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White Co. escapee tumbles through hospital ceiling
SEARCY (AP) — A White County jail inmate who was taken to a hospital while serving a nine-day sentence tried to escape by crawling through a ceiling but wound up falling onto a nurse’s station. Authorities say 25-year-old Brandon Uriah Terrell of Searcy blocked a …
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Atlas earns award
Atlas Asphalt Inc. of Batesville has been recognized for the Top Statewide Quality Asphalt Paving Award for Two-Lane Highway Average Daily Travel Greater than 2,000 on Highway 36 near Searcy. The award was presented at the annual convention of the Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association. Association …
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Contracts to be discussed
SOUTHSIDE — The Southside School Board will meet at 6:30 tonight at the high school cafeteria. Principals’ reports and the renewal and offering of contracts will be considered. Meetings are open to the public.
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Bids for project to be opened
PLEASANT PLAINS — Bids for an expansion of the Pleasant Plains Volunteer Fire Station will be opened when the city council meets at 7 tonight in the city hall, said Mayor Rick Siler. Two companies interested in the project previously asked for bid packets, Siler …
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Following in His footsteps – Local couple return from trip to Holy Land
The Gates of Hell are at an entrance to a cave. The famous Jordan River is about the size of Salado Creek and people can’t actually swim in the Dead Sea. Believers Community Church’s pastor, David Insell, and wife Kathy found these facts out on …
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Oil pipeline runs through Independence County
The Pegasus pipeline that carries crude oil from Patoka, Ill. to Nederland, Texas, which ruptured last week near Mayflower, enters Independence County near its northeast corner, crosses the White River near Magness, comes within about a mile of Salado Creek and goes through Pleasant Plains …
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Attorney questions school tax proposal
A little over two months ago Batesville School District Superintendent Randy Willison proposed to the school board that they seek a millage tax increase designated for school safety. This was in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. At the time of the announcement long-time …
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Volunteers needed to assist in search for girl
WALNUT RIDGE — The Walnut Ridge Police Department and Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office are organizing more volunteer searches today and Saturday for missing teen Sidney Randall. “Volunteers are asked to arrive at the Walnut Ridge Police Department between 8 and 10 a.m. to sign up,” …
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Shoplifting arrest made for bar code changes
A Brewer Hill Road man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly changing the bar codes on numerous products at the Batesville Walmart store. Store personnel told police they observed Jason William Laden, 37, accompanied by an unidentified woman, going through the store selecting items and …
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SUV reported stolen
A Batesville woman reported her 2004 silver Buick Rendezvous stolen Wednesday after her mother-in-law discovered her apartment broken into when going to check her mail. Twenty-six-year-old Megan Dimango of 1655 N. Hill St. told officers that her mother-in-law went to her apartment and noticed it …
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Warrant issued in theft case
A Montgomery County woman currently wanted for parole violations is now wanted by local authorities for theft by receiving, according to an Independence County court affidavit. Independence County Sheriff’s Detective Mike Mundy said that in the latter part of March Deputy Andy Rogers took a …
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Range board discusses revenue, expansion
Although finances are better than expected at the present time, the board of the Independence County Shooting Sports Complex knows that will not be the case later in the season. Range manager Terrill Gregg told the board in its regular meeting Wednesday that revenue for …
