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The second youth duck hunt of the season is on Saturday. During the duck hunt, any youth under the age of 16 can hunt with a mentor age 21 or older. The mentor may call the ducks and help retrieve but cannot carry a firearm or hunt. All WMAs are …

The search for a new superintendent at the South Pike County School district has been narrowed to two applicants. The school board met Thursday evening to consider filling the position. At the end of the meeting, it was announced that Billy Lee, former Blevins School District superintendent and Brad Sullivan …

Upcoming ServSafe Class ServSafe® has been the industry national standard for years, training more than one million managers and employees how to receive, store, prepare and serve food safely. For complete food safety training throughout your entire operation, managers are first trained and certified through the ServSafe® Essentials course materials. …

Hosted by Nashville Junior High School Site Location: Scrapper Arena Saturday, February 2, 2019 7:30-8:30    Doors Open, Registration (Release Forms), Turn in Engineering Notebook, Inspections 7:30-9:00    Practice Fields open, ONLY after your team is signed-in and robot inspected 9:00-9:15    Opening ceremonies, Drivers’ Meeting, Judging 9:30-12:00  Qualification Matches 12:00-1:00  Lunch ($5 …

Due to the overwhelming response to the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce annual banquet, tickets for the dinner portion of the event have sold out. President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the event. The chamber and the University of Arkansas-Hope Texarkana have revised the event to allow …

Over 300 students missed classes at Horatio Schools on Tuesday. To prevent further illness and loss of instructional time, the campus is closed the remainder of the week. Classes at Horatio will resume on Monday, February 4th. The basketball game versus Murfreesboro has been moved to Wednesday, February 6th.

The administration of the Dierks School District would like to notify students, parents, and patrons of a verbal threat that was made at Dierks High School by a student on Tuesday, January 29th. The threat was handled appropriately by school officials and local law enforcement. Dierks Police Chief Bryan White …

USDA’s Farm Service Agency extended deadlines on many of its programs because of the government shutdown and the emergency nature of many of the programs. Below are updated deadlines: *** For details on all program deadlines and extensions, view FSA National Notice CM-807. Farm Programs • Market Facilitation Program Deadline …

The city of Nashville has been approved for a $250,000 street overlay project through the State Aid Street Committee. The funding is the maximum amount allowed by the Committee’s adopted rules for an overlay project. Public Works Director Larry Dunaway announced at Monday’s city council meeting that the funding would …

A 19 year old female reported to the Nashville Police Department on Monday that a family member had allegedly raped her when she was 13 years old. The offense occurred within the city limits of Nashville, according to the victim. A report from the police department says that Investigator Larry …