• LR cop charged with battery

    LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Little Rock police say an officer has been suspended with pay after being charged with third-degree domestic battery. Police said Monday that Officer James Youngblood has been suspended after being arrested in Saline County on Sunday. Sgt. Cassandra Davis says an …

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  • 2 trapped in grain bin rescued

    LUXORA (AP) — Authorities say two men trapped in a grain bin filled with soybeans in eastern Arkansas have been freed. One man was stuck in the grain up to his waist and the second up to his neck in the bin on Arkansas 120 …

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  • Girl, 8, killed in ATV crash

    CONWAY (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old girl has died after an all-terrain vehicle accident in Searcy County. Madelyn Grace Johnston was killed in the wreck Saturday. Searcy County Chief Deputy Dewayne Pierce says the accident happened about a mile off Arkansas 65 in Marshall. …

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  • Sammy Sutton

    SMITHVILLE — Sammy Sutton, 69, of Smithville died Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in a Batesville hospital. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bold Springs Missionary Baptist Church, located between Cave City and Strawberry. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hardy & …

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  • Doil Wallis

    Doil Dean Wallis, 70, of Batesville died Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Born May 22, 1942, in Sylamore, he was the son of Joseph Austin Wallis and Sarah Ethel Pitts Wallis. He was a self-employed carpenter and enjoyed fishing and fixing old cars. He was a …

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  • Joyce Powell

    ASH FLAT — Joyce Elaine Powell, 82, of Ash Flat died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in an Ash Flat nursing home. Born June 10, 1930, in Birmingham, Ala., she was the daughter of Charles Douglas and Hazel Leona Tomlinson Powell. She was a teacher for …

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  • Margaret May

    Margaret Frances May, 90, of Batesville died Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Born Sept. 3, 1922, in Illinois, she was the daughter of Frank and Theresa Hoffman Wolff. Survivors include a son, Ken Peterson of Ringgold, Calif.; a daughter, Carol Burnett-Webb of Batesville; many grandchildren and …

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  • Robert Spencer Rutherford – Paid Obituary

    Robert Spencer Rutherford, 88, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012, in Heber Springs, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Ina Belle Nicholas Rutherford, and his parents, James Luin and Elizabeth (Betty) Rutherford of Batesville, Arkansas. He is survived by …

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  • Mary Elizabeth Kaufman – Paid Obituary

    Mary Elizabeth Kaufman died on December 14, 2012, in Little Rock. She was born in 1932 in Batesville, Arkansas, to Carl and Abbie Snapp Arnold. She graduated from Desha High School and the University of Arkansas where she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. …

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  • Disabled veteran gets help from Home Depot

    For nearly 40 years Vietnam veteran Dwain Edwards has been dealing with the pain and limitations from severe injuries he suffered when his medical transport plane was shot down near My Lai. As cold weather sets in each year it gets harder and harder for …

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  • Newtown, Conn. plans burials as school’s future debated

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A grieving Connecticut town braced itself today to bury the first two of the 20 small victims of an elementary school gunman and debated when classes could resume — and where, given the carnage in the building and the children’s associations …

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  • Bethesda felon sought in attack

    With a history of domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon in Oklahoma, a 49-year-old Bethesda man is now wanted in Independence County on similar charges, according to an affidavit filed in a local court. In the affidavit Independence County Sheriff’s Investigator Lt. Mike …

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