AR doesn't object to group joining abortion suit

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Thursday, May 9th, 2:29 pm

LITTLE ROCK, AR (AP) - The Arkansas attorney general's office says it has no objection to an anti-abortion group's request to help defend a new law banning the procedure 12 weeks into a pregnancy.

The attorney general's office on Thursday responded to the request by Concepts of Truth to intervene in the federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the new restriction. The Wynne-based group provides counseling to women considering getting an abortion and to women who have had the procedure.

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Former Secret Service agent, TV producer to speak at ASU graduation

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer

Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 12:53pm

Former Secret Service agent, TV producer to speak at ASU graduation

On Saturday, May 11, almost 2,000 students will graduate Arkansas State University. Bill Carter will deliver the commencement address.

Carter, who was inducted as one of ASU’s Distinguished Alumni in 2011, is described as a “legend in the music business world and one of the driving forces behind the restoration of the boyhood home in Dyess of the late singing great Johnny Cash.” He produced the first two Johnny Cash Music Festivals.

According to an email from ASU:

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Songwriter will be signing, singing at That Bookstore

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 12:27pm

Songwriter will be signing, singing at That Bookstore

Little Rock singer/songwriter Peg Roach Loyd will perform a concert and sign copies of her first book from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at That Bookstore in Blytheville.

Her book, The Path: Songs and Stories to Quiet the Mind, Clam the Heart & Inspire the Soul, is described as an inspirational book about her journey to leave her business career in marketing and communications to focus on her passion for music and writing.

In a news release she is quoted as saying:

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Free seminar on state's broadband network

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 11:06am

Free seminar on state's broadband network

Cross is one of several counties that will soon be linked to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Arkansas e-Link, led by UAMS, is using high-speed data transmission lines to connect 454 community hospitals and institutions for videoconferencing.

The public is invited to learn what the statewide broadband network can do for them in health and education during a free seminar from at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 16, at East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City.

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Searching for past Region 8 Stars

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer

Monday, May 6th, 2013, 2:48pm

Monday July 15, 1963, was pretty much like any other day in Your Region 8.

The sun had burned off a morning fog, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, lifting the temperature to a toasty 88 degrees.

Cardinals fans were probably feeling a little hot under the collar after Lou Brock and the Chicago Cubs shut out St. Louis, 2-0. A year later Brock would be playing for the “right team.”

Aside from Paul McCartney being fined 17 British pounds for speeding through his hometown of Liverpool, not much else was happening around the rest of the world.

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