Tis the season...

Christmas Tree Arrives At State Capitol

LITTLE ROCK -- The 26-foot-tall eastern red cedar was a match Wednesday for a team of 20 men that wrestled it up the state Capitol steps to a second-floor entrance.

Wednesday morning, the Arkansas Forestry Commission cut the tree from the front yard of Herman and Mary Smith of Cabot. The couple said they decided to donate the tree because they were concerned its roots would damage a nearby septic tank.

The tree, escorted by forestry workers, arrived at the bottom of the Capitol steps on the back of a flatbed trailer. Workers rolled it off and dragged it up the 30 steps, leaving a trail of cedar twigs and a green smudge. They stuffed the tree through the bronze doors of the rotunda and hoisted it into place in a corner.

brutal.

a sneaky man who knows how to talk real good

10:06 a.m. A woman at Little Britches, 2212 S. Walton Blvd., reported someone taped over all the R's on the business' signs.

2:22pm A woman at 18656 Durham Road in Elkins reported footprints around her barn and her trailer. She reported she has had things missing in the past, and they come in and eat her food and take her medicine.

4:14pm A woman at 508 Mountain View Ave. reported "a sneaky man who knows how to talk real good" stole her tax refund and her child's bicycle.

6:43am A man at 10 Spring Valley Drive reported he can't get out of his house because there is a raccoon on his front porch.