Stories from Saturday, August 26, 2017

Skycop units are, for the most part, self-contained with Pan Zoom Tilt (PZT) cameras, solar panels, hard drive recorders, generators and internet networking capabilities. Nuckles began the demonstration by saying, “There was a concern about property values with the flashing blue lights [at a neighborhood elsewhere]. And everybody there said, oh no, put them on the perimeter and our property values will go up because we will have a safer neighborhood.”...

The Mississippi County Quorum Court (QC) met for its regular monthly meeting, Tuesday evening, and discussed the county’s financial status, proposed projects to abate a $25,000 fine by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), a personnel handbook change that expands the county’s catastrophic leave policy and a pass through Department of Justice Grant (JAG)...

There once was a document that served as a beacon of life, liberty, hope and enlightenment for the world. The U.S. Constitution is the oldest WRITTEN CONSTITUTION still in use today in the entire world. The United Kingdom and San Marino have written governing documents that are older, but not as their supreme law (Constitution)...

Guilty as charged. This was the decision of the jury for the case of Akram v. the State of Arkansas on Thursday afternoon. Akram was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Linda Hatcher. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison and must serve a minimum of 42 years before the possibility of parole. ...