LITTLE ROCK (AP) Some legislators expressed support Wednesday for a revised bill that would make animal cruelty a felony in Arkansas, although others said the wording may be so broad the state could prosecute humane pet owners and farmers who put a suffering animal out of its misery.

... Born Dec. 27, 1927, in Meeker, Okla., a son of the late Elmer and Flora Richmond Rosser, he was a poultry and cattle farmer, a World War II Army veteran, and a Baptist. He was also preceded in death by a sister and three brothers ...