Gotta love it. A reliable source provides a report from the Pulaski Quorum Court meeting Tuesday night. One of the noisy "Tea Party" activists apparently spoke on the need for more sheriff’s patrols in the rural parts of the county. THEN, he went off on a tirade about taxes. Deputies should work for free apparently and maybe GM [...]

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I love lists, and I especially love movie lists. Arkansas Democrat Gazette film critic and culturalist Philip Martin has released his list of the 10 best movies of 2009 thus far (beware of the pay wall): 1) That Evening Sun; 2) Goodbye Solo; 3) Up; 4) Public Enemies; 5) Sugar; 6) Star Trek; 7) Tyson; [...]

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Former Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee says his political action committee has raised more than $300…000 so far this year.from Channel 7

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LITTLE ROCK — Arian Foster and Tyson Jackson are speed bumps for those who digest preseason all-conference selections and regurgitate them to project the upcoming season.

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The Lonoke SharkRockets swim team recently presented its awards for the 2009 season, which was completed with the Central Arkansas Swim League Meet of Champions on July 18.

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Editor’s note: Molly Fleming of Ward is a freelance writer who often does work for Stephens Media’s Central Arkansas Newspapers, including the Carlisle Independent. She and her father recently served as volunteers at the Major League Baseball FanFest that opened festivities for the All-Star Game in St. Louis in mid-July. We invited her to write [...]

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James “Jim” Hemann joined Arkansas Farm Bureau as its new Southeast District area coordinator.

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The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service held a broadband grant workshop at the Arkansas Rural Water Association/Dale Bumpers Training Facility on Thursday, July 16.

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Immanuel VBS to feature ‘Land Down Under’ Children from age 3 through those finished with sixth grade are encouraged to come to experience the Land Down Under on the Boomerang Express at Vacation Bible School at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1414 Bankhead Drive (across from Sonic Drive-In) in Carlisle from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday [...]

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C.J. and Cara Parker of Carlisle are among the three families who have been selected as state finalists in Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 2009 Young Farmers & Ranchers Achievement Award competition.

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