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Schoenfeld races set this week
LOCUST GROVE – The final racing event of the season is set to tear up the oval as the 17th Annual Schoenfeld Headers Street Stock Championship is scheduled this weekend at the Batesville Motor Speedway. The event is one of the biggest street stock events …
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Sports Briefs
Tennis NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Murray won the U.S. Open in five grueling sets Monday night to become the first British man since 1936 to capture a Grand Slam title. Murray beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 in his …
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Sylvia Johnson
Sylvia Elizabeth Johnson, 85, of Batesville died Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in a Batesville hospital. Born Feb. 7, 1927, at Plainview, she was the daughter of Joseph Robert and Roxie Rogers Chesney. Survivors include two sons, Eldon Johnson and Joe Johnson, both of Batesville; two …
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Gary Davidson
MALDEN, Mo. — Garlee “Gary” Davidson, 60, formerly of Malden, Mo., died Sept. 3, 2012, in a Kansas City, Mo., hospital. He was born May 3, 1952, in LaCrosse. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked as a postal clerk for the U.S. Post …
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Robert Upton
CAVE CITY — Robert Earl Upton, 65, of Cave City died Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in a Batesville hospital. Born Oct. 27, 1946, at Half Moon Bay, Calif., he was the son of Everette Nathaniel and Maxine Elizabeth Jones Upton. He was a U.S. Army …
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Storms damage airport, close highway
“It had damage similar to a war zone.” —Robert Griffin Strong winds from severe thunderstorms destroyed airplane hangars and damaged airplanes, homes and vehicles as they moved across Arkansas on Friday, authorities said Saturday. No serious injuries were reported, but the storms Friday left …
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Drug trafficker pleads guilty
LITTLE ROCK — A Batesville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to selling meth, according to Christopher R. Thyer, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and William J. Bryant, assistant special agent in charge of the Little Rock District Office of the …
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NIE kicking off today
Select six headlines, then cut apart the words, create new sentences and identify the nouns, verbs and adjectives. Determine what someone would make on a 13-percent commission by selling a car listed in the classified section. Read a story or editorial and draw a political …
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1 killed after tire explodes
BIG FLAT (AP) — Authorities in Baxter County say a man is dead after a tire exploded on a logging truck. Sheriff John Montgomery says two men were changing a tire at a home in the Big Flat community over the weekend when the accident …
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Concord to discuss marshal
CONCORD — The Concord City Council will meet at 7 tonight in the city hall to hear monthly reports, said Recorder-treasurer Jayne Pettit. That will likely include a report on the hiring of a city marshal, she said.
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Buses, classroom vandalized
EVENING SHADE — Law enforcement authorities were called to the Evening Shade campus of the Cave City School District on Thursday due to vandalism, reported Sharp County Sheriff Mark Counts. “Deputies along with Evening Shade officers responded and found six buses had been vandalized at …
