City cautioned on pay cuts

Municipal League Executive Director Mark Hays on Tuesday cautioned Jackson-ville officials not to lower the incoming mayor’s and city attorney’s salaries. Hays said the attorney general’s office has opined that reducing the pay for an elected position has to be done before the filing period for election to that office. “Unless there are other facts (we weren’t given), it is […]

Prepare for census, Price says

Economic development official says undercount in Jacksonville will cost the city millions of dollars.

It’s still two years away, but Dr. Bob Price, Jacksonville’s director of programs and economic development, told the city council last week that the 2020 Census will be crucial to the city. And be ready for a possible new tax, Price told the council. “First on the census, if we miss counting just 400 people, that will cost the city […]

NLR museum honors Pearl Harbor survivor

By Deborah Horn, Leader staff writer

It was standing-room-only when Harold Mainer was honored for his service at Pearl Harbor during last Friday’s remembrance of the attack held at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum in North Little Rock. Mainer and a buddy, both sailors stationed on the U.S.S. Helena that was docked in Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, were topside and ready to […]

Women mark 104th birthday

Miriam Davis and Erline Pace celebrate milestones at assisted living facility.

Two 104-year-old Jack-sonville women, Miriam Davis and Erline Pace, celebrated their birthdays Friday at the Fox Ridge assisted living facility in North Little Rock, surrounded by multiple generations of their families and friends, many of them Jacksonville residents. Jacksonville Mayor Gary Fletcher presented them with keys to the city because, he said, “they already have the keys to our hearts.” […]

18 seniors are joining the military

First signing ceremony held on Pearl Harbor Day commemorating attack.

Cabot High School held its first military signing day on Friday, recognizing 18 seniors who enlisted into the military. The day and time were significant because the event was held at noon on Dec. 7, when 77 years ago at 8 a.m. Hawaiian time, Japanese war planes were bombing Pearl Harbor. That forced the United States into the Second World […]

Police Reports – Dec. 12, 2018

Traffic deaths • Robert Sanders, 39, of Austin died on Dec. 3 after being hit by a truck in Little Rock. April Jones, 43, of Mabelvale was driving a 2018 Ford F-150 truck at 6:23 p.m. She was getting onto I-430 South from Stagecoach Road when she hit a pedestrian, Sanders. Jones was injured in the accident. The road was […]

Fewer survivors left from attack on Pearl Harbor

The 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor was Friday and for such a country-changing event, it passed with minimal fanfare. As it dips further into history and members of the greatest generation die off, are we forgetting the “Day That Will Live in Infamy?” With 600 of our World War II vets dying daily and the median age of those servicemen […]

Obituaries – Dec. 12, 2018

Carol Burgett Carol Burgett, 75, passed peacefully away Dec. 7. She was surrounded by her family who were celebrating her life and giving thanks for her love. Her long battle with lung cancer was an inspiration to all who knew her. She was born July 12, 1943, in Shawnee, Okla., to James Hayes Mitchell and Lydia Lorraine (Woodliff) Mitchell. In […]

NLR alderman devoted to city

Council member looks back on his 28 years of service to North Little Rock.

Before 28 years service to North Little Rock as a Ward 4 alderman, Murry Witcher was a North Little Rock School Board member for eight and half years. He served seven elected terms, but in 2014, he announced he would not seek reelection. His wife, Becky, of 50 years, was a special education teacher for the NLRSD for 39 years. […]

NLR approves $67.3M budget

Contract with Waste Management will continue recycling in three cities.

With little fanfare, the North Little Rock City Council unanimously approved its approximately $67.3 million 2019 budget Monday evening, although the contract with Waste Management of Arkansas, Inc. garnered considerable scrutiny from council members. A late September agreement between the city, Sher-wood, Little Rock and WM was tabled because of the city’s dissatisfaction with the proposed higher rates. But Mayor […]