Harvest Texarkana Food Bank heading for Stamps, AR

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager

Monday, September 24th, 2012, 10:17am

Harvest Texarkana Food Bank heading for Stamps, AR

Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank's Mobile Pantry will travel to Lafayette County on Thursday, September 27. Harvest Texarkana will hand out pantry boxes and USDA goods from 10 a.m. - noon from their parking spot at 827 Central Avenue in Stamps.

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Miller County Patriots hosting candidate Q&A forum

Submitted by Sean Staggs, Digital Media Manager

Thursday, September 20th, 2012, 1:11pm

Miller County Patriots hosting candidate Q&A forum

The Miller County Patriots will host a Q&A session with the candidates running for two countywide offices.

The candidates attending the forum are running for Miller County Judge and Justice of the Peace Place 7, with questions coming from audience members.

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Ouachita Baptist University welcomes 1,532 students

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Monday, September 17th, 2012, 10:30am

Ouachita Baptist University welcomes 1,532 students

Marking a fall enrollment of more than 1,500 students for the third consecutive year, Ouachita Baptist University welcomed a total of 1,532 students to classes this fall.

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Weekend gardening workshop at Washington State Park

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Thursday, September 6th, 2012, 10:36am

Weekend gardening workshop at Washington State Park

Historic Washington State Park will host a "Meet Me in the Garden" workshop each Saturday in the month of September from 10:30 - 11 a.m. You'll need to check in with the Visitor's Center for each day's garden spot.

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Southern Arkansas University students and staff honored for volunteerism

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Monday, September 3rd, 2012, 11:00am

Southern Arkansas University has been named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. The national Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

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Arkansas man sentenced after defrauding $8M from investors

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Monday, August 27th, 2012, 1:45pm

Arkansas man sentenced after defrauding $8M from investors

An Arkansas man convicted of illegally taking in almost $8 million in a gas well selling scheme will spend close to five year in prison.

51-year-old Jeffrey Scott Rand of Hot Springs was sentenced to 57 months in prison for selling interests in a gas well that he did not own, defrauding 138 victims out of nearly $7.9 million. The sentence was handed down in Hot Springs Federal Court by the Honorable Robert Dawson, United States District Court Judge.

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Hempstead Co. residents may hear testing of Turk Power Plant

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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012, 4:06pm

Hempstead Co. residents may hear testing of Turk Power Plant

SWEPCO's Turk Power Plant in Hempstead County will begin checking pipes and other equipment over the next several weeks beginning on August 25 as it prepares to go online in the coming months.

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