During its Thursday meeting, the Lonoke County Quorum Court voted to apply for a $25,753 grant for Southbend Fire Station No. 3, which is on Arkansas Highway 236.

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May 26 — Registration continues for the Ward Public Library’s summer reading program, which ends June 21. For more information, call 941-3220.

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Lonoke County primary voting results reflected statewide totals in most races. In perhaps the most watched statewide contest, reports show incumbent U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln in a 43 percent tie with challenger Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, falling short of the 50 percent-plus-one needed to avoid the June 8 runoff.

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Navy Seaman Rachael Ocheltree, daughter of Andrea and Terry Ocheltree of Ward, recently completed Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.

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Lonoke County primary voting results reflected statewide totals in most races. In perhaps the most watched statewide contest, reports show incumbent U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln in a 43 percent tie with challenger Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, falling short of the 50 percent-plus-one needed to avoid the June 8 runoff.

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Navy Seaman Rachael Ocheltree, daughter of Andrea and Terry Ocheltree of Ward, recently completed Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.

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GOP Congressional contender Steve Womack picks up the endorsement of one rival. His run-off opponent Cecile Bledsoe has three more.

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The state Public Service Commission has approved the latest version of a settlement of an Entergy rate increase. It slightly reduces the impact of the rate increase for residential customers against an original settlement reached by the company, major industrial users, the attorney general’s office and others. Rates will still be going up, though, paradoxically, they’ll [...]

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Last Sunday, the New York Times magazine carried an article by Stephen Brill making the case for charter schools on the strength of a school in Harlem divided into a charter school and a regular public school. The charter got better results for less money, Brill wrote. I expect to see the piece in the [...]

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Thanks to a number of factors, Entergy Arkansas residential customers could see dramatically lower electric bills starting this summer.

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