Hello and thanks for joining
us for THV 11 News at Noon.
I'm Johnny Taylor.
Lots to get into on this Monday.
Here are some of the headlines
we're following right now.
Two people were killed in cabinet when
they were hit by a train over the weekend.
What we know today,
in less than two minutes,
more and more people around the country
are choosing mocktails as a healthier
alternative to alcoholic drinks.
Just ahead,
how One local coffee shop is
trying to bring the trend to
Little Rock and the Duggar fami,
a name familiar to many Arkansasans but
also many households around the nation.
A new docu series promises to tell the
story behind the mega family foe
family member telling their story at 12:22.
But first,
we also want to get a quick loot
whether meteorologist Nathan Scott next.
Very nice to see you on this Mo.
You also have some decent news to share,
right?
Good after?
Well, it has been a beautiful weekend
and as you went back to work to,
still does not feel too bad out there.
Although you may notice as
you look off to the distance,
it looks pretty hazy.
And that's because there's actuy
smoke from the Canadian wildfirs
that have made the way all the y
down here just because of the ur
level flow has brought that smoe
all the way from northern Alber.
Down into the mid South,
but it's not affecting air qual.
Temperatures are warming up into
the upper 70s to right around
80 degrees in the capital city.
With that mixture of sun and clouds in place.
And take a look at their radar,
there's nothing showing up
across the natural state.
You have to go over into western
Oklahoma or all the way over to Georgia
and Alabama to find the nearest rain.
So today we're going to stay dr,
temperatures climbing up into
the low to mid 80s for highs.
But what you notice is it's not humid.
And let's take a look at the ran
chances for the next 5 days.
There's a small chance for
Tuesday and Wednesday,
but overall the chances of rain
this week will be low and the
temperature is not feeling too .
I'll have more details on your
work week forecast and Memorial
Day weekend forecast coming up.
Thanks, Nathan. Well,
this afternoon we're still tryio
learn more about exactly what tk
place Saturday night in Cavett when two
people were hit and killed by a train.
It happened near Allman Viva
Sports Complex in Cavett.
We've been reaching out to Cabot Police
in Union Pacific Pacific periodically
so we can try to sort this out.
We will continue to do so and
as we learn more we'll keep you
updated on air and online@thv11.
Meanwhile in Conway, police are
asking for help locating 17 yea.
Dori Paul Urozzi.
She was last seen leaving Conway
High School on Friday at around 8:15.
Police say she was wearing a wed
velvet jacket and a zebra print dress.
Anyone with additional informatn
is asked to call Conway PD
with the number on your screen,
and hours ago we learned of a
shooting that left a Pine Bluff
teen dead and another injured.
Officials in Pine Bluff tell us
that the incident followed an
altercation at Pine Bluff night,
The Spot located on 5th Ave.
The name of the 70 year old
killed has not been released,
but we do know his killing is
the city's 10th of the year.
The condition of this surviving
victim is not known.
Police do ask that anyone with
information about the shooting
call Pine Bluff police.
We're following story developing
in southeast Arkansas right now.
The search continues in McGee fr
an inmate who escaped from jail
twice over the weekend while anr
escapee is back behind bars on Friday night.
McGee police say Marquis Watkins
in the white over being were.
Able to access the control paned
open the door to escape from the city jail.
But early Saturday morning,
authorities called Walkins at ae
in McGee and bought him back to the jail.
But then just a few hours later,
overview was captured at another
home in McGee.
But while that was happening,
police say Walkins escaped a second time.
Now we're told he managed to
overpower a jailer.
She he took her keys and still stole her car.
Walkins.
Was originally arrested for residential
burglary and domestic battery or
B has been already been transfed
to another Correctional Facilit.
Turning now to national news,
murder suspect Brian Koberger wl
be back in Idaho courtroom to be
arraigned for the stabbing deatf
four University of Idaho studen.
A grand jury indicted the 28 yer
old criminology graduate student
on 4 counts of first degree murr
and one count of felony burglar.
Prosecutors alleged Coburger
committed the Quadruple murder t
a house in Idaho last November.
He was arrested at his family'se
six weeks later in Pennsylvania.
Tomorrow I think what we would
expect is that during the
arraignment the charges will be
read and he will enter a plea.
We expect that that will
be a not guilty plea.
Leveson doesn't believe Coburger will
be offered a plea deal and sayst
could be up to six months or evn
longer before this case goes to trial.
Attorneys for Florida Governor n
DeSantis want the Obama appointed judge
assigned to Disney's First Ament
case against him to be disquali.
The legal team questions
the judge impartiality,
claiming that he referenced thed
between the Republican Governor and Disney
during hearings for unrelated c.
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin
McCarthy are meeting this aftern
to discuss raising the debt cei,
with time running out before
a June 1st deadline.
The president cut short his
overseas trip in order to get
back to the negotiating table.
The Cody Antonio has more
details from Capitol Hill.
White House negotiators arrivedn
Capitol Hill Monday to resume ts
over raising the debt ceiling ad
of this afternoon's face to face
meeting between President Biden
and House Speaker Kevin McCarth.
I'm going to give give the respt
to the president. His team.
They know exactly where we are.
You know exactly what would
make this productive.
That means, yeah, both sides wod
have to have compromise. Sources
say the White House is now offering to
keep spending flat from this year to next.
Republicans, they say,
want to increase defense spending while
cutting everything else up to 2.
It's a real spending problem.
And so the idea that I said we have to
spend less than we spent the year before,
we're not going to raise taxes,
and I proposed cuts and spending
of over a trillion dollars.
But. I believe we have to
also look at the tax revenues,
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
confirmed over the weekend.
June 1st is the hard deadline
when the government can no
longer afford to pay its bills.
And with the time it takes
a bill to pass Congress,
the deadline for a deal is soonr
is the time period that it takes to provide
a bill when you come to an agreement.
72 hours. It has to sit out thee
so everybody can see it pass the
House and then go to the Senate.
And I don't know, I always get like a week.
The impact of defaulting
would be felt by everyone.
Economists say millions of
Americans could lose their jobs,
pushing the country into a recession.
Social Security checks could be
delayed and the nation's credit
rating could be lowered.
Nicole D Antonio,
CBS News, Capitol Hill.
The McCarthy, Biden talks are scheduled
to begin at 5:30 this afternoon.
Now, as thousands of students prepare
to graduate and enter the workf,
a recent report shows those wita
bachelor's degree or higher at e
lowest unemployment rate, at 2..
Michael Paco, an economist at UA Little Rock,
says the unemployment rate in
Arkansas has fallen and mainly
leisure and hospitality jobs,
hospitality jobs that were cut
in half during the onset of the
pandemic are seeing a new inter,
according to the Bureau of
Labor and Statistics.
Peco says the problem for
some isn't finding the job.
Most employers
are finding it difficult to find qualified
employees at at any level, whetr
it's a recent high school gradu,
college graduates or or experienced workers.
Peco also adds that the expected economic
slowdown this year hasn't happe.
Some hopeful news for those seeking work.
Now, according to the Arkansas
Division of Workforce Services,
it dropped to 2.8% in April.
That's down from 3% in March.
And the labor force rose by
almost 3000 from March to April,
increasing for the seventh straight month.
An important meeting is
happening in Pine Bluff Today.
The Jefferson County Quorum Cout
can finally vote on rules that e
helped held them up in court all year.
C HB11 has been following the
drama in the court for months.
The sticking point is the procedure rules
to set how meetings should be h.
Jefferson County Judge Gerald
Robinson created one version,
while several justices of the
peace drafted another version.
At tonight's meeting,
the Quorum Court will vote
on the judge's version,
which if passed out of committee last week.
The ordinance governs how meetis
will go for the next two years d
how things are placed on the ag.
Capes, the organization trying o
challenge the Arkansas Learns A,
has refiled its referendum
proposal for a third time.
This follows Attorney General Tim Griffin's
rejection of a revised proposale
to missing and insufficient summaries.
The group is once again trying
to get approval now.
Keep in mind,
if approved,
Arkansas Learns would not be
immediately overturned.
The referendum would just put te
legislation in front of our Kans
for a vote and the next election cycle.
We'll let you know as soon as we learn
the Attorney General's upcoming decision.
And today in Cavett,
Governor Sarah Sanders and Secry
of Education Jacob Oliva are hosting a
town hall to discuss Arkansas Learns.
It's being held at the Cavett
Veterans Park Event Center.
The meeting kicked off about 10 minutes ago,
and the event is open to the pu.
Organizers encourage attendees
to come out with their questions
about Arkansas learns.
The new coffee shop is trying to bring
more than caffeine to the capital city.
We catch up with the owner who's bringing
cocktails and mocktails to the table.
But first, let's catch up with Nathan.
What's new in the weather? Well,
the weather for the last full wk
of May journey is going to be py
quiet and it's going to be comfortable.
Even though we're going to the
unofficial start of summer this weekend,
it's not going to feel like
summer's just around the corner.
I'll have more details on
that forecast coming up.