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Little Rock begins process to offer $10 ID cards

LITTLE ROCK — At least 150 people have started the process to get identification cards intended to assist immigrants and the homeless in Little Rock.

Participants lined up Saturday outside Little Rock’s new multicultural liaison office to get appointments to receive the ID cards, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.

The cards, officially called municipal IDs and costing $10 each, can be used as verification to open bank accounts. The documents are available to anyone age 14 or order.

Applicants will not be asked

about their immigration status, according to city officials.

Police Chief Kenton Buckner says he believes the ID cards will help foster trust between the Little Police Department and the Hispanic community.

The ID cards will be useful for the city’s homeless population to help manage their finances and seek work, according to Mayor Mark Stodola.

Man working in yard dies after hit by lightning

RUSSELLVILLE — Authorities say a 67-year-old Arkansas man has died after being struck by lightning while doing yard work at his home.

Pope County officials say Al Frazier of Russellville was hit by lightning Friday afternoon.

Authorities say Frazier was transported to a hospital in Russellville, where he died.

The National Weather Service says the Russellville area on Friday had cloudy weather with temperatures in the 90s and received about one-quarter of an inch of rain.