• As part of its restructuring plan, the Little Rock School District vacated all non-certified positions at Hall High School, McClellan High School, J.A. Fair High and Rockefeller Elementary, requiring all non-teaching employees at those schools re-apply for fewer jobs next year.
  • The Arkansas labor department fined Wild River Country nearly $6,000 for violating child labor laws.

 

  • Pentagon officials backtracked their original story about the Iran missile attack on an Iraqi military base. Rather than U.S. service members experiencing no casualties, the Pentagon now states that the attack injured at least 11 U.S. soldiers.
  • 170 Yosemite National Park visitors and employees have been hospitalized in a norovirus outbreak.

 

  • Luke Bryan announces his “Proud To Be Right Here” tour will hit Little Rock on July 31.
  • This Saturday, the Arkansas Razorbacks will host the 10th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats while sporting new uniforms.

 

  • January 17, 1984: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs and movies for later viewing does not violate copyright laws, paving the way for a legitimate home video market.
  • January 17, 1991: U.S-led coalition forces begin bombing Iraq, kicking off operation Desert Storm.. Not only did these combat actions mark the start of the first Gulf War, they also precipitated the next thirty years of U.S. involvement in Middle-Eastern quagmires.