An audit performed for Jacksonville Water Department revealed a potential for fraud but with newly recommended controls that possibility could lessen, a certified public accountant says.

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The dates have been set for the 69th annual session of Arkansas Boys State. The session will be held May 31 through June 5, 2009 on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

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A Farmer’s Market is in the planning stage for a location near the Jacksonville Community Center.

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NPHS showcases yearbook staff The North Pulaski High School 2008-2009 Yearbook Staff showcased their hard work and outstanding accomplishments at the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association Conference held April 16-17 at the Peabody Little Rock hotel.

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Arkansas students are involved in high-tech efforts to help find a solution to energy and environmental problems by working on a solution — electric vehicles.

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Thousands of dollars generated by the multi-billion-dollar federal stimulus package could soon trickle down to Jacksonville so that dilapidated and vacant houses withering away in the Sunnyside neighborhood can be torn down, Jacksonville city officials say.

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Jacksonville Mayor Tommy Swaim said he has received scant public reaction to the abrupt resignation April 14 of longtime Jacksonville parks director George Biggs.

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Central Arkansas officials should begin efforts now to become an important link in high-speed rail travel in this country, according to Robert C. Patrick, administrator of Region 6 for the Federal Transit Administration.

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The New York Times on President Barack Obama’s management during the automobile crisis: A half-hour into the meeting, an aide entered the Oval Office and slipped Mr. Obama a note informing him another meeting was to begin. The president told advisers he needed more time to decide Chrysler’s fate. He then headed off for a day [...]

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Officials are reporting the deaths of 19 head of cattle near a Chesapeake drilling site in Louisiana.  An "unidentified substance" flowed from the drill site into a nearby pasture. Authorities believe the cows ingested the mysterious fluid before dying as there were tracks leading to and from the puddles.  This mysterious substance is likely "frac [...]

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