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Pedestrian charged with meth
Police contact with a man walking along a rural road led to an arrest on drug possession charges, according to a court affidavit filed by John Scarbrough, narcotics officer for the Independence County Sheriff’s Office. Scarbrough said that around 6 p.m. on Aug. 18 Deputy …
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Phyllis Diller blazed trail for female comedians
LOS ANGELES — Long before Kathy Griffin was languishing on the D-list, Roseanne Barr was calling herself a domestic goddess and Joan Rivers was asking audiences if they could talk, wild-haired housewife-turned-comedian Phyllis Diller was dishing one-liners about her husband, Fang. “I should have suspected …
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Bettye Kunkel
ASH FLAT — Bettye Ellen Kunkel, 85, of Ash Flat died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at her home. Born June 30, 1927, in New Mexico, she was the daughter of Henry and Margaret Hollinsworth Bishop. She was a postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service …
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Sharon Sneed
Sharon K. Sneed, 69, of Batesville died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at her home. Born June 17, 1943, she was the daughter of Floyd and Treva Walker Sneed. She was of the Methodist faith and attended Campground Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, Robert Clayton …
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First day of school
Seventh- and eighth-graders at Cedar Ridge Junior High School walk the halls of their new building this morning on the first day of school. About 140 students will occupy the school’s new 14,000-square-foot facility in Newark that features eight classrooms, science lab, computer lab as …
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Armed man arrested for threat to kill
A heavily armed man was intercepted after he reportedly threatened to kill his wife and himself Saturday night, according to police. Independence County Deputy Brian Luetschwager said he met with the man’s distraught wife and 12-year-old son at the Independence County Sheriff’s Office around 8:30 …
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Charge filed in heat death
NEWPORT — A negligent homicide charge was filed Friday in Jackson County Circuit Court against a Newport man who inadvertently left his small daughter inside a parked car on Aug. 3 while he worked all day at Harris Hospital. The temperature was in the mid-90s …
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Theater receives bomb scare
Police and emergency management officials responded to a bomb threat at the Oaks 7 Cinema around noon Friday after the manager, Sheldon Davis, said he got a call from his main office in Georgia that a bomb would go off in one of their theaters. …
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Rotary learns of Ascent services
You see the white van emblazoned with “Ascent” in sunshine yellow all over town, but some people may not know the precious cargo inside. Ascent Children’s Health Services is an early intervention program aimed at helping children, and because of this program children have learned …
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Sharp Co. burn ban reinstated
ASH FLAT — Sharp County’s burn ban went back into effect at 8 p.m. Sunday, said County Judge Larry Brown. The ban was temporarily lifted after Thursday night’s rainfall with notice that it would be reinstated Sunday evening. Brown said that beginning today, Bear Creek …
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Snacks, lights stolen from Batesville laundromat
Video footage of a suspect who may have broken into a food vending machine inside Huskey Laundromat at 608 Harrison St. has been turned over to police. The machine was broken into and money stolen sometime overnight Thursday, according to owner Kevin Insell. “The vending …
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Sharp County ballot positions to be drawn
ASH FLAT — The Sharp County Board of Election commissioners will meet at 1 p.m. Friday in the county clerk’s office in the courthouse in Ash Flat, said clerk Tommy Estes. “Ballot positions for the general election will be drawn at this time,” he said. …
