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Measures removed from ballot
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
This election season there is an entire litany of ballot issues for Arkansas voters to consider; in fact, there were a total of seven but now there are only four. All seven will still be on the ballot, but the Supreme Court of Arkansas has ordered that only four be counted. The most recent was an initiated act that would legalize medical marijuana, known as Issue 7...
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Gosnell School Board welcomes new member
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
The Gosnell School Board met in regular monthly session Monday evening beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the School Administration. The board introduced and welcomed new Zone 2 Board Member Doug Johnson to those in attendance and discussed future district plans...
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Squad auction Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
The Blytheville Emergency Squad is hosting their annual fundraising action at the Mississippi County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building at Walker Park on Saturday. The silent auction will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. and then the live auction will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until everything is sold. During the auction, the squad will also be selling BBQ ribs and Boston butts...
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Pirates going for perfect league mark
(High School Sports ~ 11/02/16)
The Gosnell Pirates look to finish off the conference season perfect on Thursday night as they travel to Harrisburg to take on the winless Harrisburg Hornets. The Hornets (0-9) have not won a game all season but Gosnell head coach Brandon Barbaree says they could prove to be dangerous for the Pirates...
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3 children perish in Cash fire
(Local News ~ 11/02/16)
Three children, two-year-old twins and a six-month-old, were confirmed dead Wednesday as the result of a house fire which occurred in Cash in Craighead County. Nine people were in the home at the time of the fire. One woman was severely injured and was airlifted to a trauma center in Memphis. Two additional children and three adults escaped the fire and were not injured...
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Lula Carolyn Davis Ward
(Obituary ~ 11/02/16)
Lula Carolyn Davis Ward, 76, loving mom and Nana of Jonesboro, formerly of Osceola, passed from this life in the arms of her children on Monday, October 31, 2016 in Jonesboro, AR. She was born December 13, 1939 in Kentucky to Rev. Milledge David "M.D." Davis and Mae Gifford Davis. She was retired from American Greetings in Osceola after 41 years of service and of the Nazarene Faith...
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