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Ouachita sets honor rolls
ARKADELPHIA —A total of 261 students at Ouachita Baptist University were named to the President’s List for the fall 2012 semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must compile a 4.0 grade point average and be classified as a full-time student, with …
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Scholar apps ready
Applications for the Arkansas Eastman Trust Scholarship are now available, according to a news release. The scholarship is established to encourage and assist Independence County area students pursuing a math- or science-related career. Each year, a limited number of scholarships, not to exceed $2,000, are …
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Auxiliary accepting donations
Donations are currently being accepted for American Legion Auxiliary, Jenkins-Henderson Unity No. 114, in Batesville to help send female students from Batesville and Southside schools to Girls State May 26-31 at Harding University at Searcy. Cost of the six-day period is $200 per delegate. The …
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UACCB student added to staff
Christian Varner has been hired to work as institutional services assistant in the evenings for the maintenance department at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. Varner is a 2012 graduate of Batesville Christian School. Prior to graduation, he contacted UACCB and scheduled a …
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BHS student accepted to academy
Kali Richardson, a junior at Batesville High School, has been accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy summer seminar set for June 15-20 in Annapolis, Md., according to a news release. “The seminar is a fast-paced, intense introduction to the academy. Richardson will be one of …
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Governor signs sex offender restrictions into law
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe has signed into law legislation banning certain sex offenders from swimming areas and playgrounds in state parks and another bill imposing a fee on sex offenders who move to Arkansas from another state. The measures are among 28 …
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Gov. Beebe to discuss steel mill with House
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Gov. Mike Beebe and state economic development officials are scheduled to answer questions from the state House about a $1.1 billion steel mill that Big River Steel says it wants to build in northeast Arkansas. Beebe is to speak at a …
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Governor says he’ll OK abortion coverage ban
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Thursday he’ll sign into law legislation prohibiting insurers from covering most abortions in an exchange created under the federal health care law, as lawmakers advanced a separate measure banning the procedure 12 weeks into a pregnancy. Beebe …
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Capitol’s spring exhibit features Arkansas Post
LITTLE ROCK — Secretary of State Mark Martin has announced that the Capitol’s spring exhibit explores Arkansas’ first settlement and capital. “This is a fascinating chance to learn about Arkansas Post,” Martin said. “The First Post exhibit includes artifacts recovered during nearly five decades of …
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Technology coordinator ‘does anything’
VAN BUREN (AP) — Considering the work he performs at the Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, it’s probably appropriate Jeff Putman has nicknames instead of an official title. His business cards say “investigator/information technology.” “But that’s kind of self-proclaimed,” Putman, 39, said. Although Prosecuting Attorney …
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Parents of cancer victim form group
MOUNTAIN HOME (AP) — Austin Snyder, a 10-year-old Mountain Home boy, has a few things in common with Hayden Graham Padgett, a 9-year-old Mountain Home boy. Both boys attended Mountain Home schools. Both have siblings. And both were diagnosed with cancer and treated at St. …
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Arkansas House rejects school consolidation bill – Hillcrest superintendent attends discussion
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — An Arkansas House panel rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have allowed school districts whose low student populations put them in danger of consolidation to bolster their enrollment numbers by counting home-schooled students. The rejection by a bipartisan majority of lawmakers …
