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WRHS nets grant for free mammograms
For the seventh consecutive year, White River Health System in Batesville has been awarded a grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure Arkansas. This year, WRHS was granted $18,800. With this grant, WRHS and the physicians of North Arkansas Radiology will continue to provide …
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Stone Co. holds youth leadership graduation
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Nineteen students graduated from the 2012-13 Stone County Youth Leadership program April 16 in the Kenneth and Janice Sutton Lecture Hall at Ozarka College at Mountain View. During the ceremony, Sarah Werb received a $250 scholarship from Centennial Bank of Mountain View …
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Midland student nets funds
PLEASANT PLAINS — Midland High School senior Cassie Passmore has been awarded the Pleasant Plains Exxon Scholarship in the amount of $500, according to a news release. She is the daughter of Harold and Kerri Passmore.
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25 new members inducted into PTK chapter
The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville’s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, an honor society for students of two-year colleges, inducted 25 new members during a recent induction ceremony. New members include Lily Allder, Maggie Beshears, Candace Bible Jeremiah Coffer, Kayla Cook, Jalesszia Decker, Hannah …
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Panhorst awarded
JONESBORO — Cave City High School graduate Sarah Panhorst received the Arkansas State University College of Business Senior Honor Student Award at a recent ceremony. She is studying accounting and works in the ASU Library. Panhorst, an honors scholarship student, received the College of Business …
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ICC wins chess tourney
BROCKWELL — The Izard County High School Chess Team captured the Class 1A-2A State Chess Championship at Beebe on April 27. Izard County edged out defending state champion Bradford and Blevins to win its eighth chess state championship in school history but the first since …
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Nursing students win at competition
The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville hosted the 17th Annual Arkansas Licensed Practical Nursing Association’s annual convention and competition April 11-12. UACCB has been host to the ALPNA convention since 2006. This year UACCB welcomed more than 230 students and 21 instructors from …
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St. John honored for 50 years with city of Batesville
Batesville’s street superintendent “who can fix anything” and is on the streets checking things out at 5:30 every morning isn’t going anywhere, but he was recognized Thursday for his 50th year of work for the city he loves. “I ran the municipal swimming pool for …
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Suspect dies in confrontation with police
MELBOURNE — A shooting that injured a wife ended with the death of the husband after a manhunt took place in Izard County over the weekend.
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Stoplight almost a ‘GO’
SOUTHSIDE — Plans for a stoplight to be located at the intersection of Highway 167 and Scott Drive in front of the Southside School District are nearly complete, according to Superintendent Roger Rich. The school is partnering with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department for …
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Soldier brothers die in same Korean battle
In 1951 Alfred Barnett was 15 years old and plowing a field on his family’s farm when he saw the dust from a car coming toward their house. It was a Western Union driver with a telegram for his father, George. In 1951, no military …
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Man jailed for assault
A Batesville man is in jail after he allegedly pushed his wife after becoming upset. Police were dispatched at 7:30 p.m. Friday to a Rounds Road residence and spoke with a woman who said she had arrived home where her husband, William Jason Garrison, 37, …
