LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV)- Melting ice caused some literal headaches for pedestrians in downtown Little Rock Monday, as some people were hit by ice sheets walking to and from their cars.

"I've never seen that happen much," said Paul Spinner who was visiting Little Rock for the marathon. "I think where we're from we got the equipment to knock them down but I've never seen this in town."

Most of the falling ice came from the roof of the food court building on President Clinton Avenue. No injuries were reported but THV 11 cameras caught several instances of ice blocks falling more than 20 feet onto the sidewalk below. "It could be bad if it hit you on top of the head," Spinner added. "I don't know if it could puncture the skin but it wouldn't feel very good."

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (The Salvation Army) -- The Salvation Army Warming Center is open at 1111 West Markham. This is especially important today since the city's Day Resource Center is closed, and many of the other agencies that tend to offer services to the chronically homeless have also not been able to open. Since it appears that The Salvation Army may be the only agency open to the homeless today, we expect heavy traffic at the Warming Center today.

Captain Roger Glick is asking the community that IF you are able to get out SAFELY and would like to support our efforts, we would like donations of soup, chili, snacks (chips, granola bars, snack cakes), condiments (mustard, mayo, ketchup), coffee, cream, and sugar.

Please feel free to reach Captain Glick on his cell phone: (913) 230-8575.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Of the thousands of participants, nearly every one of them have different reasons for running the Little Rock Marathon.

Some do it for fun, some for competition, and some do it support a cause.

73-year-old Don Wright, his daughter and his wife reside in Duluth, Minnesota, but Saturday they were participants in the Little Rock Marathon.

"We know this marathon because we did it eight years ago and I love it." In fact, Don Wright has competed in marathons in all 50 states.

"We kind of decided that we like traveling around the country and running in marathons. So, we just kind of picked one off here and there, Fargo, North Dakota, Green Bay Wisconsin," said Wright.

This year's Little Rock Marathon marks the 79th marathon for Don Wright. He is going to try to reach 100 by the end of the year.