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100 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1916
FORT SMITH — One hundred and sixty-six leases on Crawford county land were filed for record at the Crawford county courthouse, Van Buren, yesterday by the McDonough Oil and Gas Company of Fort Smith, which was organized Friday night with a paid-up capital of $25,000. This is the largest number of leases filed for record at one time since the field was brought in. The McDonough company has 30,000 acres in Crawford and Franklin counties under lease.
50 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1966
Phillips Service Station, 700 Cyprus was robbed by two men early Sunday. One of the suspects serviced two cars as the robbery progressed while the other held the attendant in the station, police report. Station attendant Roy R. Stowe told investigators the pair walked into the station and ordered some stamps. When he opened the cash register one man pulled a pistol and took $100 from the register and keys to other cash drawers from which an undetermined amount of money was taken.
25 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1991
The Little Rock School District is examining whether its emergency removal option — which allows the district to remove students from school for suspected off-campus offenses — is being used excessively, Superintendent Ruth Steele said Wednesday. Steele said school district and court officials met Monday to discuss conflicts stemming from the policy. She has requested information about how many students have been removed, for how long and for what types of alleged offenses.
10 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 2006
Addressing state consultants, some Little Rock School Board members said Monday that they are leery about what expanding the district’s boundaries would do to the school system’s finances and its cohesion. “We’d be picking up schools from a district that hasn’t given much financial support to its school facilities,” said School Board member Larry Berkley. “And we would be picking up a public that historically has not supported millage increases.” In the first of several meetings this week, consultants commissioned by the state Department of Education to study the feasibility of eliminating the Pulaski County Special School District and assigning its territory to other school systems assured board members they were still seeking information on what’s best for the welfare of local education.