Following the catastrophic train derailment in Ohio, North Little Rock is reminded of a similar derailment that forced citizens to evacuate nearly 40 years ago.
It s a breezy Friday afternoon in November, getting cooler by the hour. Under a leaden sky, near the apex of where East 13th Street and Curtis Sykes Drive converge in North Little Rock, I take a photograph of a street sign that says, "Welcome to Dark Hollow."
On September 9, 1957, six students made history for their attempt to integrate North Little Rock High School. A special banquet is being held in their honor.
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The new North Little Rock Justice Center at North Poplar Street and Interstate 40 is headed for a September opening. (
J. Rathey / NLR PD)
Flynco Inc. of Little Rock is bringing the $30 million project in under budget, officials say. (
J. Rathey / NLR PD)
North Little Rock’s $30 million police and courts building is accelerating toward an under-budget completion in September, and planners hope the 90,000-SF complex will double as a kind of highway billboard for the city.
The high-tech Justice Center on Poplar Street just south of Interstate 40 will replace the 1961-vintage police and courts building blocks away on Pershing Boulevard, and will put the city’s courts under one roof with most of North Little Rock’s 191 sworn police officers.