Candidate Flowers charged with assault

Terry Oglesby beat me to this, but I thought I'd pass the word along. Steve Flowers, insurance agent, former state Rep and current state Senate candidate, was arrested and charged with assault for hitting a nine-year-old boy in the face. The boy and his father were putting up anti-Flowers signs; the signs referred to Flowers' previous assault conviction for beating his ex-wife.

Flowers is a Republican.