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Department of education hosts session
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – An education consultant said Tuesday that too many teachers are like a golf instructor who gave her detailed instruction and presumed she would know how to putt.
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2 from Batesville go to ASMS
HOT SPRINGS – Two Batesville students have been selected to attend the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences in Hot Springs, according to a news release.
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Exchange program seeks host families
JONESBORO – Jen Vincent has a lot reasons for why she works part-time for Academic Year in the USA, a nonprofit high school exchange program based in California.
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S-Rock soph shows character
SULPHUR ROCK – The past academic year was the first time Sulphur Rock High School participated in the Character Program, designed to develop and recognize good character among students, according t
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Coop hosts work education program
MELBOURNE – Few teachers can spend much time in a classroom without hearing the query, “What good will this do me in later life?”
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Student tops 1,000 reading points
PLEASANT PLAINS – Natasha Wurst, an eighth-grade student at Midland High School, accumulated over 1,000 Accelerated Reader points during the 2000-01 school year, according to a recent release from
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Programs announced for park
POWHATAN – Upcoming programs and activities at Powhatan Courthouse State Park include a “Pearling and Shelling” program at 10 a.m. Thursday, said park interpreter Wayne McPhink.
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Traffic stop nets drug arrests, two arrested
While on patrol Tuesday, Deputy Rob Leonard observed a vehicle drive behind Wood’s Fish Market on Myers Street.
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Man sentenced for shooting at police officers
ASH FLAT – An Ozark Acres man who once threatened to and did “shoot any police officer” on his property was sentenced to 12 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections on Monday by Circuit Judg
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Agency analyzing nursing homes
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Most Arkansas nursing homes have returned rate surveys in a state investigation of reports about skyrocketing bills for private-pay residents, officials said Tuesday.
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Child support checks delayed by new system
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – The state is running days behind in mailing thousands of child support payments to custodial parents, Arkansas’ child support enforcement chief said Tuesday.
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Calls going to 50 cents
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Southwestern Bell says it will raise the cost of a call from a pay phone from 35 cents to 50 cents.
