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Vietnam combat veteran speaks of his service
GENTRY -- Combat veteran Larry Bobbitt of Gentry, 75, volunteered to fight for his country in the jungles of Vietnam and spent a year there on an insertion tea…
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Subscriber ExclusiveThe Ruff Inn celebrates grand opening
GRAVETTE--Employees and friends of The Ruff Inn celebrated their grand opening with a number of festive events on Friday, July 19. The facility, at 405 Atlanta…
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School board adds new roof for Carl Gym to Flintco projects
GENTRY -- The Gentry School District, at its July 15 meeting, approved a change order to reroof the Carl Gym and made a number of personnel changes in preparat…
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Guatemalan man shot by state trooper in I-49 incident
ROGERS -- A Guatemalan man was shot by an Arkansas state trooper Saturday during an incident in Rogers, according to an Arkansas State Police news release.
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Hometown Events
Gentry Schools schedule open house events
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Wieneke new middle school principal in Gentry
GENTRY -- Dr. Elizabeth Wieneke is the new Gentry Middle School principal.
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Subscriber ExclusiveGravette School Board welcomes eight new hires
GRAVETTE -- Members of the Gravette School Board welcomed eight new hires at their regular board meeting Monday evening, July 15. Superintendent Jeff Gravette …
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Subscriber ExclusiveSiloam Springs updates cellphone policy, putting stricter limits on when and how devices can be used
SILOAM SPRINGS -- Students at Siloam Springs schools will have to keep personal electronic devices put away and turned off during class time under an updated c…
School and Sports
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Subscriber ExclusiveGentry powerlifters receive championship rings
GENTRY -- Powerlifters Addi Taylor, Tucker Hodges, Bennett Roberts, Jordan Trammell, Houston Nance, Jared James, and Aiden Click received their championship ri…
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Bulldogs host Highlanders, Saints in team camp
DECATUR -- The Decatur Bulldog boys' junior high and varsity basketball teams have traveled to Rogers and West Fork this summer, participating in the Thaden, W…
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Subscriber ExclusiveWhitewater park offer thrills, spills for all experience levels
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS, Okla. -- Surf's up at WOKA Whitewater Park on the Illinois River.
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Subscriber ExclusiveWhitewater park offer thrills, spills for all experience levels
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS, Okla. -- Surf's up at WOKA Whitewater Park on the Illinois River.
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Pioneers, Lions play at team camp in Rogers
ROGERS -- The Gentry Pioneers varsity basketball team, like 60 other teams from Arkansas and Missouri, converged on the Arkansas Athletes Outreach facility in …
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Subscriber ExclusiveDecatur boys mix it up in OCA team camp
ROGERS -- It was a monumental week in Northwest Arkansas when over 60 teams from around the state converged on the Arkansas Athlete Outreach facility in Rogers…
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Subscriber ExclusiveLady Bulldogs continue summer winning streak under new head coach
ROGERS -- Coming off of a trio of wins during the Lady Highlander varsity team camp in Eureka Springs on July 11, the Decatur Lady Bulldog basketball team, und…
Opinion
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OPINION: At a loss for a way to live a tax-free day!
With this coming weekend being a break from the usual sales taxes on clothing and school items but not needing school supplies or school clothes myself, I trie…
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OPINION: What about the lectin-free diet?
We see it happen with celebrities all the time -- miraculous-seeming weight loss in what seems like no time. Naturally, we wonder what their secret is because,…
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OPINION: AI in rural America
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming the business landscape, and its potential impact on small local businesses in rural communities is particularly…
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What does retirement mean to me?
What does retirement mean to me? I have asked myself that question a time or two in the couple of years since I "retired!" What it really means is that I just …
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Summertime Shenanigans
Summertime ... and the livin' is easy ... Maybe, maybe not.
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EDITORIAL: How to avoid common golf injuries
Golf is a great way to exercise; however, it can also cause injuries if you're not prepared to take your first swing. Here are three of the most common injurie…
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OPINION: Fourth quarter is critical for local businesses
It is no secret that small local communities play a crucial role in supporting their local businesses. This role is magnified much more critically in the 4th q…
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Porch Mornings
The warm morning breeze plays a tune on my wind chimes and flows gently through the leaves of the stately old elm at the edge of the yard as I watch the mornin…
Religion
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RELIGION: Unless a kernel of wheat dies …
"Jesus answered them, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies,…
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RELIGION: Why I won’t be in heaven
Again and again, I hear preachers telling mourning loved ones that this person is, without a doubt, in heaven because of how much he loved Jesus, how many peop…
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RELIGION: What’s the triumphal entry all about?
"On the next day a great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. They took branches of palm trees, and went out to meet Him,…
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RELIGION: Chief priests plot to kill Lazarus — again!
"When many of the Jews learned that He was there, they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. …
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RELIGION: Do you know the love of God for you?
"Then Mary took a pint of very costly ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with…
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RELIGION: It was expedient that One should die
"Then the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said, 'What do we do? For this man performs many miracles. If we leave him alone like this, al…
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RELIGION: Jesus has power to raise the dead
"And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth.' And he who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and hi…
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RELIGION: Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth …