• Info corrected on Cave City games Friday

    Due to incorrect information provided to the Guard, the schedule for Cave City’s basketball games listed in the “Sports calendar” this week was wrong. Cave City’s junior and senior girls are slated to play at Gosnell on Friday night. The junior game is to begin …

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  • Sports Calendar

    Upcoming sports events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Thursday, January 17 – Saturday, January 19, 2013.

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  • Holiday affects Newark schedule

    NEWARK — City offices at Newark will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, said Recorder-treasurer Joanne Langston. Trash pickup originally scheduled for Monday will not take place. Trash pickup will resume on Tuesday.

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  • News of Other Days

    Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Aug. 10, 1993.

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  • Lyon wins award for campaign

    Lyon College has received a Best Practices Award by PODi, a member-supported not-for-profit organization whose goal is to drive demand for marketing applications powered by digital print and help members build successful digital print businesses. The awards recognize outstanding examples of cross-media and relevant direct …

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  • Arkansas ranks fifth in education poll

    LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas’ public schools are fifth in the country in Education Week’s annual rankings. The publication released its 2013 “Quality Counts” rankings Thursday. Arkansas’ overall grade was a B minus. Arkansas received an A grade for its standards, assessments and accountability. It …

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  • Honor roll released

    WALNUT RIDGE — Williams Baptist College has released its President’s and Dean’s lists for the 2012 fall semester. The President’s List includes those full-time students who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average, while the Dean’s List is comprised of those with at least a …

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  • Honor roll – Melbourne High

    MELBOURNE — The students listed below have been named to the honor roll for the second nine weeks of the 2012-13 school year at Melbourne High School, according to a news release: Seventh: all A’s — Cole Lamb, Josie Love, Ryan Moxley, Kolten Smith; general …

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  • Stroke to be topic

    The Independence County Farm Bureau will host a stroke education program at 7 p.m. Monday in its board room at 805 Neeley St., Batesville. “Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the Unites States. Someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every …

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  • ‘Of Mice and Men’ performances to begin

    POCAHONTAS — The Imperial Dinner Theatre in Pocahontas will present the play “Of Mice and Men,” based on a novel written in 1937 by John Steinbeck. The play is about thwarted dreams, friendship and sacrifice that chronicles four days in the lives of two migrant …

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  • LR Central to present musical tribute to MLK

    LITTLE ROCK — Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site is partnering with Philander Smith College to present a musical tribute to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The program will be from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the …

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  • Weekend Events

    Upcoming weekend events in Batesville and the surrounding area for Friday, January 18 – Sunday, January 20, 2013.

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