The South Franklin County Kiwanis will be sponsoring a “donkey basketball” game at the middle school gym on Sunday, March 4th, starting at 2PM.

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The Charleston First United Methodist Church will hold a Groundbreaking at 12:00 noon this Sunday, February 12th as they begin construction on their new “MYBRICK” (Methodist Youth Building Relationships in Christ’s Kingdom) facility. The new construction site is located on Highway 22 on the west side of the FUMC campus. The new 3,000 [...]

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A new partnership between Lavaca Elementary School and the Lavaca Youth Basketball organization has netted nearly $10,000 in grant money from the Arkansas Department of Education. The money will fund a project to renovate the 6,000 square foot Measles Gymnasium on the district’s campus for use by both the school and the community basketball program.

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Superintendent Jared Cleveland has been tapped by the head of the Arkansas Department of Education to serve as an assistant commissioner. Cleveland has led Lavaca Public Schools for six years now and completed campus improvement projects totaling nearly $10.5 million dollars. He will remain through the end of the current school year and assist his [...]

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Part 1 I remember when I was a vandal. I now have no sympathy, at all, for people who commit vandalism and yet I can remember being such a person. I guess you could call me a “recovering vandal”, one who qualifies for membership in VA, “Vandals Anonymous,” if such a thing existed. [...]

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Arkansas News Bureau Lavaca School Superintendent Jared Cleveland will be the state Department of Education’s next assistant commissioner for fiscal and administrative services, state Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell announced Friday.

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Tight budgets are requiring the Little Rock District of the Army Corps of Engineers to propose changes at several of its parks, including closing some less efficient facilities.

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County Line School District is the proud recipient of an $11,000 Joint Use Agreement Grant. The Arkansas Joint Use Agreement (JUA) Grant is a competitive application process made possible and supported by Arkansas’ Governor Mike Beebe and the Arkansas Tobacco Excise Tax created by Arkansas Act 180 of 2009. The JUA is a collaboration [...]

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The Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is no longer scheduled for mobilization.

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Arkansas News Bureau Lavaca School Superintendent Jared Cleveland will be the state Department of Education’s next assistant commissioner for fiscal and administrative services, state Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell announced Friday.

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