• Hogs aim for new start tonight against Aggies

    FAYETTEVILLE — Mike Anderson would rather forget his first go-around through the Southeastern Conference. The Arkansas coach hopes the second time’s a charm, beginning tonight when the Razorbacks open SEC play at league newcomer Texas A&M. Arkansas (9-4) lost its first six conference road games …

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  • Patsy Sutton dies at age 74

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Patsy Sutton, the wife of former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton, has died at age 74. Officials at Ninde Brookside Chapel say Patsy Sutton died Tuesday at a Tulsa hospital after suffering a stroke in December. Patsy Sutton followed her …

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  • Sports Briefs

    College football WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Griffin III is having surgery today on a torn ligament in his right knee — and to see if there’s a second ligament that also needs to be repaired. Baylor Coach Art Briles confirmed to USA Today and The …

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  • Widow of poisoned lottery winner didn’t alert authorities

    CHICAGO (AP) — The widow of a Chicago lottery winner who died of cyanide poisoning as he awaited a $425,000 check says she cannot believe her husband could have had enemies and that she has no idea who in their family asked that authorities take …

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  • Lynn White

    SAGE — Lynn Allen White, 54, of Sage died Jan. 1, 2013, in Batesville. Born Oct. 21, 1958, in Wenatchee, Wash., he was the son of Eldon and Melba Moser White. He worked in the apple orchards of Washington. Survivors include his wife of 21 …

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  • Former AP fashion editor Anderson dies at 91

    AUSTIN, Texas — Former Associated Press fashion editor and foreign correspondent Nadeane Walker Anderson, who interviewed legendary designers including Coco Chanel and Christian Dior while working in Paris, has died in Texas. She was 91. Anderson, who used her maiden name Nadeane Walker as her …

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  • Mary Cassie Lee Floyd Creighton – Paid Obituary

    Mary Cassie Lee Floyd Creighton went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as the sun rose on a bright crisp Sunday morning, January 6, 2013. Born December 12, 1927, in the Bandmill community (Izard County), she was preceded in death by her …

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  • Bald Knob man served country, city

    BALD KNOB (AP) — To say that Bald Knob resident Kenneth Morris is a servant would be an understatement. Morris served his country during one of the most protested wars in this nation’s history, and served again after the nation was attacked on Sept. 11, …

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  • State has 7 flu deaths

    LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The Arkansas Department of Health says reports of influenza are growing more widespread throughout the state. The department says the state has recorded seven influenza deaths this season and that reports of infections and hospitalizations are coming in from all regions …

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  • Man dies in industrial accident

    ARMOREL (AP) — Company officials say a man has been killed in an industrial accident at a plant in northeast Arkansas. Officials say the accident happened Saturday at the Precoat Metals plant near Armorel. Company representative Andrew Farrant says the victim was a technician who …

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  • White River to be a Blueway

    LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Federal, state and local officials are to join in announcing the designation of the White River in Arkansas as the nation’s second National Blueway. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes will join Sen. Mark Pryor, Rep. Tim Griffin, Deputy Assistant …

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  • Rainy forecast prompts drawdown of 2 lakes

    HOT SPRINGS (AP) — Entergy Arkansas is lowering the water levels of lakes Hamilton and Catherine in anticipation of heavy rain over the next few days. Entergy’s Ted Smethers says crews plan to lower Lake Hamilton by 6 inches and Lake Catherine by a foot. …

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