Stories from Saturday, July 29, 2017

Tuesday evening, the Mississippi County Quorum Court approved a handbook change regarding “inclement weather pay” and an appropriation ordinance to pay for 9-1-1 equipment upgrades, a new county website and an Arkansas Steel Processing Training Program...

The B-52 was above the target at the precise time. Radar didn’t indicate any threat from the enemy. “At 15 seconds to go on the bomber, we opened the bomb bay doors,” recalled Rev. Dr. Robert G. Certain, Colonel, USAFR (Ret.), as he spoke to several hundred, Tuesday, during a rededication of the Linebacker II memorial at the Arkansas Aeroplex. ...

“Good journalism should challenge people, not just mindlessly amuse them,” Carl Bernstein. “99 percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses,” George Washington Carver. This week I have learned a lot about myself. I had four teeth pulled the other day and despite being medicated, I attempted to retype and post my Wednesday column online on Thursday. ...