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A 16-year-old misdemeanor hot-check conviction means Barry Jefferson can't hold elected office, a Pulaski County circuit judge ruled Friday, invalidating the votes for Jefferson's campaign for the county quorum court.
A petition filed Wednesday in Pulaski Circuit Court claims Pulaski County justice of the peace candidate Barry Jefferson is ineligible to serve because of a previous hot check conviction -- the same reason incumbent and former opponent Kristina Gulley was removed from the race.
Heifer International will remain on the top two floors of its Little Rock headquarters.
A Pulaski County justice of the peace will be removed from office and any votes cast for her in the upcoming November election will not be counted because of two hot check misdemeanors from 1997 and 2003.
Extreme blizzard conditions wreaked havoc on North Dakota energy infrastructure last weekend, taking offline as much as 60% of the state’s crude oil production and more than 80% of natural gas output, and leaving utility poles and power lines strewn