Powerball tickets are (theoretically) on sale now (I’m not going to buy one). KARK, in a deal with the Lottery Commission, will broadcast the numbers tonight of the winner.  

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Had some connection problems today with the blog, so getting a late start. But here’s a piece of news that will interest walkers and bikers: The River Trail behind City Hall, by the Entergy substation, has caved into the river. Bryan Day says there’s not enough land to go around it, so the area will [...]

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This is not your grandparents’ 3-D; resign the 1950s-era cardboard glasses and fuzzy, odd-colored images to nostalgia; the 3-D movies coming to Cabot are a new breed.

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Two times in about two months, wandering toddlers in Austin have been intercepted by Good Samaritans, Austin police Chief John Staley said at the City Council meeting Monday. Neither instance warranted charges, but each shows how a moment’s break in a parent’s attention could be disastrous.

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State Sen. Bobby Glover spoke about his life and political career as he was honored at the 74th annual meeting of the Lonoke County Farm Bureau on Oct. 18 at Lonoke Primary School.

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The investigation into injuries suffered last week by Jerry Luker, 39, of Lonoke, while he was a prisoner in Lonoke County Detention Facility now becomes a homicide inquiry.

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The current report of the Joint Legislative Audit Agency inspection of the Cabot School District records returns to a 2007 incident in which a school district employee funneled away food sales funds. But, Superintendent Tony Thurman said, only because, by law, the outcome of the case has to be noted.

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The Tri-Community Fire Department will have a fish fry from 4-7 p.m. Saturday at Fire Station No. 2, located on Arkansas 236 East, about two blocks from Arkansas 31 North.

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Academy continues fundraiser Witch’s Lair Haunted House, at 12 Douglas Road, Building 2, Suite 2, continues through Saturday, as a fundraiser for Cabot Gymnastics Academy.

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A wide-ranging executive order directing federal agencies to take action on environmental issues presents a new opportunity for Metroplan to lead by example, Metroplan’s Jasmin Moore said at the Oct. 21 board of directors meeting. Moore is a planner at Metroplan, managing the organization’s environmental outreach through its Green Agenda and participates in the Green [...]

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