A small ceremony was held Aug. 20 at the Senior Citizens Center to commend the legionnaires of Carlisle for their services to our country, our community, and to announce plans for the American Legion property which has been has been dedicated to the city.

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Councilmen decided to crack down on homeowners who are not properly maintaining yards and empty lots during the City Council meeting Aug. 18.

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Aug. 26 — First Baptist Church AWANA program will be having the annual Family Hot Dog Supper and registration at 6 p.m. in Downs Hall.

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LITTLE ROCK — The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock announced today it has been awarded a $151,500 grant to provide services to immigrant crime victims across Arkansas.

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More on the crackpot who toted an assault rifle to an Obama appearance in Arizona. He wants the president dead, too. By cancer.

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Mike Ross (AR-04) will host his fifth telephone town hall this year live on Thursday, August 27 for residents in Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District. During the call, Ross will take questions and listen to the concerns and thoughts of his constituents on health care reforms.

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Though it located in what is now the junior high when Michael Johnson roamed the halls of Booneville High School he didn’t really plan on becoming its principal.

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When last week began school administrators and staff were certain everything was in place for the start of the 2009-2010 school year.

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Football season might be closer than you think. The 2009 season starts for the Booneville Bearcats next Tuesday night when they take on Mena in Van Buren in a Simmons First/Hootens.com kickoff classic game.

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Only one week after having surgery to repair a busted blood vein in his head, 17-year old Logan Roberson was discharged from a Fort Smith hospital.

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