SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A local high school will be starting the semester without one of their own, after a fatal accident claimed the life of one of their teachers.
The one-car accident occurred around 7 a.m. Monday on Highway 71B in south Fayetteville.
The staff member was a science teacher at Springdale Har-Ber High School.
Thomas Culp, 29, taught advanced placement biology here ever since the school opened four years ago.
He was on his way to work Monday morning when his life was suddenly cut short.
I’m with Brummett. Odious as the governor of Illinois may be, I don’t see how they can justify blocking his legal appointment to fill Obama’s U.S. Senate seat.
Those 500 jobs to be announced today in NLR, said to be related to "utility vehicles." Here’s an uninformed guess: it’s a maker of the mini-trucks that are popular in agricultural and commercial uses worldwide. Generally, they are not allowed on highways. Legislation is expected this session to allow them on Arkansas roads.
UPDATE: Forget about this speculation. It’s much bigger stuff — a Caterpillar grader plant.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wasn’t forthcoming with Obama’s transition team about the seriousness of a grand jury investigation into a contract awarded a supporter, Politico’s Jonathan Martin writes, but critics say the team should have vetted him more carefully. NBC Nightly News says once they figured it out, they put on the pressure for him to withdraw from the Commerce Secretary appointment. One pay-to-play scandal is enough.
Arkansas Higher Ed director Jim Purcell makes the argument to Arkansas Business that the caps on public college scholarships needs to lowered to ease the burden on non-scholarship students.
He gave an example of a hypothetical college - he called it "Floyd University" - with an enrollment of 6,000 full-time students and an annual budget of $27 million in income from tuition and fees.
If none of those 6,000 students had a scholarship, the school could charge each student only $4,500 per year to meet its budget. If the college, however, gives full scholarships to 30 percent of those hypothetical students, that leaves only 4,200 students to carry the financial load.
Dick Bond, president and chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN), announced today he is leaving the company, effective immediately. Leland Tollett, former chairman and CEO of the company, has agreed to return to the company as President and CEO on an interim basis until a permanent successor has been chosen.
"After seven years of helping lead or leading the world’s largest meat company, I have decided it is in both my best interest personally, and the best interest of the company for me to move on and pursue other interests," Bond said. (Read the full post about ‘The Old Guard is back’…)