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CPR classes offered
Vital Link ambulance service will offer the Heartsaver cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid class from 6 to 10 p.m. March 26 in the Alan Davis Conference Center, located at 1033 E.M.S. Drive in Batesville. The fee of $25 covers the textbook and CPR card. To …
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Scholarships available for Batesville area students
The National Society for the Gifted and Talented will be offering $10,000 in scholarships for Batesville area students to apply towards selected summer programs. Ten scholarships are being offered by the NSGT Board of Trustees, six at $1,000 each, six at $500 each and four …
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Artmobile to stop at UACCB
The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville will host the Arkansas Arts Center’s Artmobile, a 40-plus-foot mobile gallery containing original works of art from the center’s permanent collection, from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. March 26-30. This event is free and open to the …
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Guns, drugs, armor found in vehicle
Melissa Neal Shawna Scroggins High-powered rifles, body armor and drugs were confiscated from a car Wednesday night when a woman worried about the welfare of her granddaughter called police for help. The 2-year-old girl, according to the grandmother, was in a room at a local …
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Man finds tequila, sleep don’t mix
A Cord man learned Thursday that falling asleep just feet from the highway with a bottle Jose Cuervo will only get the cops called and fighting officers will only make it worse. Jessie Blevins, 29, was arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest after Deputy …
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Losing control gets resident arrested
A Batesville man found himself without a home and in protective custody Thursday when he allegedly lost control and assaulted an employee of Health Resources of Arkansas and one of its clients. Independence County Deputy Nathan Stephens responded to a call from Health Resources’ clinical …
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CC driver jailed for drugs, warrant
Police found a trick-or-treat bag Wednesday, but it wasn’t full of candy. Independence County Deputy Nathan Stephens said dispatch called him just after 2 p.m. and said Jimmy G. Mason, 43, of Darwin Circle, Cave City, was sitting in a green Chevrolet Cavalier in a …
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Student receives Lyon scholarship
Brittany Critcher of Batesville has been accepted for admission to Lyon College and has been awarded an Honors Day scholarship. Each year, Lyon College awards scholarships to outstanding applicants who show special promise as productive members of the college community. Critcher is the daughter of …
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A glance at days gone by
EMILY LEE, mother of Jim Lee of Cave City, was postmistress of the Tomato Post Office for several of the last years it operated. The post office was established on May 24, 1898 and was discontinued on Nov. 2, 2002, according to USPS.com. Tomato, in …
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Federal employees to meet
HEBER SPRINGS — National Active and Retired Federal Employees Chapter 1156 meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Friday of every month for a potluck at First Electric Cooperative Building, located at 150 Industrial Park Road in Heber Springs. The meetings are open to the public. …
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Polio survivors to meet
HEBER SPRINGS — Central Arkansas Polio Survivors will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Community Center at 201 Bobbie Jean Lane in Heber Springs. The group is collecting information regarding the history of polio in Arkansas. The public is invited to share their experiences …
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MITM features Lauren Gray
HORSESHOE BEND — The monthly Music in the Mountains Show will be at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Horseshoe Bend Theatre at Diamond B Mall, located at 811 Second St. The Hwy. 289 Band will welcome special guest Lauren Gray of Hardy, an American Idol …
