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Defensive driving in Batesville
We are not likely to see a 50- to 75-mile traffic backup here in Batesville such as I have experienced on Interstate 95 between Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C.
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Kimmers to mark golden anniversary
Max and Minnie Kimmer of Batesville will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception July 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Citizens Bank Annex.
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Area Boy Scout to attend national jamboree in D.C.
LITTLE ROCK – Matthew Gavin, 13, of Batesville will be among the 80 boy scouts and adult leaders from the Quapaw Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America attending the 2001 National Scout Jamboree
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Xavier Payne Fitzpatrick
Dusty and Shannon Fitzpatrick of Batesville have announced the birth of a son at White River Medical Center on June 25, 2001.
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Allison Marie Smith
Phillip and Tonya Smith, Derek and Lacy of Sidney have announced the birth of a daughter and sister at White River Medical Center on July 14, 2001.
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Youth injured when struck by pickup truck near Hardy
ASH FLAT – A youth from Mississippi was injured when he was struck by a vehicle Saturday night near Hardy, according to a report by state troopers Wendell Jines and S.M. Thompson.
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Midland board to buy uniforms
PLEASANT PLAINS – The Midland School Board, meeting Thursday night, voted to buy new uniforms for the junior high girls basketball team and replace some of the senior high girls uniforms, according
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Survey shows surfing steady despite becalmed dot-coms
NEW YORK (AP) – Despite the growing junk pile of failed dot-com companies, Internet usage has held steady, a survey found.
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Republican official offended with redistricting comment
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – A state Republican Party official has taken issue with a comment made by a spokesman for Secretary of State Sharon Priest that the “ultimate goal” of redistricting is to give Dem
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Vatican gives married archbishop ultimatum
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican today threatened to excommunicate an archbishop married in New York this spring in one of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s mass weddings.
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Letter bomb wounds police officer
GENOA, Italy (AP) – A letter bomb blew up in the hands of a police officer Monday, seriously wounding him and fueling fears of violence at a summit that will bring world leaders to Genoa this week.
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Plans to expand Wrigley Field causing rooftop battle
CHICAGO – Perhaps nowhere in baseball does tradition run deeper than at Wrigley Field, where a battle against expansion is being fought from the rooftops.
