January 2023

StatePoint Media StatePoint - Even as they ride out inflationary pressures, supply chain disruptions and economic uncertainty, women owners and executives of small and mid-size majority-women-owned businesses have an optimistic outlook about the near-term future of their businesses, according to a recent survey. The PNC Bank survey found that women business owner (WBO) expectations for their own companies remain strong, with 41 percent feeling highly optimistic -- up from 29 percent in the fall of 2020 but down from 67 percent in the fall of 2021 -- while the share of those feeling pessimistic has held constant at just 1 percent.

WHAT: The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Arkansas Grown program will partner with several Arkansas agricultural associations and organizations to host the first Arkansas Grown Conference and Expo.

LOWELL – J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, announced that for the second consecutive year its subsidiary J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. will award appreciation bonuses to full-time company drivers and full-time hourly maintenance and office employees. The total amount awarded will exceed $8.8 million.

Little Rock – The Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium (AR-BIC) is hosting its annual meeting on March 13 and 14, 2023, at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock, AR. The ninth meeting of the AR-BIC is expected to draw hundreds of researchers, data scientists, students, and academic leaders to central Arkansas.

Little Rock - DecARcerate and Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition joined several legal organizations, non-partisan policy organizations, and local criminal justice reform advocates to call on Governor Sanders to invest our taxpayer’s dollars in modern, proven means to address the needs of our families and communities, rather than waste those taxpayer dollars on the same-old systems that simply do not work.

The Arkansas Medal of Honor Commission Meeting scheduled for Monday, January 23, 2023, 9:30 am has been postponed. A notice will be sent to the public once a new date has been set.

Current: January 16 – January 22 Guidry, Brandon S Booking Date: 01-20-2023 - 5:09 p.m.; Charges: Resisting Arrest, Fail to Appear; Fail to Appear Dokes, Qadir J Booking Date: 01-20-2023 - 3:08 p.m.; Charges: Hold for DOC Willis, Bruce Booking Date: 01-19-2023 - 4:50 p.m.; Charges: Hold for DOC Driskill, Daren Booking Date: 01-19-2023 - 2:08 p.m.; Charges: Distribute Possess, Viewing Matter Depict Pollard, Robert Lee Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 11:39 p.m.; Charges: Bond Revocation Lassiter, Chanta Coral Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 11:13 p.m.; Charges: Bond Revocation Thode, Amber Marie Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 9:25 p.m.; Charges: Disorderly Conduct Capps, Andrew Floyd Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 4:51 p.m.; Charges: Failure to Appear, Certificate of Surrender Valentine, Thomas Norman Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 1:16 p.m.; Charges: Failure to Appear Misdemeanor Reed, Kathleen Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 12:42 p.m.; Charges: Disorderly Conduct Cobb, Andriana Mary Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 11:30 a.m.; Charges: Failure to Appear Released: Weaver, Allen Release Date: 01-20-2023 - 9:29 p.m.; Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:18 p.m.; Charges: Hold for DOC Capps, Andrew Floyd Release Date: 01-20-2023 - 5:36 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 4:51 p.m.; Charges: Failure to Appear, Certificate of Surrender Murphy, Dustin Charles Release Date: 01-20-2023 - 4:51 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-20-2023 - 4:16 p.m.; Charges: Criminal Trespass Burris, Allison Faith Release Date: 01-18-2023 - 6:40 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-18-2023 - 4:02 p.m.; Charges: Hold for Gassville Valentine, Thomas Norman Release Date: 01-18-2023 - 3:15 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 1:16 p.m.; Charges: Failure to Appear Misdemeanor Cole, Clinton Royce Release Date: 01-18-2023 - 2:35 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-03-2023 - 2:45 a.m.; Charges: Criminal Mischief, Act 570 Hold Teague, Tessa D Release Date: 01-18-2023 - 2:20 p.m.; Booking Date: 10-21-2022 - 11:29 p.m.; Charges: Failure to Comply w Terms Conditions Reed, Kathleen Release Date: 01-17-2023 - 5:47 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-17-2023 - 12:42 p.m.; Charges: Disorderly Conduct Jordan, Mishun Lewayne Release Date: 01-17-2023 - 10:16 a.m.; Booking Date: 11-15-2022 - 4:23 p.m.; Charges: Hold for DOC Simmons, Stephanie Louise Release Date: 01-16-2023 - 9:41 a.m.; Booking Date: 01-10-2023 - 11:09 a.m.; Charges: Failure to Appear Misdemeanor Hicks, Louis Fate Release Date: 01-15-2023 - 4:45 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-06-2023 - 3:38 a.m.; Charges: Failure to Appear Misdemeanor, Failure to Appear, Misdemeanor, Hold for Baxter Co, Hold for Doc .

Average gasoline prices in Arkansas have risen 15.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.08/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,826 stations in Arkansas. Prices in Arkansas are 43.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 11.2 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 2.6 cents in the last week and stands at $4.60 per gallon.