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Restaurant Inspection Scores, August 20 – August 26
Newest Restaurant Report Card | If you want the latest Shelby County restaurant scores sent directly to your inbox, sign up for it today on WREG’s Newsletter here. Each week WREG is rounding up the highest and lowest scores from Shelby County restaurant inspections. Find more restaurant scores from Shelby County and other Tennessee counties here. Lowest Scores: Acapella’s4205 Hacks […]
Shelby Co. Clerk Wanda Halbert moves to have new ouster dismissed, cites lack of standing again
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert has filed a motion to dismiss the latest ouster petition brought against her. During her previous ouster suit, Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson denied her initial motion to dismiss. Corbin-Johnson denied that motion as it was premature, adding that motion to dismiss is not a proper response to an ouster petition. Halbert was allowed to file a response after the motion to dismiss was denied and later filed another...
Little Rock, Arkansas: Highs of 100 Degrees Today—Burn Bans Enforced as Wildfire Danger Rises
Little Rock, AR – Temperatures across Arkansas are set to soar into the upper 90s and hit 100 degrees in several regions today, raising concerns about wildfire risks and prompting the implementation of burn bans in multiple counties. The National Weather Service in Little Rock warns that the combination...
People in Jefferson County left wondering why no roads have been worked on this year
JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — An issue that Jefferson County residents say has been a problem for years is potholes. Donham Road in Pine Bluff has become a main concern for people in the city and has recently been brought up in quorum court meetings. One man shared how...
26 Aug 2024 Tragikly White to perform at Sherwood’s City Hall Park in September
SHERWOOD — The City of Sherwood will host a live performance by Tragikly White from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 19 at City Hall Park. In April, Sherwood introduced a popular live music series, Third Thursdays in the Park. Tragikly White will be the final performance for the 2024 series until it resumes in spring 2025.
Fort Smith School Board moves forward with plan to close Orr Elementary
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed Monday (Aug. 26) to work toward closing Orr Elementary School at the end of the school year. The space, according to initial discussions, could be converted for use as the district’s alternative high school. In April, the district’s Long Range...
KNWA announces new evening anchor, Sonya Hill
Starting Aug. 26, 2024, Sonya Hill will anchor KNWA news at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. She will share the KNWA anchor desk with Doug Warner and Chief Meteorologist Dan Skoff.
UAPB releases depth chart vs Arkansas
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff released its Week 1 depth chart Monday afternoon for the Arkansas game, and the depth at running back immediately stood out. UAPB listed four running backs on its "two-deep" chart, with Tennessee Tech transfer O.J. Ross and incumbent Johness Davis both listed as joint starters.
Four arrested in Springdale drug bust, multiple pounds of drugs seized
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A "lengthy drug investigation" led to the arrest of four people in Springdale on Aug. 23, according to a preliminary report. Antwaine Jackson, 43, was the focus of the investigation after he was identified as a "multi-pound distributor of methamphetamine" in Northwest Arkansas, the report said.
Sherwood debates lifting pit bull ban, focuses on behavior not breed
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Pit bulls have acquired a reputation of aggression and violence that has led municipalities around the state to effectively ban them in city limits, but does the dog breed deserve the bad rap?. That's the question the City of Sherwood is attempting to answer Monday...
Texarkana doctor sentenced for writing unnecessary prescriptions
TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) - A doctor from Texarkana has been sentenced to federal prison for writing unnecessary prescriptions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) says Dr. Lonnie Parker, 59, will spend the next seven years and three months (87 months) in prison for writing prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose. On the two counts of distribution of schedule II narcotics without an effective prescription, Dr. Parker will serve 87 months in prison, plus three years of supervised released afterwards; and on the two counts of distribution of a schedule V narcotics without an effective prescription, he’ll serve a year, plus a year of supervised release. All these sentences will be served at the same time.
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