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100 YEARS AGO Jan. 1, 1918
SEARCY —Residents of the Clearwater neighborhood, 20 miles northwest of Searcy, bring news of the ravages committed by wolves in that vicinity during the recent snow. Sheep and hogs have been carried away by the wolves, which have been made ravenous and bold by the severe weather. A wolf hunt was started, but at the outset the champion wolf hunting dog was drowned in-crossing the river, so the trip was postponed. Another hunt will take place within a few days, as the wolves continue to carry off a choice porker or a fine sheep every few days.
50 YEARS AGO Jan. 1, 1968
Four employes of two Little Rock drug stores were arrested Sunday and charged with violating a city ordinance prohibiting sales of certain items on Sunday. Arrested were Frankie S. Bonds, 29, manager of the Crank’s Drug Store at Park Plaza Shopping Center, Andrew Gatewood, 21, an employe at the Park Plaza Store, and Wynona Hunnicutt, 18, and John Wilks, 20, employes of the Crank’s Drug Store at West Roosevelt Road and Broadway. All were charged with violation of city ordinance 25-115-1, which sets Sunday as a “day of rest,” and prohibits the selling on Sunday of any except necessary commodities.
25 YEARS AGO Jan. 1, 1993
The shooting death of Marc Tyce late Wednesday after a “dumb” argument raised Little Rock’s 1992 homicide total to 61, topping off the bloodiest year in the city’s history. A witness said the 10:45 p.m. shooting stemmed from a quarrel between Tyce, 24, and his killer about two state prison inmates. “They were arguing about two people in the pen having sex,” the witness, who asked not to be identified, said.
10 YEARS AGO Jan. 1, 2008
A Lee County man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of the Marianna fire chief, who he found in bed with his estranged wife early Sunday morning, the sheriff said Monday. Harry Stephen Amos, 47, surrendered to authorities at 10 a.m. Sunday morning after police say he shot Charles Boone, 43, multiple times at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning, said Lee County Sheriff Jack Oxner. “It’s been devastating,” Marianna Assistant Fire Chief Rodney Herndon said Monday. “He was a brother to us all. He was a great man.”