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'Today's THV at Noon': Union Rescue Mission's 'Night on the Street'
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Feb 22,2012 at 10:46 AM EST
The Union Rescue Mission is holding its 5th Annual "Night on the Street" to help raise awareness and financial support for programming that touches the lives of the homeless domestically abused and addicted here in Central Arkansas.

Repairs scheduled for University Ave.
Feb 22,2012 at 4:29 PM EST

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- According to officials with the City of Little Rock, a section of University Ave. at Asher Ave. will be closed this weekend and next.

Crews will be doing asphalt repairs due to water damage. The closures will be divided into two phases.

The first...more phase will close the left thru and left turn lanes of south bound University Ave. Saturday, Feb. 25 through Monday, Feb. 27.

The second phase will close two right thru lanes of south bound University Ave. Saturday, March 3 through Monday, March 5.

They say to expect delays while crews are working.

Source:City of Little Rock
Little Rock

Free disaster training classes relocated
Feb 22,2012 at 3:21 PM EST

Due to the unexpectedly large response, The Salvation Army's disaster training event has been relocated to the Little Rock First Church of the Nazarene at 1200 N. Mississippi Street.
 
"We had expected about 15 individuals to register for the courses," said Major Jim Taylor, Salvation...more Army area commander for central Arkansas. "At last count, more than 60 people have registered to be trained as disaster volunteers in central Arkansas."
The Salvation Army Central Arkansas Area Command will be holding a FREE disaster training event on Friday and Saturday, February 24 & 25, 2012.

CAAC will provide drinks (hot and cold), snacks, continental breakfast (muffins, juice, doughnuts) and lunch on Saturday.
 
Class 1 - Introduction to Disaster Services (pre-requisite for all disaster courses)
Friday, 6:00 PM-10:00 PM
This class is for those new to disaster services. It is an overview of The Salvation Army's mission and role within disaster
Little Rock

Two professors to join Bowen in Fall 2012
Feb 22,2012 at 2:12 PM EST

This fall, Bowen will add two professors to its full-time faculty – Anastasia Boles and Nicholas Kahn-Fogel.
Boles is currently a faculty fellow at Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) in San Diego, Calif. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology at Stanford...more in 1997 and her juris doctor degree from Columbia in 2000, where she was a member of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review and the National Black Law Journal. While at TJSL, Boles taught legal writing, professional responsibility and performed research in the areas of employment law, employment discrimination, and critical race theory. She served as a judicial clerk for the law Honorable Napoleon A. Jones, Jr., of the Southern District of California and with several law firms in California and New York. She is currently a member of the California state bar and was a member of the New York state bar until July 2011.
“My scholarly agenda focuses on the intersection between labor and
Little Rock

LR Family at 5: Fun ideas for everyone
Feb 22,2012 at 1:58 PM EST
Here are some fun ideas for everyone from Little Rock Family.

Animal Law CLE Enters Fourth Year
Feb 22,2012 at 2:09 PM EST

 
For the fourth year in a row, the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law will serve as host for the Practical Animal Law continuing legal education program. Registration from the event, which will be held April 13, will benefit the Humane Society of Pulaski County and the Central Arkansas...more Rescue Effort for Animals (CARE).
“Whether advising clients on ways to assure that their dependent friends are taken care of adequately in the event of their own death or disability, or addressing issues of legal liability, or any of dozens of developing subjects, the lawyer faces many challenges in this area,” said Professor Emeritus Morell Mullins. “Our program offers cost-effective, quality continuing legal education to the bar.”
Attorneys can receive six hours CLE credit, including one hour ethics credit. The day-long CLE program will cost $75 for attorneys and $60 for non-attorneys or attorneys who are not seeking CLE credit.
To register, download this form, fill it out and
Little Rock

Ark. House votes to move forward with budget bill
Feb 22,2012 at 1:13 PM EST
The House has voted to move forward with the state's budget, despite Republican concerns over Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's $4.7 billion proposed spending plan.

Beebe proposes $678K in budget cut for coming year
Feb 22,2012 at 1:00 PM EST
Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe is offering more than $678,000 in cuts that he's willing to make to his budget proposal as he continues negotiations with lawmakers.

Campbell to co-produce Conway bridal fashion show
Feb 22,2012 at 2:09 PM EST

Brandon D. Campbell, Little Rock Fashion Week's founder and executive producer, will co-produce the fashion show at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Conway 2012 Bridal Show on Sunday February 26, 2012 at the Conway Expo Center and Fairgrounds, located at 2505 Oak St. in Conway, Ark. The bridal...more show is from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The fashion show is scheduled for 4 p.m.
The fashion event will star the high fashion runway models, of all ages and sizes, from Campbell's Oneofakind Talent Inc. modeling agency and past Little Rock Fashion Week presentations. They'll wear clothes from Belk, David's Bridal, Dillard's, Men's Wearhouse, and Reba's Formal Wear.
This will be the second ADG bridal fashion show that Campbell is involved in, featuring OTI and LRFW models, in a month. On January 15th, the ADG Bridal Fashion Show in Little Rock featured models from OTI and LRFW. Campbell served as co-producer and model booker.
Tickets for the Conway 2012 Bridal Show are $5 at the door. The
Russellville, Conway, Hot Springs, Benton Bryant, Pine Bluff, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, West Little Rock, Sherwood

UALR hosts Central Arkansas Science Fairs
Feb 22,2012 at 11:39 AM EST

UALR Hosts Central Arkansas Science Fairs

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Feb. 9, 2012) – UALR’s College of Science and Mathematics will host three regional science fairs – the Central Arkansas Regional Science and Engineering Fair , the Junior Academy of Science Central Arkansas Regional Fair,...more and the American Chemical Society Chemistry Olympiad – on Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3, offering competition for both middle- and high school students.

The two fairs will be day-long competitions from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Friday, March 2, in the Donaghey Student Center. The Olympiad will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3, in the UALR Science Lab Building Room 280. It is open to all chemistry students nominated by their teacher.

Public, private, and home-schooled students from the counties of Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Van Buren, White, Woodruff, and Yell are eligible for the CARSEF’s two levels
Little Rock

Federal tax returns continue to see delays
Feb 22,2012 at 4:57 PM EST
Several Arkansans say they have filed their taxes, but have yet to receive their refund several days after they were told they would receive them.

Resource Fair aims to help parolees, families
Feb 22,2012 at 11:15 AM EST

The Central Arkansas Re-Entry Coalition is sponsoring a “Re-Entry Resource Fair” to connect those recently released from prison and their families with rehabilitation, employment, training and other support-service providers in Central Arkansas.
This is the second of such Resource Fairs to...more be organized in Little Rock and this event will be on Monday, March 12, 2012 and is open free of charge to the public from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the Arkansas Enterprises for the Developmentally Disabled (AEDD) Multi-Purpose Center located 105 East Roosevelt Road. (flier attached).
“We are truly appreciative to our friends at AEDD for allowing us to host this important event in their wonderful new facility" said Satori Barnes, a U.S. Probation Officer who is on a team helping to coordinate this event.
The first reentry resource fair organized by the Central Arkansas Re-Entry Coalition was held October 23, 2010 at the Canvas Community Church and filled the facility to overflow capacity.
Little Rock

Capitol hosts black history celebration
Feb 22,2012 at 11:05 AM EST

What: Black History Month Celebration
When: Today, February 22, 2012 – 11:30 a.m.
Where: City Hall Rotunda – 500 W. Markham St.
The City of Little Rock’s Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission will celebrate Black History Month today at 11:30 a.m. in the Rotunda in City Hall. The...more program will focus on the time honored tradition of African American women wearing ornate church hats – or “crowns.”
The program will include a brief history of the tradition of church hats, a dramatic skit performed by Yvonne Cook, narratives from local hat wearers explaining how they came into the hat wearing custom and an oath from young African American women who will pledge to carry on this fading practice. Musical entertainment will include The Golatt Links of Harmony and saxophonist Michael Eubanks. Attendees are encouraged to wear their church hats to the program.
For more information contact Diversity Program Manager Ericka Benedicto at ebenedicto@littlerockorg.
Little Rock, West Little Rock

Country singer's custody battle between Ark., Fla.
Feb 22,2012 at 4:57 PM EST
A court has decided the custody battle of a country singer's son will stay in Florida, while the boy lives in Arkansas.

Ark. lawmakers reject proposal to stop paying dues
Feb 22,2012 at 9:54 AM EST
Arkansas lawmakers have rejected a proposal for the state to stop paying dues for membership in two national legislative organizations.