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Writers Guild schedule changes
The White River Writers Guild has changed its meeting time. The guild now meets from 10 a.m. to noon the fourth Thursday of each month at the Citizens Bank Annex, located at 285 E. College in Batesville. The meetings are open to anyone interested in …
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Board OKs move
New Horizons Alternative Learning Education Center at Desha will soon be moving to the former Cushman school campus. The Batesville School Board approved Thursday to relocate the school to Cushman at a cost not to exceed $100,000. Director Gary Anderson made the proposal last month. …
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Racing to fame – Dad helps son turn dream into reality
Fourteen-year-old Kyler Keeney wants to have a name in the racing world as big as Batesville native Mark Martin — only he wants to be known for motocross. Every weekend for the last two years he and his father Elton have been trying to make …
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Stroud honored for Chinquapin campaign
WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Veteran news writer/photographer Larry Stroud of the Batesville Daily Guard was invited to speak to the annual Ozark Chinquapin Conference here Friday, but instead was surprised to receive one of only two awards given by the group. Stephen Bost, director of …
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Cemetery cleanup announced
The city of Batesville Cemetery Department will be doing a cemetery wide cleanup at Oaklawn Cemetery next week, according to a news release. All flowers and decorations of value or importance need to be removed from the graves before the cleanup begins on Monday. “Items …
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Council reschedules
Due to scheduling conflicts the Batesville City Council meeting originally set for Thursday has been changed to the following week, on March 29. The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. at city hall. An agenda will be announced later.
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Church welcomes new pastor
First Free Will Baptist Church of Batesville welcomed its new pastor, Ben Ryan, to the church March 4. Ryan, wife Jennifer and children Evan, Ella and Eli relocated from Joelten, Tenn. Ryan was with the Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church in Ashland City, Tenn. …
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Radio club to meet
Batesville Area Radio Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room at First Community Bank, located at the corner of St. Louis and Harrison streets in Batesville. Following the business session, anyone desiring to obtain a Federal Communications Commission license can be …
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Updated info requested
The annual Community Focus special section will publish April 19, and any organization, church or other entity that would like to update its information (contact name, phone number, address, website, etc.) should contact Kay Tharp, special sections editor, at (870) 793-2383 or kaytharp@guardonline.com. The Community …
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Hams, pork butts being sold for Easter holiday
CHARLOTTE — John 3:16 Ministries in Charlotte is currently taking orders for hams and Boston butts for Easter. The cost for ham is $34.95 each, and pork butts are $24.95 (the same prices as at Thanksgiving and Christmas). Prices include tax. Pickup will be April …
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Pedestrians reported in roadway, ditch
A woman found lying in the road ended up going to jail for being drunk and disorderly, according to a report from the Independence County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Darin Brewer was dispatched to a report of a woman lying in the roadway in the 1700 …
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Arrest made in choking, kicking of ex-wife
An argument between an ex-husband and wife turned violent at a home on Runway Road around 10 Monday night. Rosa Adela Taylor, 41, told police that her ex-husband, Marshall Dewayne Taylor, 32, of Newark, had been baby sitting their two children while she worked and …
