Opponents of a casino in Pope County have asked Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen for a hearing on a request for a temporary order to prevent the state Racing Commission from issuing a casino permit Monday for Pope County.
The citizens group that opposes a casino in Pope County filed a new legal action Friday afternoon in circuit court in Little Rock seeking an injunction against award of a casino permit in Pope County.
Circuit Judge Bill Pearson of Russellville today denied at a hearing today the request from Pope County Judge Ben Cross and the Pope County Quorum Court for attorney fees in the suit that sought to enforce a county ordinance requiring a vote before the Quorum Court could endorse a casino application.
A Pope County-based group has been formed to oppose the casino gambling amendment and it will file a lawsuit today, the second, seeking to have the amendment removed from the ballot.
The U.S. attorney's office has announced that new U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland will get camera time on his first full day in office with a news conference in Russellville announcing a drug bust that involves white supremacists.
On the second day of deliberation, a federal court jury today declined to find in favor of a claim by Eva and Pat Robinson and their son Matthew who said excessive force had been used against the 16-year-old boy and his mother in a 2011 incident in Dover. But one defendant had settled 30 minutes earlier for $225,000.