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The games – 8/30/12
Southside at Cave City, Kickoff • tonight 6 The Southerners and Cavemen are set to open the season with the “Highway 167 Showdown” and both teams are prepared to battle the elements — if they arrive tonight — and claim bragging rights for the year. The …
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School cleaned after 137 students become ill
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Officials haven’t determined what caused more than 100 students to fall ill with stomach problems last week, but they are taking steps to ensure more children don’t get sick. Little Rock School District officials said a company specializing in eliminating germs …
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Addendum (Izard County municipal filings)
Incomplete information was provided concerning Izard County municipal filings that ran in the Guard’s Aug. 21 edition. Darlene Folyer will vie for the Franklin recorder/treasurer position currently held by Stevie Smith.
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‘Barber Dan’ retires
DESHA — As a small town barber, Dan Moody did more than cut hair — he gave directions, counseled the locals on hunting regulations and swapped stories. “Barber Dan” has been a staple in the Desha community since 1969 when he bought the little rock …
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Volunteers roof house for woman
Several churches and businesses recently came together to help Friendship Outreach put a new roof on a house for the most recent graduate of the nonprofit ministry’s Women’s Addictions Resistance Project 180 residential recovery program, known as WARP 180 for short. The 180 part of …
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Missing rifle leads to fight
An argument over a slur and a missing rifle Friday afternoon ended with a Pickens Street man being jailed on domestic battering charges. Deputy Robert Moser said around 1 p.m. he responded to a report of a man and son fighting and when he arrived …
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Farmers burn diesel, daylight to get in crops before Isaac
DE VALLS BLUFF — Arkansas farmers were burning daylight and diesel Tuesday, racing to get as much of their mature crops out of the field as possible ahead of Isaac’s arrival on Friday. The five-day forecast cone Tuesday afternoon still had the center of what …
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2 people hurt in bluff fall in Baxter Co.
GAMALIEL (AP) — Authorities say two people have been severely injured after falling off a bluff in northern Arkansas. The Baxter County Sheriff’s office says deputies responded to a 5:18 p.m. emergency call Tuesday of two people who had fallen off a bluff near Bidwell …
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Sheriff warns Rotarians of synthetic drugs
Illegal drugs, and their synthetic counterparts, was the program presented by Independence County Sheriff Steve Jeffery to the Batesville Rotary club during their noon luncheon at Josie’s at the Lockhouse restaurant Monday. Jeffery told the club about the many new extremely potent and dangerous synthetic/designer …
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Fundraiser to benefit foster children
The Area IX Foster Parent Association will host a fundraiser featuring activities, entertainment and meals catered by John 3:16 Ministries from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Riverside Park. Fish and chicken dinners will be available for $7 and door prizes given away, among …
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Letter to the editor
Dear editor: Well, I notice the cemetery thieves have struck again. This is four floral arrangements that have been stolen off the top of my Mom and Dad’s tombstone. Do you have a vendetta against them? If it is against me, please face me with …
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America’s greatness
One of the worst things that could be said about any of us is that greatness passed before us, and we failed to recognize it. It happened to me yesterday when I found myself out of sorts because my best friend was en route to …
