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Ex-Arkansas lawmaker ordered to repay city attorney salary
(Local News ~ 11/13/17)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former state lawmaker from northeast Arkansas is being ordered to repay the salary he received as a city attorney while he was also a member of the House of Representatives. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that former Rep. Wes Wagner must repay $26,231 to the city of Manila for his salary in 2013 and 2014 while he was serving in the House and being paid by the state...
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Patsy Joyce Rucker
(Obituary ~ 11/13/17)
Patsy Joyce Rucker, 80, of Leachville, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro. Born and raised in the Macey community near Monette, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Claire Sanders Baugh and had been a Leachville resident for many years. She was a longtime employee of the former Brown Shoe Company in Leachville and had also worked several years at the former Wyatt's Cafeteria in Jonesboro. Patsy was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Leachville...
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Teen pleads guilty to raping 11-year-old, 8-year-old girls
(Local News ~ 11/13/17)
On Monday, a Kennett, Mo. teenager plead guilty to raping an 11-year-old girl and an 8-year-old girl last November. Carlo Love, 18, received a sentence of 20 years in the Department of Corrections, followed by 10 years suspended imposition of sentence. According to the police report, on Nov. 19, 2016, the victims were at their grandfather’s house, and he “got on his breathing machine (CPAP) and went to sleep.”...
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Tommy R. White
(Obituary ~ 11/13/17)
Mr. Tommy R. White, 71, of Blytheville, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017 at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. Tommy was born in Blytheville to Hollis and Helen (Strickland) White. He was a retired truck driver for FedEx and was a member of Beacon Baptist Church. Tommy served his country honorably in the United States Army. He enjoyed working in the yard, fishing and watching Nascar and wrestling. Tommy loved to spend time with his children and grandchildren...
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