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Marijuana Amendment on Ballot While Lawsuit Progresses
On Aug. 10, the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered the Secretary of State to certify an amendment legalizing marijuana for the November ballot while a lawsuit over the amendment plays out in court.
On Aug. 3, the State Board of Election Commissioners unanimously voted not to certify the “Adult Use Cannabis Amendment” for the ballot after determining that the measure’s ballot title was insufficient. The ballot title provides an ...
Jack Dempsey Bloxom, 90 of Conway, passed away Aug. 14. After surrendering to the gospel ministry as a high school student, he attended Jacksonville Baptist College, where he met and later married the late Mary Jane (Janie) Strong in 1953.
He served as a pastor of churches in both Texas and Arkansas for the majority of six decades, including Central, Conway and Pleasant Valley, Wooster. He...