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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 1918
TEXARKANA —The news received here today that the Federal District Court at New Orleans had refused to grant a petition of certain liquor dealers at Monroe and Alexandria for an order to compel the Wells-Fargo Express Company to accept shipments of liquor to Texarkana, caused great rejoicing among local prohibitionists. Since the order of the express company a few weeks ago to handle no more liquor shipments, the community has been “bone dry,” and individuals who were rapidly growing rich as bootleggers are now said to be facing bankruptcy.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 1968
The Arkansas Supreme Court Monday nullified a Pulaski Circuit Court order that sent former State Police Director Lynn A. Davis to jail December 5 for contempt of court. In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court said the record made before Circuit Judge William J. Kirby was too meager for it to decide whether Davis should have given Judge Kirby and the Pulaski County Grand Jury the name of a confidential informant. Judge Kirby sent Davis to jail after he refused to tell the Grand Jury and the judge the name of a person whose tip led to raids on suspected gambling places in Pulaski County last September.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 1993
Scharmel Bolling Burnett and her estranged husband, Johnny Burnett, had sex shortly before she shot him to death last year, police alleged Friday. Little Rock police arrested Scharmel Burnett on a capital murder charge Friday in the July 19, 1992, killing. Today is her 36th birthday. Burnett’s nude body was found July 21 in his bed at 2014 Canal Pointe in the upscale Riverdale Harbour development.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 2008
Health officials have seen a sharp increase in influenza cases over the past few weeks as the flu season climbs after a late start this year. The virus has reached widespread status in 44 states, including Arkansas, where it is present in all of the state’s 75 counties. The Arkansas Department of Health on Tuesday reported that three Arkansans — one child and two adults — have died from the flu this season. Ten child-flu deaths have been reported nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Such figures are considered typical for this time of year, according to health officials.