Memo: NCAA to furlough its entire staff for 3-8 weeks

(AP) - The NCAA will furlough its entire Indianapolis-based staff of about 600 employees for three to eight weeks in a cost-saving move, according to memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The memo from NCAA President Mark Emmert went out to the association’s more... Read More.
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Drew County collector, staff barred from courthouse

Drew County Tax Collector Tonya Loveless and her staff were barred from the Drew County Courthouse, according to a story in the Advance-Monticellonian Newspaper Wednesday. The newspaper reported that Drew County Judge Robert Akin made the decision after Loveless and her staff refused to take... Read More.
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Arkansas prison allows some COVID-positive staff to work

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas prison staff who test positive for the coronavirus have been allowed to work at a facility where at least 876 inmates have the virus, a correction official said Tuesday. Arkansas Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne said the agency... Read More.

Union Pacific laying off staff because of the virus outbreak

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. is furloughing most of the staff at its facility in Little Rock that repairs the railroad’s locomotives after seeing a substantial drop in business volume because of the coronavirus pandemic, a company representative said. Kristen South, the... Read More.
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ADC taking steps to protect inmates and staff from COVID-19

By Ray King The Arkansas Department of Corrections has stopped in-person visitation at its units as a part of the reaction to the COVID-19 virus. During the governor’s daily news conference on the Coronavirus, ADC Director Wendy Kelly said those visits were halted March 16. She... Read More.