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Ark. House overrides veto
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The Arkansas House voted 53-28 Wednesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a bill that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy, hours after a state Senate committee approved a package of even tighter abortion restrictions. …
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Essay finalists named
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Better Business Bureau Center for Character Ethics, the character education initiative of the Better Business Bureau, has announced the finalists in the 2013 Statewide Laws of Life Essay Contest. The statewide contest is open to winners of local Laws of …
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Student accused of threatening school
HARRISBURG (AP) — Authorities have arrested a student at Harrisburg High School for allegedly threatening to “shoot up” the school. Poinsett County Sheriff Larry Mills says the 18-year-old student was arrested last week on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening. Mills said a witness heard the …
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Community Health Education Foundation presents: The 2013 Women’s Health Conference
JONESBORO — Women throughout the northeast Arkansas region will have an opportunity to find out if they have various health risks at the 2013 Women’s Health Conference, sponsored by the Community Health Education Foundation, to be held March 9 at Southwest Church of Christ in …
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Beebe: Darr signing gun bill ‘inappropriate’
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday criticized Lt. Gov. Mark Darr for making secret the list of Arkansas residents allowed to carry concealed weapons, saying the Republican “embarrassed himself” by signing the legislation while the governor was out of state. The Democratic governor …
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Medicaid option announced for low income residents
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday that the federal government has agreed to a new Medicaid expansion deal that would allow about 250,000 low-income people in Arkansas to receive federal subsidies to purchase private insurance through an exchange. Beebe, a Democrat, has …
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Gas prices up 46 cents in Arkansas in past month
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The AAA says gas prices in Arkansas have increased nearly 50 cents in the past month. The AAA says the average price for a gallon of unleaded gas Monday was $3.63. That’s up 46 cents from $3.17 a gallon one month …
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Coming to ASU-MH: Neil Berg’s ‘100 Years of Broadway’ features five Broadway stars
MOUNTAIN HOME — Neil Berg’s widely acclaimed “100 Years of Broadway,” a musical revue of Broadway’s most celebrated shows featuring a cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band, is coming to The Vada Sheid Community Development Center at Arkansas State …
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LRR Audubon Society to meet
CLINTON — Little Red River Audubon Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Western Sizzlin’ Restaurant in Clinton. A Dutch-treat meal will be at 5:30. Dr. Sally Entrekin, an aquatic ecology professor at the University of Central Arkansas, will present a program about understanding …
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3 quakes recorded near Trumann
TRUMANN (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports three earthquakes in the Trumann area during the weekend. No injuries or damage are reported. The USGS says a 2.6 magnitude quake was recorded at 11:52 p.m. Saturday and a 2.0 magnitude quake was recorded at 9:38 …
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Storm leaving state, but ice danger lingers
LITTLE ROCK — A massive winter storm that grazed Arkansas left roads in the state’s north clogged with slush and snow Thursday and knocked out electricity to about 10,000 customers. Arkansas got off easy compared with points north and west that were buried under snow …
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AGFC seeks assistance with swans
LITTLE ROCK — Hunters and wildlife watchers are urged to help count and identify Arkansas’ wintering swan populations. Karen Rowe, nongame migratory bird program leader with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said, “Numbers of both trumpeter and tundra swans wintering in Arkansas appear to …
