• Woman charged with arson

    CALICO ROCK — Authorities in Izard County have charged a woman with arson. Fifty-two-year-old Linda Tinin was taken into custody in Calico Rock and questioned in connection with an incident that occurred at the home of Lillian Loosey. Tinin was considered a possible suspect when …

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  • Website workshop offered

    The Arkansas State University Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) and Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce will offer a workshop titled, “Website in a Day,” for local small business owners and their employees. The workshop will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. June 12 at the …

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  • Poker Run set for Saturday

    CAVE CITY — Dream Riders Biking for Children Poker Run will be Saturday beginning at Cave City Park. The first bike will be out at 10 a.m., and the last bike will be out at noon. The last bike must be in by 4 p.m. …

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  • Ozarka announces GED schedule

    MELBOURNE  — The GED test will be given at Ozarka College in Melbourne at 8:30 a.m. on June 5 and 19 in Room 516 of the Wyth Duke Adult Education Center. The test will also be given at the following locations: June 3, 17 — …

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  • BAAC hosts Kids Theater Camp

    The Batesville Area Arts Council will host a Kids Summer Theater Camp with Trike Theater Monday through June 7 at Lyon College. Northwest Arkansas’ professional youth theater company will teach a “Pirate Camp” for students in kindergarten through second grade from 9 a.m. to noon …

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  • Reading program to ‘set sail’

    MELBOURNE — The Paul Weaver Library will host “Set Sail on a Reading Adventure” in June in the administration building of Ozarka College at Melbourne. Reading dates are planned for June 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Each day will feature …

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  • Graduate receives funds

    FLORAL — Lexie Wood of Floral, a recent graduate of Midland High School, has received a $650 scholarship from the Arkansas School Boards Association Education Foundation. The scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors who are children of Arkansas school board members and who …

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  • Honor Roll – Melbourne High

    MELBOURNE — The students listed below made the honor roll for the fourth nine weeks of the 2012-13 school year at Melbourne High School, according to a news release: Seventh: all A’s — Elijah Conley, Cole Lamb, Josie Love, Ryan Moxley, Dereck Savell; general — …

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  • News of Other Days

    Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Dec. 22, 1993.

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  • Hay may have included fire ants

    Cattle producers brought a lot of hay into the area last year in response to the drought. They may have also inadvertently brought fire ants along with the hay. Fire ants are present in south Arkansas and in most of the states around us including …

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  • Trout tourney to be June 8

    GUION — The annual Wilson Creek Sportsman Club Trout Tournament will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 8 from Wild Haws Landing at Guion, said spokesman Jerry Killian. Prizes will be determined by the number of entries. Cash prizes will be paid through …

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  • State park to hold dedication

    NEWPORT — The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and the Jackson County Historical Society will dedicate a marker commemorating the 1862 shelling of Jacksonport, according to Betsy Watson, president of the historical society. The dedication will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, the 151st anniversary …

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