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Current: December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023 Martin, Thomas Jacob Booking Date: 01-01-2023 - 8:17 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO PAY FINES MISDEMEANOR Edwards, James Robert Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 5:27 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO PAY FINES MISDEMEANOR Holt, Ryan Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:49 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Stevenson, Dustin Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:38 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Cullum, John Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:29 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Weaver, Allen Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:18 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Byers, John Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:09 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Lambert, Cherish Lanell Booking Date: 12-29-2022 - 12:38 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO COMPLY FAILURE TO PAY Bartlett, Phillip R Booking Date: 12-27-2022 - 9:19 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR, FAILURE TO APPEAR FELONY, HOLD FOR MHPD Clark, Benjamin Martin Booking Date: 12-27-2022 - 5:32 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Sanchez, Noel Booking Date: 12-26-2022 - 11:58 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR Released: Concannon, Michael Patrick Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 5:30 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-01-2023 2:24 p.m.; Charges: CARELESS DRIVING, POSS SCHED III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, NO PROOF OF INSURANCE, DEFECTIVE VEHICLE, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, OPEN CONTAINER Taylor, Ramona Lynn Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 12:15 p.m.; Booking Date: 12-31-2022 11:31 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR Cox, John French Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 10:55 a.m.; Booking Date: 01-01-2023 - 1:27 a.m.; Charges: POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, NO PROOF OF INSURANCE, DRIVING ON SUSPDENDED DL, POSSOF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Bowman, Matthew Alan Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 10:05 a.m.; Booking Date: 01-01-2023 2:29 a.m.; Charges: DWI 1ST, OPEN CONTAINER, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Brown, Carl William Release Date: 12-31-2022 - 1:56 p.m.; Booking Date: 12-30-2022 11:17 p.m.; Charges: DOMESTIC BATTERY IN THE 3RD DEGREE .

Mountain Home Moose Lodge #1953 invites the public to join its members in ringing in the new year this coming Saturday evening by attending its annual New Year’s Eve party. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.

During this season, we’re fortunate to have time to reflect on the past year and look ahead for what’s to come. That can stir lots of feelings, but appreciation and excitement are usually right at the top of the list.

From my family to yours, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I pray that as you gather with family and friends to celebrate the birth of Christ, you can reflect on the past year and look ahead to all the things to come in the new year. I am optimistic and hopeful about the future and am honored to continue to represent the First District of Arkansas.

Earlier this month, many of us gathered in the Old Supreme Court Chamber at our Capitol to celebrate Christmas with some of the children currently in our state’s foster care system. This is an annual event that distributes thousands of gifts and brings countless smiles.

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature’s list of accomplishments in 2022 is lengthy and significant. During a special session in the summer, legislators reduced income taxes for about 1.6 million Arkansas taxpayers by moving up the effective date of the tax cuts adopted last year.