- DUE TO THE RAIN, THE CHEROKEE VILLAGE JUNIOR GOLF CAMP IS PUSHED BACK TO START AT 10 THIS MORNING .....
- SHARP COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED 56 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY COLLINS OF HARDY... COLLINS IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION AND PURPOSE TO DELIVER METH AND COCAINE, HINDERING AND APPREHENSION... COLLINS IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER....
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A BOIL ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MAMMOTH SPRING WATERWORKS & THE ORDER AFFECTS ALL CUSTOMERS OF THE SYSTEM. THE ORDER WAS ISSUED SUNDAY AFTERNOON BY THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOLLOWING A WATER LINE BREAK. ALL AFFECTED CUSTOMERS ARE ADVISED THE WATER MAY BE UNSAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, AND WATER USED FOR DRINKING OR FOOD PREPARATION MUST BE BOILED BRISKLY FOR ONE MINUTE PRIOR TO USE. ALL ICE CUBES SHOULD BE DISCARDED AND ONLY BOILED WATER USED FOR MAKING ICE.
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THE 131ST ANNUAL OLD SOLIDERS REUNION IS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK AT THE MAMMOTH SPRING STATE PARK... ITS SPONSORED BY THE MAMMOTH SPRING VFW POST #7841.. THERE IS NO GATE... THE REUNION WILL BEGIN AT 6 NITELY THRU SATURDAY...
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TWO RAVENDEN AREA RESIDENTS ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER A THEIR SIDE BY SIDE CRASHED ON LAWRENCE COUNTY ROAD 1190 OUTSIDE OF RAVENDEN.... LAWRENCE COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE CRASH... UPON CHECKING THE INJURED, A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST WAS CONDUCTED... BOTH FAILED.. THE FEMALE DRIVER WAS DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF DUI, THE DRIVER WAS CITED AND TURNED OVER TO A FAMILY MEMBER... NO NAMES WERE RELEASED..
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THE FIRST CHEROKEE VILLAGE JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT IS FRIDAY AT THE NORTH COURSE.... THE TOURNAMENT IS SPONSORED BY THE CHEROKEE VILLAGE SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT... SID GENERAL MANAGER, BETSY WAUGH.… AGES 9 AND UNDER WILL PLAY SIX HOLES FOR $25.. AGES 10 TO 12 PLAY NINE HOLES FOR $30… AGES 13 TO 15 AND 16 TO 18 PLAY 18 HOLES FOR $35… GOLFERS FROM AROUND THE AREA ARE INVITED TO PLAY… SIGN UP BY CALLING THE SID OFFICE AT 870-257 - 2468...
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THE NORTHEAST ARKANSAS EDUCATION COOPERATIVE HAS ANNOUNCED PRE-SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR SEVERAL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING SLOAN HENDRIX, WALNUT RIDGE,, HILLCREST, HOXIE, MAYNARD, PIGGOTT, RECTOR AND CORNING.. THE EDUCATION COOPERATIVE OVERSEES THESE PRE-SCHOOLS... FOR MORE INFORMATION, PHONE 870- 886-3212....
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CREATIVE ARTS ENTRIES WERE CHECK IN MONDAY AT THE FULTON COUNTY FAIR... THOSE ENTRIES ARE BEING JUDGED TODAY.. THE EXHIBIT BUILDING IS CLOSED FOR JUDGING... COMMERCIAL BOOTHS WILL BE SET UP THIS AFTERNOON FROM 2 UNTIL 5.… IT'S NBC COMMUNITY BANKERS VETERANS DAY AT THE FAIR WEDNESDAY.... REGISTRATION OF VETERANS WILL BEGIN AT 9:30 WEDNESDAY MORNING....LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED BY FNBC AFTER 11.. DOOR PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY... COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS WILL OPEN FOR VETERANS DAY AT THE CIVIC CENTER… THE HICKINBOTHAM-MILLER BUILDING WILL BE OPEN NOON UNTIL SEVEN. POULTRY AND RABBITS WILL CHECK IN FROM 4 UNTIL 6 TOMORROW.. LIVESTOCK, BEEF, DAIRY, SHEEP, GOATS AND SWINE WILL CHECK-IN FROM 5 UNTIL 7... THE FREE KIDS CARNIVAL WILL BE OPEN WEDNESDAY FROM 6 UNTIL 8.. HALL RODEO'S AVA RODEO IS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT BEGINS AT 8 BOTH NIGHTS… ADMISSION IS $10 FOR ADULTS AND TEENS AND $5 FOR AGES 6 TO 12… THE FULTON COUNTY FAIR WILL CONTINUE THRU SATURDAY... VISIT FULTON COUNTY FAIR ON FACEBOOK OR GO TO FULTONCOUNTYFAIR.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION...
- THE BODY OF THE MAN WHO WENT MISSING ON THE WHITE RIVER ON THE INDEPENDENCE-STONE COUNTY LINE JULY 4TH WAS RECOVERED SATURDAY... INDEPENDENCE COUNTY SHERIFF SHAWN STEPHENS SAYS THE MAN'S BODY WAS RECOVERED AROUND ONE OCLOCK, JUST DOWN THE RIVER FROM IT WENT MISSING ABOVE LOCK TWO... SHERIFF STEPHENS SAYS HIS OFFICE RECIEVED A CALL AROUND 9:30PM, JULY 4TH FOR A MAN WHO HAD DISAPPEARED NEAR YORK ISLAND ALONG THE INDEPENDENCE AND STONE COUNTY LINE... THE MAN HAD ENTERED THE RIVER FROM A BOAT WHILE SHOOTING FIREWORKS... THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED... THE INDEPENDENCE AND STONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, MELROSE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BETHESDA FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION AND MANY VOLUNTEERS ALL ASSISTED IN THE SEARCH....
- 70 YEARS OF INTEGRATION AT THE HOXIE SCHOOL WAS CELEBRATED SATURDAY.. THE HOXIE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED INTEGRATING THE SCHOOL IN JULY, 1955... THE MOVE MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES AND WAS MET WITH LOCAL OPPOSITION... LIFE MAGAZINE PUBLISHED A STORY AGAINST THE MOVE .. IN OCTOBER, 1956, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL HERBERT BRONELL STOOD IN SUPPORT OF THE HOXIE SCHOOL BOARD'S DECRISION TO INTEGREATE, FOLLOWING AN APPEARL AGAINST THE INJUNCTION BY THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.. IT WAS THE FIRS TIME IN HISTORY THAT A U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SUPPORTED ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DECISION TO INTEGRATE.. THE COURT RULED IN FAVOR OF THE HOXIE SCHOOL DISTRICT.... HOXIE'S CASE PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH TO FOLLOW AND INTEGRATE... DURING THE CELEBRATION SATURDAY, A DOCUMENTARY, DETAILING THE HISTORY OF THE EVENT, "IN THE SIGHT OF GOD" WAS SHOWN.. THE HOXIE FIRST STAND ORGANIZATION IS WORKING ON CREATING A MUSEUM TO RECORD HOXIE'S HISTORY, INCLUDING THE INTEGRATION....
- ITS FAIR WEEK IN FULTON COUNTY... THE CREATIVE ARTS JUDGING IS TUESDAY... THE EXHIBIT BUILDING WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY... COMMERCIAL BOOTHS WILL BE SETTING UP TUESDAY 2 UNTIL 5 AT THE CIVIC CENTER..... WEDNESDAY IS FNBC COMMUNITY BANKERS VETERANS DAY, COMMERCIAL BOOTHS WILL OPEN, THERES A FREE KIDS CARNIVAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.. HALL RODEO'S ACA RODEO IS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS... THURSDAY IS BANK OF SALEM SENIOR DAY, FRIDAY IS NORTH ARKANSAS ELECTRIC KIDS DAY, SATURDAY IS JK HOME LOANS DAY WITH THE NOBLE LEWIS MEMORIAL TALENT CONTEST, MOTTO MORTGATE BINGO MADNESS AND THE SOUTHERN CRUNCH DEMOLITION DERBY.… VISIT FULTON COUNTY FAIR ON FACEBOOK OR THE WEBSITE, FULTONCOUNTYFAIR.ORG FOR THE COMPLETE FAIR EVENT SCHEDULE...
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THE 131ST OLD SOLDIERS REUNION IS THIS WEEK AT THE MAMMOTH SPRING STATE PARK... THE REUNION IS SPONSORED BY THE MAMMOTH SPRING VFW POST ... THERE'S BINGO TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT THRU SATURDAY AT 6... VFW QUARTERMASTER DAN GRANT SAYS THE CARNIVAL WILL OPEN TUESDAY… AS ALWAYS, THE REUNION WILL FEATURE PL,ENTY OF FOOD, CONTESTS AND GAMES, VENDORSM A SILENT AUCTION RAFFLE AND LIVE MUSIC NITELY… THERE IS NO GATE FEE, THANKS TO THE MAMMOTH SPRING VFW POST #7841....
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A MONTHS-LONG INVESTIGATION BY THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A SALEM MAN FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL... 45 YEAR OLD WILLIAM FLINT MCCOLLOUGH WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FRIDAY MORNING.. MCCOLLOUGH IS CHARGED WITH 15 COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL, 15 COUNTS OF DISTRIBUTING, POSSESSING OR VIEWING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL INVOLVING A CHILD… 15 COUNTS OF VOYEURISM.... FULTON COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY WILLIAM FAUCETTT SAYS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION OF THE CASE BEGAN LAST DECEMBER.... MCCOLLOUGH IS BEING HELD ON A $250,000 BOND AWAITING ARRAINGEMENT IN CIRCUIT COURT JULY 21ST… THE CHEIF DEPUTY SAYS COURT DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN SEALED.. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION... MORE CHARGES ARE POSSIBLE....
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SHERIFF CHARLEY MELTON SAYS THE IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS GETTING CONTINOUS REPORTS OF A SCAM GOING ON IN IZARD COUNTY.… SHERIFF MELTON SAYS IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT SOMEONE YOU KNOW WHO IS INCARCERATED IN THE IZARD COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, DO NOT GIVE YOUR CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD INFORMATION, SEND CRYPTO CURRENCY OR ANY GIFT CARD INFORMATION.... IF YOU NEED TO REACH THE JAIL, PHONE 870-368-4203....
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SOME LOCAL COUNTIES WILL RECEIVE STATE FUNDS TO IMPROVE TRAVEL ALONG THEIR UNPAVED ROADS... GOVERNOR SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS ANNOUCED OVER $735,000.00 IN FUNDING THRU THE ARKANSAS UNPAVED ROADS PROGRAM… LOCAL PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING INCLUDE, $37,352 TO FULTON COUNTY TO IMPROVE DITCHES AND TURNOUTS, STABLIZE ERODED ROADBED SECTIONS AND INSTALL TWO CROSS PIPES ALONG A TWO- MILE STRETCH… LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL RECIEVE $45,680 TO RELOCATE 1,830 FEET OF ROAD AWAY FROM A RIVERBAND, CONSTRUCTION A NEW SECTION ON TOP OF A LEVEE AND ESTABLISH A RIPARTIAN TUFFLER........ COUNTY JUDGES ASSOCATION PRESIDENT, JUDGE RUSTY MCMILLION SAYS THE VAST MAJORITY OF COUNTY ROADS IN ARKANSAS ARE UNPAVED... THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES MUCH NEEDING FUNDING FOR IMPROVING SECTIONS OF GRAVEL ROADS THAT ARE SOMETIMES LEFT IMPASSABLE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT EROSION DURING RAINFALL AND WATER RUNOFF....
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