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News of Other Days
Editor’s note: This column ran previously in the Guard on Nov. 30, 1993.
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Century Farm deadline nears
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Agriculture Department is accepting applications until May 31 for the 2013 Arkansas Century Farm program, said Zachary Taylor, director of marketing. “The program recognizes Arkansas’ rich agricultural heritage and honors families who have owned and farmed the same land for …
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Sleet, drizzle, chill air fail to stop anglers, fish
CAVE CITY — The Cave City Bass Club’s fifth tournament of the year began with a mixture of sleet and freezing drizzle and an air temperature of 35 degrees, but the weather didn’t stop the fish from biting, said club member David Diemer, who presided …
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Sharp Co. fair has new rules
ASH FLAT — The Sharp County Fair Board has adopted a new format for beef, dairy, swine, sheep and boat competitions for the 2013 fair. Each species will have only a single show each evening which will include Open and Junior Exhibitors. “This change was …
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Littletons win
Bobby Littleton and Dalton Littleton teamed to win the White River Health System Employee/Contractor Bass Tournament held Saturday on Greers Ferry Lake, said tournament organizer Steve Moody. The Littletons weighed a 12-pound, 8-ounce stringer. Moody and Fred Mullens came in second with 9 pounds, 14 …
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Suspect in Ohio helped neighbors look for missing
CLEVELAND (AP) — In the years after his friend’s daughter vanished while walking home from school, Ariel Castro handed out fliers with the 14-year-old’s photo and performed music at a fundraiser held in her honor. When neighbors gathered for a candlelight vigil just a year …
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Discovery of 3 women recalls past abduction cases
The discovery of three women in a Cleveland home who all had gone missing separately about a decade ago brings to mind cases of abductions elsewhere. A list of some prominent cases: Jaycee Dugard Dugard was abducted in June 1991 on her way to …
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Midland touts building as a school ‘jewel’
FLORAL — Crossing the threshold from old to new has been like entering a whole other world as Midland School District Superintendent Dean Stanley can attest. “Moving day” was evidence of that as kindergarten, first- and second-graders walked in single file, all smiles and carrying …
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Ex-cop jailed
A former police officer who allegedly pulled a gun on his father-in-law wanted to be placed in his own handcuffs when officers arrived to arrest him Sunday. Fifty-year-old Robert Samuel Norman faces a felony aggravated assault charge after officers were called to 125 Stacey Drive …
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Man claims to be working with CIA, witness protection; gets padded cell
No CIA, FBI, or DTF arrived to bail their “secret agent” out of jail. Four misdemeanor charges were filed against a Searcy man after Officer Michael Darr stopped him Monday. Darr said when he initiated the stop he saw the man, later identified as 51-year-old …
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Alleged thief hooked with drugs
Giving up the stolen fishing hooks soon turned into a struggle when an officer realized the alleged shoplifter was trying to conceal drugs as well. Michael Jones, a 30-year-old resident of Evening Shade, was allegedly concealing two packages of fish hooks when he left Walmart …
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Prisoner back behind bars, this time for drugs
MELBOURNE — A Horseshoe Bend man was arrested upon his release from prison last week after serving time on other charges, according to Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence. Larry Joe Herring, 34, was picked up on an Izard County detainer to answer felony charges of …
