Looking back on my childhood I can honestly say that in addition to a couple of good friends, I adored the Langston girls.
Even though they were "considerably older" than I, both Marcia and Debbie always took the time to tote me around and treated me more like a little sister than anything else.
Saturday, my youngest granddaughter turns 1.
Last year when Jan. 31 rolled around we had one heck of an ice storm and a baby on the way. Determined to be there even if we had to make the trip via an ambulance, my two daughters and I headed what ended up being a long, icy road trip to the Baxter County hospital. The roads were so bad that morning that we were the only people out and I prayed as I crossed the Norfork Dam that I would be in control of that vehicle all the way down.
MELBOURNE - When Izard County authorities were notified Friday afternoon to be on the lookout for two men and a woman wanted in connection with armed robberies in Independence and Jackson counties, they began developing information that two of the three might be at a residence in Izard County.
CALICO ROCK - A 28-year interlocal agreement between the city of Calico Rock and Izard County for law enforcement protection was the topic of conversation Monday night when Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence met with members of the Calico Rock City Council.
MELBOURNE - Six months and a $180,000 fine.
That was the decision handed down Saturday morning after jurors had spent five days listening to testimony and finding a former teacher guilty on 16 felony counts of engaging in sexual misconduct with students.
MELBOURNE - Testimony in the trial of a former Izard County Consolidated teacher concluded Thursday with the jurors deliberating only for about an hour before they were dismissed and told to appear this morning at 8:30.
MELBOURNE - All four charges related to voyeurism were dropped Wednesday in the sex case against a former Izard County Consolidated teacher, and 21 additional felonies remain.
The state rested Wednesday and the defense will begin presenting its witnesses today.
MELBOURNE - Testimony from students in the second day of trial against a former teacher accused of inappropriate sexual behavior was consistent in their connection with each other of the "Do you trust me?" game.
MELBOURNE - Jurors were seated and the opening statements by attorneys, for both the state and defense, were under way by 1 p.m. Monday in the case against a former Izard County Consolidated teacher accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with students.
While the rest of the world is making resolutions to quit smoking, lose weight, get financially secure, organized or put more emphasis on their spiritual, mental and physical life, my resolution for 2009 is to tackle the elephant.
