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Ark. mom collecting teddy bears for Connecticut school
JONESBORO (AP) — The mother of an Arkansas school shooting victim is collecting teddy bears to send to survivors and family of victims of the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Pamela Herring said teddy bears she received brought comfort after her 12-year-old daughter Paige …
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2 killed in truck crash
MORRILTON (AP) — Arkansas State Police say two people are dead when their vehicles were struck by a trailer that detached from a truck. State police say the accident happened Monday on Arkansas 95 in Conway County two miles north of Interstate 40. A preliminary …
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6 LR stores robbed over weekend
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police in Little Rock are investigating six robberies that have occurred since Saturday in the city’s west side. Reports released by police on Monday show that two of the robberies occurred at fast food restaurants, one at a Kroger supermarket on …
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Cushman trash changes
Due to the upcoming holidays, there will be no trash pickup in Cushman on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Instead, the trash will be picked up one day later those weeks, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2, according to Leila Skelton, Cushman recorder/treasurer.
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Lady Pioneer junior signs with WBC during early period
Haley Hambrick, a hard-hitting junior for the Batesville Lady Pioneer softball team, signed a national letter-of-intent Friday to attend Williams Baptist College and play softball for the Lady Eagles. Hambrick, an all-conference selection for the Lady Pioneers as a sophomore, posted a .339 batting average …
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Red Devils hold off Pirates
AUGUSTA — Led by Ervin Gant’s 21 points, the Augusta Red Devils held off the Concord Pirates for a 60-56, non-conference high school basketball victory here Monday night. Jacob Roark led the 20-3 Pirates with 25 points Hanse Bowman added 14 points. “I think they …
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Keith wins league award
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — After setting personal scoring, shooting and rebounding records in two straight contests, Lyon College forward Whitney Keith has been named this week’s American Midwest Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week. In her second season with the Scots, Keith recorded her …
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Sports Calendar
Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Tuesday, December 18 – Saturday, December 22, 2012.
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Ring’s Chapel presents musical at nursing home
CAVE CITY — Ring’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church will present a Christmas musical, “A Southern Gospel Christmas, Part 1: The Beginning,” at 6 p.m. Thursday at Cave City Nursing Home. The musical will be directed by John R. Way accompanied by Becky Way. The program …
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Augustus Allen Jones
Jared and Megan Jones of Poughkeepsie have announced the birth of a son at White River Medical Center on Dec. 11, 2012. The baby weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and has been named Augustus Allen Jones. Grandparents of the child are Allen and Rhonda Jones …
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Isabel Jean Reddock
JT and Madison Reddock and Jayci of Batesville have announced the birth of a daughter and sister at White River Medical Center on Dec. 10, 2012. The baby weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces and has been named Isabel Jean Reddock. Grandparents of the child are …
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Clinton Center debuts new exhibit from the ‘Picasso of LEGO Bricks’
LITTLE ROCK — The William J. Clinton Presidential Center opened its newest exhibit, “In Pieces,” a mixed medium collaboration with New York artist Nathan Sawaya and Australian photographer Dean West, on Dec. 12. Sawaya’s “The Art of the Brick” was one of the center’s most …
