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Trolley Car festival goes back to two days this year
SULPHUR ROCK — Harkening back to earlier days of the Sulphur Rock Trolley Car Days festival, the 27th edition of the event has been expanded to two days. And the weather is also expected to be cooler than during most of the past celebrations, since …
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Trolley Car Days Schedule
Friday 6:30 p.m. — Sulphur Rock Fire Department serves hamburgers, hot dogs 7-10 — street dance featuring John Parks Band 10 — fireworks Saturday 10 a.m. — parade 10:30 — Joe Johnson Line Dancers 11 — Rockin’ Luke Stroud 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — 3 …
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Lady Southerners fall in 4A Central v-ball
SOUTHSIDE — The Marianna Lee Lady Trojans defeated the Southside Southerners 3-2 Tuesday in a Class 4A Central Conference volleyball match, dropping the Southerners to 7-4 in conference and 14-5 overall. The Lady Trojans won 25-18, 22-25, 25-16, 15-25, 15-13. The Southerners were led by …
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Lyon kickers sweep Missouri Baptist
It wasn’t what Scot Coach Michael Brookshire would consider a “work of art,” but with as many as six players out or missing quality minutes on the field Tuesday because of the flu, the No.25-ranked Lyon College men still managed to capture a 1-0 soccer …
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Junior Pioneers to visit unbeaten Forrest City Colts
The Batesville Junior Pioneers got their first win last week. Now one of their biggest tests of the football season could come Thursday. The 1-4 Junior Pioneers are scheduled to make the lengthy drive to Forrest City Thursday for a 5A-East district matchup with the …
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Wet/dry issue heats up in Sharp Co.
HARDY — The campaign on the wet/dry issue that is on Sharp County’s general election ballot is heating up, Ruth Reynolds, who has gathered signatures for several years to get the issue before the voters, said Tuesday. Several signs aimed at trying to get voters …
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Brooks named second lieutenant in National Guard
LITTLE ROCK — Shannon Brooks of Little Rock has been pinned second lieutenant in the Arkansas Army National Guard, according to a news release. Brooks was honored at the pinning ceremony Sept. 8 with the following awards: 87th Troop Command Distinguished Graduate Award, The Honor …
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William Bates
William L. Bates, 61, of Batesville died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, in a Batesville hospital. Born Oct. 14, 1950, in Kansas City, Mo., he was the son of John R. Bates and Barbara Linhart Wilson. He was of the Assembly of God faith. Survivors include …
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Cave City Junior Cavemen still looking for first victory
The Cave City Cavemen continue to look for the solution to their winless streak this week as they are set to host the Pocahontas Junior Redskins on Thursday. The Junior Redskins hit the road with a 2-1 record against 4A-3 District opponents and a 3-2 …
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Sports Briefs
Pro baseball ST. LOUIS (AP) — The defending World Series champions are headed back to baseball’s playoffs. The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the final postseason berth Tuesday night when Los Angeles lost to San Francisco, setting up a dramatic final day to the regular season. …
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Scoreboard
Football NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Thursday’s game: Arizona at St. Louis, 7:20 p.m. Sunday Baltimore at Kansas City, noon Atlanta at Washington, noon Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, noon Green Bay at Indianapolis, noon Cleveland at N.Y. Giants, noon Miami at Cincinnati, noon Seattle at Carolina, 3:05 p.m. Chicago at Jacksonville, 3:05 p.m. Buffalo at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. Tennessee at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m. Denver at New England, 3:25 p.m. San Diego at New Orleans, 7:20 p.m. Open: Dallas, Detroit, Oakland, Tampa Bay Baseball MAJOR LEAGUE American League Tuesday’s scores: N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 3, 12 innings Cleveland 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 12 innings Toronto 4, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 4, Detroit 2 Oakland 3, Texas 1 Seattle 6, L.A. Angels 1 Today’s games: Texas (Dempster 7-3) at Oakland (Griffin 7-1), 2:35 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 20-4) at Seattle (Beavan 10-11), 5:40 p.m. Boston (Matsuzaka 1-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 15-11), 6:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 11-11) at Cleveland (D.Huff 3-0), 6:05 p.m. Minnesota (Diamond 12-8) at Toronto (Morrow 9-7), 6:07 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 9-2) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 9-11), 6:10 p.m. Detroit (L.Marte 0-0) at Kansas City (Mendoza 8-9), 7:10 p.m. National League Tuesday’s scores: Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 1 Washington 4, Philadelphia 2 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3, 11 innings Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 0 Milwaukee 4, San Diego 3 …
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Letter to the editor
Quilting replaces UofA football? Perhaps the president of University Arkansas regrets firing the previous Hogs football coach as a hasty decision in view of this season’s embarrassing losses. In retrospect a past president of the United States got caught, let’s say, with “his hand in the cookie jar” …
