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Expulsion hearing will accompany annual report
CAVE CITY — An expulsion hearing for two middle school students who allegedly vandalized some school buses and a classroom at the Evening Shade campus will be held Monday in conjunction with the Cave City School District’s annual report to the public, said Superintendent Steven …
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Leaving scene ends in warrant
Already awaiting trial on charges of breaking and entering, a 19-year-old Batesville man is now facing felony and misdemeanor charges following an accident on Aug. 10. Christian D. Manna of Batesville is named in a warrant affidavit saying that he drove another person’s vehicle, ran …
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Area colleges named ‘Military Friendly’
Lyon College, Ozarka College, Arkansas State University-Newport and Arkansas State University-Mountain Home have been named to the list of Military Friendly Schools by Victory Media, according to a news release. “The 2013 Military Friendly Schools list honors the top 15 percent of colleges universities and …
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LRR Audubon to hold birdseed sale
GREERS FERRY — The Little Red River Audubon Society is having its Great Backyard Birdseed Sale. Prices are: 25-pound black oil sunflower seed, $16; 25-pound wild bird seed, $11; 5-pound thistle (nyjer) seed, $6; wire basket for suet cake, $4; suet cake (seed), $3; suet …
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Accurate rifle critical to hunting success
With the rapidly approaching modern gun deer season, it behooves every prudent hunter to assure that his, or her, equipment is ready for the task. The deer rifle, of course, is the main piece of equipment which needs to be in tip-top shape. Here’s a …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on April 9, 1993.
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Izard County sheriff’s report includes stolen four-wheelers
MELBOURNE — Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence is asking residents to be on the lookout for suspicious activity after two four-wheelers were targeted within days of each other. A green 2012 Polaris Ranger, model RX8 was taken from a shop building on Knob Creek Road …
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Lyon ranked ‘top’ college
Lyon College is ranked in the top tier of the best national liberal arts colleges for the sixth year in a row, according to the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges guidebook. Lyon also made the list of colleges whose students …
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Habitual offender out on bond
A Newark man is free on a $25,000 cash-only bond after he was arrested and charged for evading officers on foot in August after alledgedly taking a vehicle without permission. Daniel Robert McElroy, 30, of 525 Arnold St., Newark, is being charged with third-degree escape …
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Warrant issued in theft from boater’s truck
A Charlotte man identified as the suspect in the theft of items from a truck parked at a river landing on June 8 is being charged with one count of felony theft by receiving and one count of misdemeanor theft of property. The charges have …
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First Community presents grant, donation to Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of Independence County is receiving a major check thanks to First Community Bank. First Community Bank received approval from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas on a grant proposal for Habitat on Aug. 28. “The $15,000 grant, coupled with $5,000 pledged …
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Oil change Batesville native grows olives in Greece
You don’t have to tell Batesville native Julie Batategas about extending an olive branch — she does it quite literally with her family’s olive farm. Julie, who was a Tatum at the time, was studying archaeology at the University of Southern Florida in Tampa and …
