State will appeal Voter ID ruling
By ADRIAN SAINZ and LUCAS JOHNSON II
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee election officials are going to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that upholds the new photo identification requirement for voting but orders them to accept an ID issued by the Memphis public library.
The Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the law
...Civil War marker to be placed Saturday near Searcy
SEARCY, Ark. (AP) - An historical marker noting a Civil War skirmish is to be placed near Searcy to note a Confederate victory over the Union.
The marker is to be dedicated at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Gum Springs Fire Department on Highway 267 South.
The marker will commemorate fighting at Des Arc Bayou in 1863.
The Searcy Daily Citizen reports (http:/
...Deputy commanding general leaves Fort Campbell
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Fort Campbell is saying goodbye to the 101st Airborne Division's deputy commanding general for support, Brig. Gen. William Hickman
The installation on the Tennessee-Kentucky state border is holding an honor eagle ceremony on Friday to bid farewell to Hickman, who also earned a master's degree from Vanderbilt University in
...Wednesday early voting tops 100K
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State election officials say Tennessee voters are continuing to make a strong turnout for early voting in the Nov. 6 election.
Turnout for Wednesday topped 100,000 voters. Figures posted Thursday afternoon on the Division of Elections website said the statewide total of voters who have already cast was just under 731,000.
The
...Some council races not on Jonesboro ballot
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - An error in ballots in Jonesboro has prevented some residents from being able to vote in a number of city council races.
The mistake was fixed Thursday, but early voting began on Monday.
Jonesboro television station KAIT reports (http://is.gd/r4992k ) that the Craighead County Election Commission was alerted Wednesday by a
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