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ANC offering adult opportunities in education
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Arkansas Northeastern College-Leachville branch has a lot to offer in adult education. There are day classes and evening classes to accommodate students. "We have a wonderful facility here and it is an asset to the community," Sherryl Cooley, GED instructor, said...
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Morgan Preslee Anderson
(Obituary ~ 09/24/09)
Morgan Preslee Anderson, infant daughter of Lewis "Andy" and Lisa Barker Anderson, was born into heaven Thursday at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital. Morgan is survived by her parents, Lewis "Andy" and Lisa Anderson; grandparents, Bill and Paula Anderson and Ricky and Glenda Barker, all of Caraway; and many other family members...
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Buffalo Island Central Board hears testing results
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Doris Willyerd, District test coordinator, presented both current and historical end of course, Benchmark and ACT testing results at the Buffalo Island Central School Board meeting held Sept. 14 in the junior high library. ...
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Manila School Board hears principal reports
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Manila school principals updated the board on attendance, programs, curriculum, handbooks, test scores and the overall start of the 2009-2010 school year at the regular September meeting held Thursday...
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Cade Cater on a winning streak
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/09)
Cade Cater, 8 year old son of Tim and Dawnna Cater of Manila, is on a winning streak bringing home six trophies from the Atoka Raceway Park in Brighton, Tenn., north of Raleigh. This is Cade's first year to race in the junior sportsman championship go-cart races, but he has been racing around his own home track since he was three years old. ...
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Pete Hicks to replace Vaughn as Caraway police chief
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
The Caraway City Council approved the retirement of Police Chief Jerry Vaughn and appointed his successor at the regular city meeting held Thursday, Sept. 10. Mayor Barry Riley read a letter from Chief Vaughn announcing his retirement effective Oct. 1. The letter was dated Aug. 31...
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NEA Titans take Throw Down
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/09)
The 10 and under NEA Titans won the first annual USSSA J-Town Throw Down at Joe Mack Campbell park Sept. 11-13. In a battle of back to back state champions in their respective leagues, the Titans beat Jonesboro Express Blue 15-10 in the championship game. ...
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Hoxie whitewashes Lions 18-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/09)
Hoxie kept Manila's offense bottled up most of the night and put together a balanced offensive attack of their own, as the Mustangs shut out the Lions 18-0 in junior high football action Thursday night at Hoxie...
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McCrory blows past Lions 57-22
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/09)
McCrory's high scoring offense rang up 50 points for the third straight week, posting a 57-22 victory over the Lions on a dreary Friday night in Manila's home opener. The Jaguars wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, as they took the opening kickoff and marched 76 yards in only five plays. ...
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Rep. Ray Kidd seeks judgeship position
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
JONESBORO--State Representative Ray Kidd, a long time resident of Jonesboro, announced his campaign for Craighead County Judge ahead of the opening of the District Fair next week. Kidd, a local small business owner and three-term State Representative, will seek the seat in 2010...
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Manila Police Chief announces for County Sheriff
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Manila Police Chief Jackie Hill announced his candidacy for the position of sheriff of Mississippi County. Hill, a 20 year veteran of law enforcement, is a former Mississippi County deputy. He has been Manila Chief of Police for 12 years...
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Electric workers hurt in accident
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
OSCEOLA -- Three employees of Osceola Power and Light were taken to The Regional Medical Center in Memphis after being injured Wednesday afternoon. The three were working on a large commercial transformer at American Greetings Corp. at about 3 p.m., said Osceola Mayor Dickie Kennemore...
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Caution urged during harvest
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Harvest time is approaching across the area, and in a region where farming plays a vital role in the local economy, history and identity, motorists are being warned that farm machinery traffic will be heavier than normal during the next several weeks, especially on rural highways...
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Manila's Hill joins race for MissCo sheriff
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Manila Police Chief Jackie Hill has announced his candidacy for the position of sheriff of Mississippi County. Hill, a 20-year veteran of law enforcement, is a former Mississippi County deputy. He has been Manila chief of police for 12 years. Hill is a Manila High School graduate and has continued his education through the University of Arkansas, the University of Central Arkansas and Arkansas Northeastern College. ...
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Trucks suffering thefts
(Local News ~ 09/24/09)
Blytheville Police are investigating thefts from trucks inside the city reported on Tuesday, according to reports. At 5:30 a.m., police were called to the Travel Lodge Hotel parking lot, where Joshua Fryar, of Mena said that someone broke the passenger window out of his Burlington Northern Santa Fe work truck and took his Garmin Navigation System, valued at $120...
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