A FORMER SHARP COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS PROBATION IN A NEGOTIATED PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS.. CIRCUIT JUDGE ROBERT EDWARDS SENTENCED 49 YEAR OLD CALVIN HARRELL TO SIX MONTHS PROBATION AFTER HE ENTERED A NEGOTIATED PLEA OF GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF HARASSMENT... HARRELL HAD BEEN ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY WENT TO A WOMAN’S HOME IN CHEROKEE VILLAGE AND REPORTEDLY STRUCK THE WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES... THE WOMAN WHO IS HARRELL'S EX-WIFE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, BROKEN ARM, FINGER AND RIB... HARRELL WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, BOTH FELONIES BUT THE CHARGES WERE LATER REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR HARASSMENT...
A TRAFFIC STOP IN CLAY COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A WALNUT RIDGE MAN.. CLAY COUNTY DEPUTIES STOPPED A PICKUP PULLING A TRAILER FOR NO LIGHTS OR LICENSE PLATES AT CASEY'S IN CORNING...WHILE THE DEPUTY WAS DEALING WITH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE TRUCK, ANOTHER MAN WAS TRYING TO HIDE AND DESTROY A SMALL BAGGY THAT WAS LATER TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE... A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE TURNED UP OTHER ILLEGAL ITEMS...58 YEAR OLD GORDON CROSLAND OF WALNUT RIDGE IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. METHAMPHETAMINE, FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA... 45 YEAR OLD KELLY CLOSSEN OF CORNING IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METHAMPHETAMINE, FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND FELONY TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE...
U.S. SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN HAS A PLAN TO EXPAND INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS... SENATOR BOOZMAN SAYS THE BIPARTISAN PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN SCREENING FOR HIGH RISK INSURED MEN ACT WOULD REQUIRE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS TO COVER PREVENTIVE PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS... IT WILL ALSO PREVENT THESE PLANS FROM IMPOSING ANY COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEN WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPING PROSTATE CANCER... ONE IN EIGHT AMERICAN MEN ARE AFFECTED BY PROSTATE CANCER.. INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE ARE AT LEAST TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED THEMSELVES...
ON THURSDAY, THE US EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES (IPMA) AND BAXTER HEALTH CLAIMING BOTH ORGANIZATIONS VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW WHEN THEY FIRED AN EMPLOYEE FOR RESPONDING TO BAXTER HEALTH'S INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, IN APRIL 2019, AN EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HER SUPERVISOR, A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, AND TO BAXTER HEALTH THAT ONE OF THE TWO DOCTORS WORKING AT IPMA AT THE TIME WERE SEXUALLY HARASSING HER. AFTER BAXTER HEALTH INVESTIGATED THE ALLEGATIONS, THE DOCTOR WENT ON A SABBATICAL. IN MARCH 2022, THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STATED SHE WAS TOLD TO RESIGN NO LATER THAN APRIL 29, 2022 DUE TO ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH BAXTER, IPMA, AND THE DOCTOR ON SABBATICAL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS RETURN TO IPMA. SHE STATED SHE WAS TOLD THE DOCTOR AND HER COULD NOT WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE OF HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT INVESTIGATION. BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO RESIGN, SHE WAS TERMINATED ON APRIL 29. THE EEOC FILED SUIT IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, AFTER FIRST ATTEMPTING TO REACH A PRE-LITIGATION SETTLEMENT THROUGH ITS CONCILIATION PROCESS. THE SUIT SEEKS MONETARY RELIEF IN THE FORM OF BACK PAY, COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, COMPENSATION FOR LOST BENEFITS, AND AN INJUNCTION AGAINST FUTURE DISCRIMINATION. IN A STATEMENT FROM BAXTER HEALTH, OFFICALS STATE "AT BAXTER HEALTH, WE ARE DEDICATED TO CREATING AND MAINTAINING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE, RESPECTFUL, AND FREE FROM ANY FORM OF HARASSMENT. WE CONSIDER THIS COMMITMENT NOT JUST AN ETHICAL IMPERATIVE BUT A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AN ORGANIZATION. AS SUCH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO A COMPREHENSIVE AND IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION OF ALL ALLEGATIONS, AND COOPERATED WITH THE EEOC'S INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FILED THIS COMPLAINT WAS NOT, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, AN EMPLOYEE OF BAXTER HEALTH, AND BAXTER HEALTH IN FACT HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN OR INFLUENCE OVER IPMA'S DECISION TO TERMINATE THE INDIVIDUAL'S EMPLOYMENT." EDMOND SIMS, ACTING DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE EEOC'S MEMPHIS DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH HAS JURISDICTION OVER ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, AND PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI STATES "AN EMPLOYER CANNOT PUNISH AN EMPLOYEE FOR OPPOSING TREATMENT THAT THE EMPLOYEE REASONABLY BELIEVES CONSTITUTES DISCRIMINATION. TERMINATING AN EMPLOYEE FOR THIS ACTIVITY CREATES A CHILLING EFFECT IN THE WORKPLACE AND DISCOURAGES OTHERS FROM COMPLAINING." IPMA IS AN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF BAXTER HEALTH.
AFTER GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT LOSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, LAW ENFORCEMENT SHUT DOWN AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING GAME AT THE STONE COUNTY FAIR IN MOUNTAIN VIEW LAST WEEK AND ARRESTED THE GAME'S OPERATOR, FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD DONALD PATRICK TOMPKINS OF ALVIN, TEXAS IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAME ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT IN THE CASE, THE STONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GAME AT THE FAIR MANY SAID THEY HAD LOST AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH SEVERAL SAYING THEY HAD LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, VICTIMS REPORT TOMPKINS ENTICED THEM TO KEEP PLAYING BY OFFERING LARGE CASH RETURNS AND FLASHING LARGE ROLLS OF CASH. THE GAME WAS CALLED "RAZZLE". INVESTIGATORS DISCOVERED THE GAME SOMETIMES IS FOUND AT FAIRS AND CARNIVALS. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS MANY STUDIES ABOUT THE SCAM. THE GAME HAS VAGUE, COMPLICATED RULES WITH A CONVERSION CHART USED TO DISTRACT THE PLAYER AND GETTING THEM TO DOUBLE THEIR BETS AND LOSE MORE MONEY. INVESTIGATORS SENT AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER TO THE FAIR TO PLAY THE GAME. WHILE PLAYING THE GAME, DETECTIVES CONDUCTED SURVEILLANCE AND NOTICED A TRUCK PARKED NEXT TO THE GAME WITH A TEXAS LICENSE PLATE. THE PLATE RETURNED TO TOMPKINS. THEY ALSO LEARNED TOMPKINS HAS MULTIPLE FELONY CONVICTIONS OUT OF NEW YORK, FLORIDA, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN INCLUDING INTENTIONALLY CAUSING BODILY HARM TO A CHILD AND FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS. TOMPKINS IS CHARGED IN STONE COUNTY WITH A FELONY COUNT OF KEEPING A GAMBLING HOUSE, A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF HAVING A GAMING DEVICE AND FOR BEING A HABITUAL OFFENDER. HE IS FREE AFTER POSTING $40,000 BOND.
A FORMER IMBODEN MAN, NOW LIVING IN LITTLE ROCK HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON... 58 YEAR OLD DAVE MCCLEOD WAS ARRESTED WITH 30 PIECES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY... McCLEOD PLEADED GUILTY TO SIX COUNTS OF POSSESSING MATTER DEPICTING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE 60 YEAR SENTENCE IMPOSED BY PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGE KAREN WHATLEY... EACH COUNT IS A CLASS C FELONY THAT CARRIES A 10 YEAR MAXIMUM... UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF HIS PLEA AGREEMENT. NEGOTIATED BY DEPUTY PROSECUTOR HANNAH JOHNSTON AND DEFENSE ATTORNEY, HEATHER BRYN HERSH OF SPRINGDALE, THE 24 COUNTS WERE DROPPED... MCCLEOD HAD CHALLENGED THE LEGALITY OF THE EVIDENCE LITTLE ROCK POLICE OBTAINED TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT TO RAID HIS HOME IN JANUARY, 2020, SEIZING THREE COMPUTERS, FOUR PHONES, FIVE IPADS AND A FLASH DRIVE... MCCELOD WAS ARRESTED THEN WHEN A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF A LAPTOP TURNED UP IMAGES INVESTIGATORS RECOGNIZED AS VERIFIED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.. MCCLEOD, CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF POLICE IN 2019 DURING THE INVESTIGATION INTO A TIP ABOUT POSSIBLE ILLEGAL MATERIALS POSSESSION BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN BASED ON INFORMATION THE AGENCY HAD RECEIVED FROM MICROSOFT SKYPE, THE INTERNET BROADCASTING APPLICATION...
FOR THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, FNBC BANK HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK IN ARKANSAS IN 2023... FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, ARKANSAS BUSINESS PARTNERED WITH THE WORKFORCE RESEARCH GROUP TO BRING THIS SURVEY AND AWARDS PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY, RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE BEST EMPLOYERS IN ARKANSAS, BENEFITING THE STATE'S ECONOMY, WORKFORCE AND BUSINESSES... EACH YEAR, THE LIST INCLUDES 50 COMPANIES THROUGH THE STATE... TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PARTICIPATION, COMPANIES MUST BE A FOR-PROFIT, NOT FOR PROFIT BUSINESS OR GOVERNMENT ENTITY, BE A PUBLICLY OR PRIVATELY HELD BUSINESS, HAVE A FACILITY IN ARKANSAS, HAVE AT LEAST 15 EMPLOYEES IN ARKANSAS AND HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS A MINIMUM OF 1 YEAR... FNBC WAS HONORED AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY IN LITTLE ROCK ON SEPTEMBER 12TH..
THE FULTON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT RECOGNIZED SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS FOR THIS YEARS FAIR.. FRIEND OF THE FAIR AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO LEE ANN MCHENRY AND THE SALEM HIGH SCHOOL BETA CLUB... NEW FAIR AMBASSADORS WERE RECOGNIZED, KAILYN ARNOLD AND BLAKE SMITH... THE DON CRAWFORD AWARD FOR HIGH POINT LIVESTOCK EXHIBITOR WENT TO ASHLEY NEAL, THE TOMMY BASSHAM MEMORIAL AMBASSADOR AWARD TO JONAH SAVELL.. THE SHIRLEY BLACK CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS WENT TO THE FULTON COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS, THE HIGH POINT ADULT AWARD.. THE VIOLA LOYAL LONGHORNS 4-H CLUB RECEIVED THE HIGH POINT ADULT AWARD... EMMA VANOVER WAS THE HIGH POINT ADULT EXHIBITOR.. MALLIE GIBON WAS THE HIGH POINT YOUTH, JUNIOR EXHIBITOR... HERDSMAN AWARD WINNERS INCLUDE, ALLIE RISNER FOR BEEF, AVA BLANCHARD FOR DAIRY, LESLIE HALL FOR GOATS, GRACIE HARMON FOR SHEEP, CALLIE HALL FOR SWINE, CALEB MCCORD FOR POULTRY AND HADASSAH GARNER FOR RABBITS... HORSEMANSHIP AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO BAYLOR WRIGHT FOR THE JUNIOR DIVISON, ELLA NEWMAN FOR THE SENIOR DIVISION AND JENNA HURTT FOR THE RESERVE SENIOR DIVISION...
A SALESVILLE MAN IS ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO A RESIDENCE AND LUNGING TOWARD A FEMALE WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING AN INFANT. TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD JESSE FOSTER JR. HAS BEEN IN THE BAXTER COUNTY DETENTION CENTER SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH BOND SET AT $15,000. ACCORDING TO THE INCIDENT REPORT FROM THE BAXTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A FEMALE CALLED 911 FROM HER RESIDENCE ON FARMERS CIRCLE IN SALESVILLE AND CLAIMED A MALE KICKED HER DOOR OPEN AND BROKE INTO HER HOUSE. AS TWO DEPUTIES RESPONDED, THE FEMALE TOLD 911 HE WAS LEAVING IN HIS VEHICLE INTOXICATED AND WOULD BE DRIVING UP PINE STREET. NEITHER DEPUTY MET THE SUSPECT WHILE EN ROUTE. THE VICTIM CLAIMED AFTER THE MALE ENTERED THE RESIDENCE, HE LUNGED TOWARD HER AS SHE WAS HOLDING A CHILD, AND SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE ATTACKED. SHE ALSO ACCUSED THE MAN OF KICKING HER VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE LEAVING. THE DEPUTIES LATER LEFT TO CONFRONT THE MALE, IDENTIFIED AS FOSTER, AT HIS RESIDENCE ON WILSON DRIVE. FOSTER WAS REPORTEDLY LOCATED IN HIS RUNNING VEHICLE AS IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. FOSTER'S PROBATION OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED AS HE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION CENTER, AND A PRELIMINARY BREATH TEST WAS REQUESTED. AS FOSTER WAS BEING BOOKED, HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL READING WAS .15. THE LEGAL LIMIT IN ARKANSAS IS .08. FOSTER IS FACING FELONY COUNTS OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY AND FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT ON A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER AND THIRD-DEGREE ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR.
A RASH OF MAILBOXES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED THE PAST WEEK IN RANDOLPH COUNTY... A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST AUTHORITIES IN APPREHENDING THOSE RESPONSIBLE WHO HAVE VANDALIZED APPROXIMATELY 40 MAILBOXES ON BLACK FERRY ROAD, CLEAR SPRINGS AND HIGHWAY 90… SHERIFF KEVIN BELL SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT RECIEVED A REPORT THAT A WHITE GM PICKUP WITH A MISSING LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS INVOLVED... SHERIFF BELL ASKS THAT ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 870-892-8888 OR LEAVE A TIP AT tips@randolph-county sheriff.org....
U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT HAS RANKED WILLIAMS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY AS AMONG THE TOP COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH, AS WELL AS RANKING AMONG TOP SCHOOLS ON SOCIAL MOBILITY AND AMONG THE BEST VALUE SCHOOLS LIST FOR REGIONAL COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH... WBU WAS AMONG THE HIGHEST RANKED SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR BEST REGIONAL COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH, RANKING AHEAD OF FOUR OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE... "BEST REGIONAL" RANKINGS ARE CALCULATED THRU A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING GRADUATION AND FIRST YEAR RETENTION RATES, GRADUATION RATE PERFORMANCE, SOCIAL MODILITY, PELL GRADUATION RATES AND PERFORMANCES AND MULTIPLE OTHER MEASURES OF ACADEMIC QUALITY... BRETT COOPER IS TS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AT WBU…... UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS FEEL BLESSED WITH THE RECOGNITION… WBU WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO INSITUTIONS IN THE STATE TO MAKE THE LIST OF BEST VALUE SCHOOLS FOR REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTH… TO SELECT INSITUTIONS FOR THIS LIST, U.S. NEWS FACTORS THE ACADEMIC QUALITY AND COST FOR EACH SCHOOL AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR TOTAL EXPENSES AND FINANCIAL AID... WBU WAS ALSO RANKED ON THE LIST FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY AMONG REGIONAL COLLEGES IN THE SOUTH...
THE SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ITS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC PRIOR TO THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY NIGHT (SEPT. 25).
SALEM SUPERINTENDENT WAYNE GUILTNER… THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE SALEM SCHOOL BOARD IS OCTOBER 16TH AT 6 IN THE BOARD ROOM OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING...
THE SPRING RIVER VALLEY FRIENDS OF NRA WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD AT 5:30 AT THE HARDY CIVIC CENTER.... IN ADDITION TO A DINNER, THERE WILL BE AUCTIONS, GUNS, RAFFLES AND FAMILY FUN IN SUPPORT OF SHOOTING SPORTS AND SECOND AMENDMENT TRADITIONS.. FOR TICKETS OR MORE INFORMATION, PHONE 815-988-6568 OR 815-621-9421.
THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING HOXIE MAYOR DENNIS COGGINS WHO IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO RUN OVER A MAN...A VIDEO TAKEN BY THE MAN, LUCAS PEPPERS SHOW MAYOR COGGINS DRIVING AWAY IN HIS PICKUP AFTER A DISCUSSION WITH PEPPERS WHO HAD COME TO HOXIE CITY HALL TO RETIEVE SOME DOCUMENTS HE HAD REQUESTED THRU THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT... PEPPERS TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE WAS TOLD BY MAYOR COGGINS HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO RECORD IN THE LOBBY OF CITY HALL...COGGINS THEN LEFT THE BUILDING, PEPPERS FOLLOWED HIM AND THATS WHEN HE CLAIMS TO MAYOR ATTEMPTED TO HIT HIM DRIVING OFF THE PARKING LOT... PEPPERS THEN CALLED 911 WITH LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES AND THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE RESPONDING TO HOXIE CITY HALL...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF TONY WALDRUPE SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AT THIS TIME...
A SECOND PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR HER ROLE IN AN ATTACK ON A BAXTER COUNTY MAN IN HIS VEHICLE. THIRTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER ELIZABETH FOSTER OF NORFORK WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK, HER HUSBAND, 40-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN ROBERT FOSTER, WAS ARRESTED APRIL 1 IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT FROM THE GASSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE INCIDENT STARTED IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT IN MOUNTAIN HOME WHEN THE VICTIM SAYS FOSTER AND HER HUSBAND ATTACKED HIM. THE VICTIM AND A FRIEND WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THEIR VEHICLE AND FLEE BUT NOTICED THE FOSTERS WERE FOLLOWING THEM. THE CHASE CONTINUED TO A HOME OF A FRIEND OF THE VICTIM IN GASSVILLE. THE VICTIM SAYS AT THAT POINT, JUSTIN FOSTER OPENED HIS DOOR AND STARTED BEATING HIM WITH A HANDGUN AND THEN HELD THE GUN TO HIS HEAD. THE VICTIM SAYS JENNIFER FOSTER ENTERED THE VEHICLE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE AND TOOK A DASH CAMERA. THE VICTIM SAYS HE BOUGHT THE CAMERA TO RECORD HARASSMENT FROM THE FOSTERS HE ALLEGES HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ONE YEAR. A MAN INSIDE THE HOME, WHO WENT OUTSIDE WHEN HE HEARD THE COMMOTION, AND VIDEO FROM A RING DOORBELL CAMERA, CORROBORATED THE VICTIM'S ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK. THE VICTIM WAS TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES AT BAXTER HEALTH. JENNIFER FOSTER IS FACING FELONY COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE BATTERY, BREAKING OR ENTERING AND TERRORISTIC THREATENING ALONG WITH A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF THEFT OF PROPERTY. SHE IS FREE AFTER POSTING $10,000 BOND. JUSTIN FOSTER IS ALSO FREE ON BOND ON THE SAME CHARGES.
THE ARKANSAS HOUSE AND SENATE CONVENED FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION TO ADDRESS TAX CUTS, AMENDMENTS TO THE STATE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND VACCINE MANDATES FOR STATE AGENCIES… TAX CUTS, REDUCING THE TOP PERSONAL INCOME TAX RATE FROM 4.7 TO 4.4% AND REDUCING THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE FROM 5.1% TO 4.8% WERE APPROVED... REPRESENTATIVE STEVEN WALKER IS HOPEFUL THE REDUCTION IN THE CORPORATE TAX WILL AID IN THE RECUIRTMENT OF MORE INDUSTRIES.… THE TAX CUT LEGISLATION PROVIDE A ONE-TIME NON-REFUNDABLE INCOME TAX CREDIT OF $150 TO TAXPAYERS MAKING LESS THAN $89,600 A YEAR… MARRIED COUPLES FILING JOINTLY WITH AN INCOME OF LESS THAN $179,200 A YEAR WILL RECIEVE A $300 NON-REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT.. THESE CREDITS ARE RETROACTIVE TO THIS PAST JANUARY FIRST… THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION AND DEBATE BEFORE THE GOVERNOR AND LAWMAKERS REACH A COMPROMISE ON AMENDING THE STATE'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT… THE HOUSE AND SENATE PASSED AN IDENTICAL BILL THAT PROHIBITS THE STATE GOVERNMENT FROM MANDATING A VACCINATION OR IMMUNIZATION FOR COVID-19 OR ANY SUBVARIANTS…THE HOUSE AND SENATE PASSED ANOTHER IDENTICAL BILL THAT PROVIDES CLARITY IN THE STATE CODE FOR SCHOOLS TO KEEP EXTERIOR DOORS LOCKED APART FROM TRANSITION TIMES DURING SCHOOL HOURS...
A NUMBER OF ISSUES WERE TAKEN CARE OF DURING THIS WEEKS MONTHLY MEETING OF THE VIOLA CITY COUNCIL.... MAYOR JACKIE ESTES.. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW SEWER SYSTEM, THE CITY IS IN NEED OF A NEW LAWN MOWER FOR THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.. DUE TO THE LACK OF BIDS, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. SOME OTHER ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED.. THE MAYOR REPORTS 85 PRECENT OF THE SEWER SYSTEM HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO THE NEW VIOLA SEWER SYSTEM...
A SALEM MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN IZARD COUNTY AFTER HE WAS FOUND TO BE WANTED ON A FELONY WARRANT IN MISSOURI. 58 YEAR OLD RUSSELL BLEVINS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON A FELONY WARRANT OUT OF SCOTT COUNTY, MISSOURI FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT... BLEVINS IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE IZARD COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.....
SHARP COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED 40 YEAR OLD STACY SMITH OF CHEROKEE VILLAGE AFTER EXECUTING A SEARCH OF HER RESIDENCE. SMITH IS CHARGED WITH DELIVERY OF METH AND COCAINE... SMITH HAS BEEN PLACED ON A PAROLE-PROBATION HOLD AND INVESTIGATIVE HOLD...
STARTING THURSDAY (SEPT 21), THE 62ND ANNUAL HOOTIN AN HOLLARIN FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE GAINESVILLE SQUARE THROUGH SATURDAY (SEPT 23). THE FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE BLUEGRASS, COUNTY AND GOSPEL MUSIC AS WELL AS CONTESTS OF ALL KINDS. THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, VISITORS CAN SHOP A MULTITUDE OF CRAFT VENDORS AS WELL AS OLD-TIME CRAFT DEMONSTRATIONS TAKING PLACE AROUND THE SQUARE. EACH EVENING WILL END WITH SQUARE DANCING TO TRADITIONAL TUNES PLAYED BY AN OZARKS FIDDLER AND BAND. THE EVENT KICKS OFF THURSDAY EVENING AT 5:30 WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND MAYOR'S WELCOME. THE QUILT SHOW WILL RUN FROM 5-7. ON STAGE, JESSICA SUIT AND REGAN BLACKBURN WILL PERFORM AT 5:30, FOLLOWED BY THE QUEEN PAGEANT AT 7:30 ON THE MAIN STAGE. ON FRIDAY, A FULL DAY OF EVENTS START AT 10 WITH THE QUILT SHOW AND KID'S CORNER. MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE MAIN STAGE AT 11 WITH ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FOLLOWED BY WYATT DODGE AT NOON, ONE MORE DOLLAR BAND AT 12:30, EMALEE FLATNESS BAND AT 4, BACKYARD BLUEGRASS AT 5:30 AND THE PSYCHOBILLY CADILLAC BAND AT 7:30. THE FESTIVAL CLOSES OUT SATURDAY WITH THE 5K RUN/WALK AT 8:30, A COSTUME PARADE AT 11 AND THE BIG FLOAT AND BAND PARADE AT 2. MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT WILL INCLUDE ROB VOSS AT 12. DISTRICT 33 AT 1, COME WHAT MAE AT 3:30, SYLAMORE SPECIAL AT 5 AND THE KATTIE LANEY PROJECT AT 7. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT ACROSS FROM CITY HALL IN THE MORNING AT 10. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL FEATURE TERRAPIN RACES AT 10:30 AND SQUARE DANCING FROM 9 UNTIL MIDNIGHT. HOOTIN AN HOLLERIN IS FREE TO ATTEND. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A FULL LIST OF EVENTS VISIT HOOTINANHOLLARIN.COM.
LYON COLLEGE IS HOSTING THE ARKANSAS COLLEGE TEACHERS OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS 2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE FRIDAY (SEPT 22)… THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE IS "ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT… SPEAKERS INCLUDE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ARKANSAS ECONOMIC ACCELERATION FOUNDATION, TIFFANY HENRY AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, CLINT ONEAL....
TWO IZARD COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE FACING NUMEROUS CHARGES FOR BREAK-INS TO MULTIPLE STORAGE UNITS AND A RESIDENTIAL SHOP. THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD SHEILA BRYANT AND 33-YEAR-OLD TYLER BURNS, BOTH OF HORSESHOE BEND, ARE IN THE IZARD COUNTY COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WITH BOND SET AT $20,000 EACH. ACCORDING TO THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT, AN IZARD COUNTY DEPUTY WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH ON SEPT. 1 OF A REPORT OF THE MONEY DROP BOX BEING BROKEN INTO AT STORAGE UNITS ON ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 289 IN HORSESHOE BEND. THE DEPUTY MET WITH THE MALE MAKING THE REPORT AT THE UNITS AND NOTICED THE LOCKING MECHANISM ON THE LOCK BOX WAS BUSTED, AND THE LOCK WAS ON THE GROUND. THE COMPLAINANT STATED WITH IT BEING THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, THE BOX COULD HAVE CONTAINED ANYWHERE BETWEEN $400 AND $500 IN CHECKS AND AS MUCH AS $100 IN CASH. THE DEPUTY AND THE COMPLAINANT THEN WALKED AROUND AND NOTICED NINE STORAGE UNITS WERE BROKEN INTO. THE COMPLAINANT CONTACTED THE RENTERS OF THE UNITS. SIX DAYS LATER, ANOTHER DEPUTY WENT TO A RESIDENCE ON HIGHWAY 289 IN HORSESHOE BEND FOR ANOTHER BREAK-IN REPORT. THE DEPUTY MET WITH THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS SHOP AND TOOK ITEMS INSIDE, AND HE NOTICED BECAUSE HE FOUND A BACKPACK AND A BB GUN THAT HE OWNED LAYING IN THE GRASS BEHIND THE SHOP. THE VICTIM CLAIMED HE STARTED LOOKING AROUND AND NOTICED ANOTHER BACKPACK AND MOST OF HIS SURVIVAL GEAR WERE MISSING. HE ALSO DISCOVERED HE WAS MISSING AN AIR RIFLE WITH A SCOPE, BOWS AND ARROWS, A BOX OF ANTIQUES, KNIVES, LAMP ITEMS, FISHING REELS AND POLES AND OTHER FISHING GEAR. THE VICTIM'S WIFE STATED A JEWELRY PENDANT, EARRINGS AND A RING ROUND SET WERE ALSO MISSING. THE DEPUTY SAID HE SAW A MALE WALKING IN A TRAILER PARK ON SEPT. 4 WITH A BACKPACK SIMILAR TO THE ONE DESCRIBED BY THE VICTIM. THE NEXT DAY, THE DEPUTY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ADVISING THERE WAS A MALE WEARING A BACKPACK APPEARING TO DUCK INTO A RESIDENCE ON NORTH BEND, WHICH WAS ABANDONED. ON SEPT. 8, TWO IZARD COUNTY INVESTIGATORS WERE ADVISED BY A DEPUTY A MALE SUBJECT HAD BEEN DETAINED AT THE HORSESHOE BEND ANIMAL SHELTER DUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF A STOLEN BACKPACK CONTAINING NUMEROUS ITEMS, INCLUDING A DEBIT CARD. A MALE AND FEMALE WERE DISCOVERED IN PROXIMITY TO THE BACKPACK, SNEAKING INTO THE WOODS BEHIND THE SHELTER. THE SUBJECTS WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS BURNS AND BRYANT. ONE OF THE INVESTIGATORS STATED NEITHER BURNS NOR BRYANT HAD A CONSISTENT EXPLANATION FOR THE POSSESSION OF THE BACKPACK. BRYANT REPORTEDLY TOLD THE OTHER INVESTIGATOR BURNS HAD IT FOR OVER A MONTH BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS FROM. BURNS THEN CLAIMED HIS BROTHER GAVE IT TO HIM SIX YEARS AGO IN TENNESSEE, BUT HE CHANGED HIS STORY AND SAID ANOTHER MALE HAD GIVEN HIM THE BACKPACK AND A NEW CHAINSAW WORTH $1,000 A COUPLE OF DAYS PRIOR. BURNS SAID THE CHAINSAW WAS AT HIS RESIDENCE ON EAST RIDGE. HE REPORTEDLY CLAIMED THE MALE WANTED TO BY A DIRT BIKE FROM HIM, SO HE TOOK THE BACKPACK AND CHAINSAW AS A DOWN PAYMENT. THE INVESTIGATOR NOTED THE VICTIM HAD REPORTED A CHAINSAW MISSING ALONG WITH THE BACKPACK. THE INVESTIGATOR STATED BRYANT HAD VARIOUS ITEMS IN HER POSSESSION, INCLUDING A BALL OF YARN AND ARTICLES OF JEWELRY. HER PURSE CONTAINED AN ENVELOPE WITH ANOTHER NAME AND ADDRESS ON IT, AND THE OWNER OF THE STARAGE UNITS CONFIRMED IT WAS THE NAME OF ONE OF HIS TENANTS. BURNS WAS TAKEN TO JAIL, AND BRYANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE RESIDENCE FOR A HOME VISIT TO OBTAIN THE CHAINSAW. INVESTIGATORS LOCATED OVER 30 ITEMS REPORTED STOLEN BY THE VICTIM, INCLUDING THE JEWELRY BELONGING TO HIS WIFE. THE JEWELRY CONTAINER REPORTEDLY HAD A PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE FIELD TESTING POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. BRYANT CLAIMED SHE WAS TRYING TO SELL IT TO MAKE MONEY FOR PROBATION. AUTHORITIES ALSO DISCOVERED TWO GLASS SMOKING DEVICES WITH BURNT CRYSTALLINE RESIDUE FIELD TESTING POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE BEDROOM. THEY ALSO FOUND AN UNLABLED BOTTLE OF 14 PILLS IDENTIFIED AS CARISOPRODOL, A SCHEDULE IV NARCOTIC. BRYANT STATED THE MALE BURNS IDENTIFIED HAD BROUGHT THE STOLEN ITEMS TO THEIR RESIDENCE. SHE LATER SAID SHE AND BURNS MET THE MALE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SHE WHEELED THE ITEMS HOME ON A DOLLY. BURNS SAID THE MALE BROUGHT THE ITEMS TO THEIR RESIDENCE, AND THEY NEVER MET ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE INVESTIGATORS WENT TO RETRIEVE CAMERA FOOTAGE AT THE STORAGE UNITS, BUT THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS BROKEN OFF THE TREE. IT WAS LATER FOUND IN A DUFFEL BAG CONTAINING MORE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE STORAGE UNIT TENANT. WHEN CONFRONTED ABOUT THE CAMERA, BRYANT ADMITTED SHE LIED ABOUT THE OTHER MALE. SHE LATER ASKED FOR AN ATTORNEY. BURNS AND BRYANT ARE FACING TWO FELONY COUNTS OF THEFT BY RECEIVING, ONE FELONY COUNT EACH OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (METHAMPHETAMINE), BREAKING OR ENTERING AND TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, THEFT BY RECEIVING AND THEFT OF PROPERTY. THEY ALSO FACE ENHANCEMENTS AS HABITUAL OFFENDERS.
A WALNUT RIDGE WOMAN HAS BEEN JAILED IN SHARP COUNTY AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR AN INCIDENT SUNDAY... A SHARP COUNTY DEPUTY OBSERVED A CAR SWERVING ALONG HIGHWAY 63 SOUTH OF HARDY. 40 YEAR OLD BLINDA BRADFORD IS CHARGED WITH BATTERY, THIRD DEGREE, BATTERY, SECOND DEGREE, OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, RECKLESS DRIVING, REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A CHEMICAL TEST AND DRIVING OR BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED.… BRADFORD IS BEING HELD IN THE SHARP COUNTY DETENTION CENTER...
THE CITY OF HOXIE WAS AWARDED A STATE PARK GRANT TWO YEARS AGO... THE CULMINATION OF THAT PROJECT WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH A COMMUNITY GRAND OPENING THIS MORNING AT 11… HOXIE MAYOR DENNIS COGGINS TELLS US HOW THE PARK PROJECT CAME TOGETHER.. THE PARK IS SITTING ON WHAT WAS A VACANT LOT NEAR THE OLD RAILROAD SPUR ON ANNIE STREET… HOXIE RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO THE GRAND OPENING AT 11 THIS MORNING… THE CITY HAS PLANS FOR THE OLD PARK THAT IS NEAR THE NEW PARK LOCATION.. HOXIE RESIDENTS CAN CONTACT CITY HALL FOR MORE INFORMATION BY CALLING 886-2742..
THE POWHATAN HISTORIC STATE PARK IS HOSTING A "TRIAL BY JURY" PROGRAM SATURDAY NIGHT (SEPT. 23) 6 TIL 9.. THOSE PARTICIPATING WILL JOIN THE PARK STAFF AND BECOME THE JUDGE, A JURY MEMBER, LAWYER OR YOU MIGHT BE THE ACCUSED.... THERE WILL BE DRAMA, BUT FUN TOO ACCORDING TO PARK INTERPERTER, ZACHARY ELLEDGE… SPACE IS LIMITED... IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, CALL THE POWHATAN HISTORIC STATE PARK TODAY AT 870-878-6765 OR VISIT POWHATAN@ARKANSAS.COM
IT'S SPIRIT WEEK AT IZARD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL... THE ICC STUDENT COUNCIL IS BUILDING SCHOOL SPIRIT IN PREPERATION OF THE HOMECOMING CEREMONIES AND COUGAR FOOTBALL GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT (SEPT. 22)... MANY BREWER IS THE ICC STUDENT COUNCIL FACULTY ADVISOR.. SPIRIT WEEK BEGAN MONDAY WITH COUNTRY VERSUS COUNTRY CLUB DAY.. JUNIOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVE MEGAN MCBRIDE BREAKS DOWN THE DAY BY DAY ACTIVITIES .. JUNIOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVE CASH ARNHART TELL US A PEP RALLY AND TAILGATE PARTY WILL BE HELD LATER THIS WEEK. THE TAILGATE WILL BEGIN RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL FRIDAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL THE KICKOFF OF THE JUNIOR FOOTBALL GAME WITH MIDLAND AT 5... HOMECOMING CEREMONIES WILL HELD BETWEEN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR FOOTBALL GAMES… THE SENIOR COUGARS AND MIDLAND MUSTANGS WILL KICKOFF AFTER THE HOMECOMING CEREMONIES, A FEW MINUTES AFTER 7 FRIDAY NIGHT... THERE WILL BE "LIVE STREAMING" OF THE GAME ON MY HOMETOWN RADIO STATIONS DOT COM AND THE ICC SCHOOL WEBSITE BEGINNING WITH THE IZARD-FULTON COUNTY FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COUNTDOWN TO COUGAR KICKOFF JUST AFTER 6:30 THIS FRIDAY NIGHT (SEPT. 22)..
BRIONEY EDWARDS IS THE NEW LEAD FACULTY FOR THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT AT OZARKA COLLEGE... OZARKA COLLEGE PROVOST, DR. CHRIS LORCH SAYS EDWARDS BRING BOTH ENTHUSISAM AND STUDENT-FOCUSED LEARNING TO THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT.. EDWARDS WILL LEAD INSTRUCTION FOR OZARKA COLLEGE'S AMERICAN CULINARY FEDERATION'S ACCREDITED ARTS PROGRAM.. STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE OZARKA'S TWO YEARS PROGRAM GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE SHOWCASING TALENT BY CATERING EVENTS AND OBTAIN REAL WORLD PRACTICE IN OPERATING THE OZARKA CULINARY CAFE... EDWARDS IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MELBOURNE AND HOLDS AN ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE FROM OZARKA COLLEGE.
THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS APPROVED THE RENAMING OF THE ASU-MOUNTAIN HOME TECHNICAL CENTER BUIDLING TO THE CZESCHIN-NEWTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN RECOGNITION OF CALVIN AND SISSY CZESCHIN AND KENNY AND LAURA NEWTH FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAMPUS IN MOUNTAIN HOME.
AS HOMETOWN NEWS REPORTED EARLIER, THERE HAS BEEN AN OUTBREAK OF AMRYWORMS IN LAWRENCE AND INDEPENDENCE COUNTIES. SOME HAVE SURFACED IN ADJOINING COUNTIES, BUT AS WE HEAR FROM FULTON COUNTY AGENT CORY TYLER, NO ARMYWORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS OF NOW IN FULTON COUNTY TYLER REMINDS PASTURE OWNERS TO GET DOWN ON THE GROUND AND INSPECT FOR ARMYWORMS, A VISUAL INSPECTION FROM YOUR TRUCK OR TRACTOR WON'T GIVE YOU A REAL VIEW OF WHAT MIGHT BE LURKING IN THE GRASS.... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION..
THE NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSA DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE NECESSITY CLOSET PROGRAM THRU SEPTEMBER 27TH. APPLY AT THE NADC OFFICES IN FULTON, IZARD OR SHARP COUNTIES.. TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST BE AGE 60 OR OLDER AND MEET CERTAIN INCOME GUIDELINES.. WHEN YOU APPLY, BRING PROOF OF INCOME FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD AND YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE. HAVE AVAILABLE THE NAMES, BIRTHDAYS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD... ITEMS TO BE RECIVED INCLUDE; TOLIET PAPER, PAPER TOWELS AND TRASH BAGS.. APPLICATIONS ARE TAKEN ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYS AT THE NADC OFFICE IN SALEM, 870- 895-3628, THE NADC OFFICE IN MELBOURNE AT 870-368-4329 OR THE NADC OFFICE IN ASH FLAT
RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF KEVIN BELL IS REQUESTING THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE AFTER DOZENS OF MAILBOXES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED THIS WEEK... THIRTY TO FORTY MAILBOXES ON BLACKS FERRY ROAD, CLEAR SPRINGS AND HIGHWAY 90 WERE DAMAGED OR DESTOYED... SHERIFF BELL ASKS THAT ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION TO PLEASE CALL THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 870-892-8888 OR LEAVE A TIP AT randolphclountysheriff.org
THE ASH FLAT FIRE DEPARTMENT'S SPORTSMAN SWAP IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH AT THE ASH FLAT FIRE STATION... WE GET MORE FROM ROB SIMERS AT SPORTSMANS EDGE.. THE SPORTSMAN SWAP IS DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS, NOT DEALERS.. TABLES AND BOOTHS ARE RENTING FOR $25 EACH… SET UP BEGINS AT 7:30, THE SWAP MEET BEGINS AT 8 AT THE ASH FLAT FIRE STATION... SECURE YOUR BOOTH BY CALLING ROB SIMERS AT 870-751-0332 OR THE ASH FLAT FIRE STATION AT 870-994-3066... PROCEEDS FROM THE SPORTSMAN SWAP GO TO THE EAGLES FIREFIGHTER AUXILLARY TO SUPPORT THE ASH FLAT FIRE DEPARTMENT....
THE EVENING SHADE FALL FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH WITH ALL DAY ACTIVITES.. OVER 25 VENDORS ARE CONFIRMED.. ARTS AND CRAFTS, KIDS ACTIVITIES, A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, HOSTED BY THE SHARP COUNTY JUNIOR FAIR BOARD. TO ENTER THE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, PHONE 870-897-2865.. THERE IS A 60/40 PAYBACK FOR THE TOURNAMENT… THE SILVER EDGE BAND PERFORMS AT NOON, THERE'S A PARADE AT 1, LANDON FARRIS WILL PERFORM AT 1:30, A KIDS CASH CUBE AT 3, MORE ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON, MORLEY'S MAGIC SHOW AT 4:30 AND OPEN MIC AT 5:45. MAIN STREET IN EVENING SHADE WILL BE BLOCKED OFF FOR THE ALL DAY EVENT
THE PACT ACT IS A NEW LAW THAT EXPANDS VA HEALTH CARE AND BENEFITS FOR VETERANS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS, AGENT ORANGE AND OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES….. THE PACT ACT ADDS TO THE LIST OF HEALTH CONDTIONS THAT ARE PRESUMED CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO THESE SUBSTANCES….. IZARD-INDEPENDENCE COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER JOSHUA MORRISON TELLS HOMETOWN NEWS, THE LAW HELPS THE VA PROVIDE GENERATIONS OF VETERANS AND THEIR SURVIVIORS WITH THE CARE AND BENEFITS THEY'VE EARNED AND DESERVE.. THE PACT ACT IS PERHAPS THE LARGEST HEALTH CARE AND BENEFIT EXPANSION IN VA HISTORY.. IT EXPANDS AND EXTENDS ELIGIBILITY FOR VA HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS WITH TOXIC EXPOSURES AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM. GULF WARE AND POST 911 ERAS... CONTACT THE VA OR REACH OUT TO MORRISON AT 870-793-8812,, MORRISON IS AT THE IZARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN MELBOURNE EVERY TUESDAY, HE CAN BE REACHED AT THE VETERANS OFFICE AT THE INDEPENDENCE COUNTY COURHOUSE ON MONDAYS, WEDNEDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAYS.. HIS PHONE AGAIN IS 870-793-8812..
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