Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
In the news
■ Dan Hooper , an environmental activist known as Swampy, said “we have had enough” as England’s Stonehenge monument was closed to visitors by dozens of peaceful protesters staging a trespass against the government’s road-building plans, including a new tunnel near the World Heritage Site.
■ Joe Anderson , 62, mayor of Liverpool, England, was one of five men released on bail after being questioned on allegations of bribery and witness intimidation linked to building contracts, after which he was suspended by the Labor Party.
■ Calvin L. Pittman , 30, of Ferguson, Mo., is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman in a rolling gunbattle between two vehicles on an interstate near St. Louis that police say involved “some sort of road rage incident.”
■ Ashley Louise Ricks , 33, of Moore, Okla., is charged with four counts of second-degree murder after police say she was going the wrong way on Interstate 40 near El Reno and slammed head-on into a vehicle that burst into flames with four members of a family inside.
■ Terri Lee Freeman resigned as president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis after leading it through the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. and is heading to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.
■ William Bilbrough IV , 19, of Maryland, arrested in an investigation of white supremacists, is set to plead guilty and wants the judge to sentence him immediately in a case stemming from his membership in The Base, a group advocating overthrow of the government.
■ Kenney Boone , 53, former sheriff of Florence County, S.C., was handed 30 days in jail or a $1,000 fine after pleading guilty to a criminal domestic violence charge, after a month earlier avoiding prison time for embezzlement and misconduct in office.
■ John Brody Cantrell , a former student at Samford University in Alabama, is being sued for breach of duty and negligence after school officials say he and a friend participated in a prank that caused $400,000 in damage to a fraternity house via a ruptured pipe.
■ James “Pookie” Lampkin , 45, of Eastman, Ga., accused of owning a dog-fighting site, is charged with conspiracy to violate the Animal Welfare Act and 63 counts of possession and training a dog for fighting, one of seven men indicted after a fight was broken up in 2018.