Crowd honors legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Rev. Tracey Sumner of the Second Baptist Church urged the crowd attending Sunday’s Martin Luther King Jr. worship celebration to think about their lives and purpose.

The Rev. Tracey Sumner of the Second Baptist Church urged the crowd attending Sunday’s Martin Luther King Jr. worship celebration to think about their lives and purpose.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Rice growers who lost sales after genetically modified rice seed mistakenly entered the U.S. market five years ago have until Monday to sign on to a $750 million settlement proposed by the company blamed for the problem.
Melvin D. Hudson, 67, passed away late Saturday evening at his niece’s residence. Rodman Neeper Funeral Home is assisting the family with his return to Little Rock, AK, where services will be held later this week.
Thunder roared and tornado warning sirens blared, and all emergency workers in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff could do Monday was hope the saturated levee holding back the Black River would survive yet another downpour.