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Sports Briefs
Track and field PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Trying to put Oscar Pistorius in prison, a South African police detective testifying against the Olympian on Wednesday instead offered suggestions of a blunder-filled investigation into the shooting death of the runner’s girlfriend. Police forensic experts left …
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Business reports AC unit stolen
While checking to see why an outside video camera wasn’t working at his pawn shop Tuesday morning, Nicholas Brown told police he discovered his outside air conditioning unit had been stolen. “Mr. Brown stated that when he walked around the building to see why the …
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Small quake hits near Manila
MANILA (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports a small earthquake was recorded near the Mississippi County town of Manila. The county sheriff’s office says no injuries or damage are reported. The Geological Survey says the 2.5 magnitude quake was recorded at 5:28 p.m. Wednesday …
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Patsy Loggains
NEWPORT — Patsy Ann Jackson Loggains, 69, of Newport died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Batesville. Born Aug. 12, 1943, at Lake City, she was the daughter of Leslie Doyle and Audrey Osborne Jackson. She married Phillip Ross Loggains on May 11, 1964. She was …
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Cora Lou Davis
EVENING SHADE — Cora Lou Davis, 76, of Evening Shade died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in a Batesville hospital. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Evening Shade United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Morris and Johnny Carter officiating. Burial will be …
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Kenny Brackett
CONCORD — Kenny Brackett, 56, of Concord died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in a Batesville hospital. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Concord High School Gymnasium with Carl McCann and Randy Cavender officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery at Banner. …
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Larado King
STRAWBERRY — Larado Jonny King, infant son of Jonathan and Susanna Rose Miller King, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, in a Batesville hospital. Survivors include his parents of Strawberry; and his grandparents, Freda King of Pennsylvania and Wayne and Eldora Miller of Grand Junction, Colo. …
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Thomas Robinette – Paid Obituary
Thomas Wilburn Robinette, 84 years old, of Batesville, Arkansas, died February 15, 2013. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 8, 1928. Mr. Robinette was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 37 years, Marjorie McCoy Fisher Robinette, and his mother, Ruth …
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Cattlemen’s meeting canceled
The Independence-Jackson County Cattlemen’s Association meeting planned for tonight at the University of Arkansas research station at 70 Experiment Station Drive near Bethesda has been canceled, according to officials.
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Bids for project to be considered
CAVE CITY — The Cave City School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the high school library to consider bids for the baseball concession/lighting project, said Superintendent Steven Green. The meeting site reflects a change in location from the one previously announced, as …
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Birth defect doesn’t stop Willis from getting license
Born with a birth defect (arthrogryposis) that left her with very little use of her hands, Loresa Willis has learned to use her feet to perform everyday tasks and overcome many of her life’s challenges, including eating, brushing her hair, playing baseball in school, typing …
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Southside assault reportedly over woman
Jason T. Davis said he was defending his niece when he allegedly shot at another man then blocked his escape route early Sunday morning, according to a report filed by Independence County authorities and a circuit court affidavit. In the initial police report Deputy Wayne …
