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Service remembers 3 tornado victims
posted: 05/26/2012 3:14 a.m. Discuss
Three Franklin County residents who died after two tornadoes ripped through the area on May 24 and May 25, 2011, were remembered Friday in a memorial service attended by about 100 people.
Carroll County court goes after old debt
posted: 05/23/2012 4:36 a.m. Discuss
Carroll County is trying to collect almost $2 million in outstanding fines, fees and restitution that hasn’t been paid to the circuit court in Judicial District 19E.
Obama urges Joplin graduates to spread spirit of town’s rally
posted: 05/22/2012 2:38 a.m.
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President Barack Obama told Joplin High School graduates on Monday night that they are an inspiration to the world.
Sticks, stones on display as art
posted: 05/21/2012 4:10 a.m. Discuss
Seven stick-sculpture “humanoids” are taking shape in front of Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
Joplin starting over on clean slate tornado left
posted: 05/20/2012 5:32 a.m. Discuss
One year after a killer tornado blasted through Joplin, Mo., the community is rebuilding homes, reopening businesses and remembering the dead.
Dueling casino plans bid for ballot
posted: 05/14/2012 4:36 a.m. Comments 2
From one end of the Arkansas Ozarks to the other, opinions vary on casinos.
Hard landing, Rwanda set tone for ex-president’s talk
posted: 04/16/2012 3:55 a.m. Discuss
Former President Bill Clinton told stories Sunday about crash landing in a plane with Dale Bumpers on the way to the Gillett Coon Supper and digging with his hands in the red clay of Rwanda, amusing local farmers who’d never seen a visitor do such a thing.
Petrino letter cites 6 causes for dismissal
posted: 04/14/2012 3:34 a.m.
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Former football Coach Bobby Petrino’s failure to disclose a $20,000 gift to Jessica Dorrell when he recommended hiring her for a position in the athletic department was among the reasons for his dismissal, according to a copy of his termination letter released Friday by the University of Arkansas.
Harrison’s Mormons vigilant after device found
posted: 04/13/2012 3:24 a.m. Discuss
No one at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside Harrison received any kind of threat before or since a suspected pipe bomb was found in the parking lot on Easter Sunday, the ward’s bishop, Norman Jenkins of Everton, said Thursday.
Sheriff probes bomb found near church after Easter service
posted: 04/10/2012 4:09 a.m. Discuss
An apparent pipe bomb was found after Easter services Sunday in the parking lot of a Mormon church near Harrison.
