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Pioneer Day pageant scheduled
MELBOURNE — The Miss Pioneer Day Pageant will be at 2 p.m. April 20 at the John E. Miller Auditorium, located on the Ozarka College campus in Melbourne. Doors will open at 1. The pageant is open to Arkansas residents ages birth to 19 years. …
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Service News
Pvt. Matthew Brown of Newark recently enlisted into the Arkansas Army National Guard and has earned education benefits valued at $45,920. He will attend basic training after completing his junior year at Cedar Ridge High School in May. Following his high school graduation in 2014, …
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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Nov. 1, 1993.
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‘The Who’s Tommy’ play coming to ASU-Beebe
BEEBE — The Arkansas State University-Beebe Theater Department will present “The Who’s Tommy” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Owen Center Theater, located at 910 Pecan St. in Beebe. The play, written by Pete Townshend and Des …
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‘Life or death’ surgery today – Baby Aubree, family back in Philadelphia
The family of 11-month-old Aubree Shaw is asking for prayers for the little girl, whose lack of space in her chest is restricting the beating of her heart, said relative Ginger Sandy. Today’s operation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, known as CHOP for short, is …
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2 men arrested for hitting women
MELBOURNE — Two Izard County men were arrested for domestic battery on Friday, according to Sheriff Tate Lawrence. Around 9 a.m. Friday, Senior Deputy Gabe Sanders and Deputy Mark Simino responded to a fight at 86 Cedar St. in Pineville involving Kenton Johnson and a woman. …
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Quorum court honors local sports teams
There aren’t enough cops to fill the current needs of Independence County, according to Sheriff Steve Jeffery and juvenile detention facility administrator Peggy Kendrick. This was the message relayed to the Independence County Quorum Court Monday night as these two department heads gave their monthly …
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No foul play suspected in infant death
HARDY — The body of an infant has been sent to the Arkansas crime lab after he was pronounced dead at a Fulton County hospital early Monday morning. Sharp County officers and emergency personnel were dispatched to a residence north of Hardy at 4:04 a.m. …
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Theft of 4-wheeler takes a different turn; ATV is stolen for 2nd time
MELBOURNE — The investigation of a gun theft and possible theft of a four-wheeler that occurred in the early morning hours on April 2 took somewhat of a different turn, according to Sheriff Tate Lawrence, when no one would claim ownership of the four wheeler. …
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Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports trap tournament largest yet
An Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program trap tournament held at the Independence County Shooting Sports complex Saturday north of Batesville was a great success, according to range management. “We had a tremendous turnout this weekend,” said range manager Terrill Gregg. “There were 237 shooters, making …
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Business After Hours event planned at college
Lyon College will host a Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Edwards Commons. The event will be held in the Young Gallery on the lower level of Edwards Commons. Door prizes will be given away and …
