- Recognizing that America’s obesity epidemic has hit police officers particularly hard, the Conway Police Department introduced a new health and wellness initiative for its officers.
- Hot Springs residents and Oklahoma State University alumni Kayleen and Larry Ferguson donated $50 million to their alma mater. The university plans on using the donation to transform and update its College of Agricultural Sciences.
- President Trump’s impeachment trial begins in the Senate today, with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts presiding.
- According to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2019 was the second-hottest year on record. This follows a decades-long global warming trend, with each decade warmer than the last.
- Missouri State University announced Bobby Petrino as their new head football coach. After his scandalous 2012 termination from the Razorbacks, he became the Louisville Cardinals head coach until they let him go in 2018. Petrino comes to a Missouri State that hasn’t enjoyed a winning season since 2009 and hasn’t made the playoffs since 1990.
Bobby Petrino, shortly after his 2012 motorcycle accident that exposed his affair with a young staff member.
- Sarah Huckabee-Sanders will publish a book this September about her experiences as the White House press secretary.
- January 16, 1605: The first edition of Cervantes’ seminal work Don Quixote is published in Madrid.
- January 16, 1920: The League of Nations assembles for the first time in Paris.
