• James Heydolph

    James R. Heydolph, 67, of Batesville died Dec. 30, 2012, in a Little Rock hospital. Memorial Mass and burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Batesville. Arrange-ments are by Arkansas Funeral Care in Jacksonville. Memorials may be made to …

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  • Frances Dailey

    Frances Dailey, 92, of Batesville died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in a Batesville hospital. Born March 11, 1920, in Herrell, Calhoun County, she was the daughter of Walter Benjamin Williams and Merdie Mae Robertson Williams. She and her husband farmed land in Missouri for many …

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  • Mildred Kankey

    WIDEMAN — Mildred Kankey, 94, of Wideman died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Melbourne. Born Nov. 13, 1918, in Wideman, she was the daughter of James William Kankey and Nora Long Kankey. She was a lifelong resident of Wideman. She owned and operated Kankey’s Store …

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  • Charles Comer

    Charles Comer, 78, of Batesville died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at his home. Born July 27, 1934, in Batesville, he was the son of Albert and Mary French Comer. He was of the Christian faith. Survivors include two sons, Michael Allen Comer of Little Rock …

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  • Steven Jones

    HOUSTON — Steven Nathaniel Jones, 32, of Houston died Nov. 29, 2012, in Hurst, Texas. Born March 29, 1980, he was the son of Danny and Suzie Jones. He attended Mission Bend Elementary School, Hodges Bend Middle School and Kempner High School. He was currently …

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  • George Hurst

    DE QUEEN — George Hurst, 89, of De Queen died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in a Little Rock hospital. Born July 19, 1923, in Hardy, he was the son of George Washington Hurst Jr. and Ova Jordan Hurst. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps …

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  • Marie Fowler – Paid Obituary

    Marie Eleanor Garvey Fowler, 79, went to be with her Heavenly Father Thursday, January 10, 2013. She passed away in her sleep, surrounded by her sister Barbara Garvey Jackson of Fayetteville and her daughter Julia Marie Fowler Darley of Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Fowler was a …

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  • Rout of Vandy prompts numbers search

    Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings assessed the misfires of his Commodores’ 10-of-40 shooting from the field and concluded they were not the worst part of the 56-33 SEC loss to Arkansas. “They were better than the turnovers,” Stallings wryly said after Saturday’s game, witnessed by 11,526 …

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  • Basketball Briefs

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — During 17 games in 14 cities across the Southeastern Conference this week, college basketball players will be showing their support for the Pat Summitt Foundation and encouraging awareness of Alzheimer’s disease. Leaders of the Pat Summitt Foundation, including Summitt, Board Chairman …

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  • Uncle says he feared nephew would shoot

    CALICO ROCK — A long-running family dispute is believed to be reason for why a Calico Rock man shot and killed his nephew Thursday night. A first-degree murder charge and a $500,000 bond for Harvey Loosey, 49, has been set by Izard County District Judge …

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  • Boyfriend accused of assault

    Charged with assaulting a family member while armed with a knife landed a Newark man in jail under a probable cause hold by detectives early Friday morning, according to a court affidavit for his arrest. Independence County Sheriff’s Investigator Dustin Robbins said Roy David Barnhouse, …

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  • $1M water leak repaired

    Batesville lost approximately 800,000 gallons of water early Friday morning before a main water line break was found and repaired behind the Batesville Junior High School off Jennings Drive. City Water Superintendent Red Davis said a problem was detected around 3 a.m. when water department …

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