoyle, big industrial users of power like the giant paper companies, steel mills and Riceland and Tyson Foods […]

TOP STORY >> PCSSD will give teachers better pay starting out

By JOHN HOFHEIMER Leader senior staff writer Beginning teacher pay at the Pulaski County Special School District will be more competitive, but the most experienced teachers will benefit less if state Education Commissioner John Key approves the Monday night recommendation of the PCSSD Citizens Advisory Board. Beginning teacher salaries will still be less than the starting salary in any of […]

TOP STORY >> Sherwood could stop permits for a 30-day review

By RICK KRON Leader staff writer Sherwood has declared a moratorium of up to 30 days on building permits while the council reviews a new ordinance on allowable building material. The ordinance was introduced at Sherwood’s council meeting Monday night to clarify what can go on exterior walls of new businesses in certain high-traffic corridors of the city. The ordinance, […]