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Pay rates increased in Arkansas for 2020 Census takers
The U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting census takers for temporary positions in communities across Arkansas in advance of the 2020 Census. Pay rates for census takers...
Imagination Library coming to Nashville
By John R. Schirmer
News-Leader staff
Providing books to young children is a passion for country music superstar Dolly Parton. Since the Dolly Parton Imagination Library...
Obituary: Daphne Brownlee Harwell, 82, of Tioga
Funeral services for Daphne Brownlee Harwell will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in the Chapel of White Oaks, 6324 Masonic...
Obituary: Billie J. Day, 89, of Texarkana
Billie J. Day, 89 of Texarkana, Texas, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 in Texarkana.
She was born July 9, 1930, in Nashville, Ark., the daughter...
Obituary: Velma Ruth Jennings White, 74, of Nashville
Velma Ruth (Jennings) White, age 74, of Nashville, Ark., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at her home. She was born April 25,...
Obituary: Mack Simmons, 90, of Nashville
Mack Simms, of Nashville, formerly of Mena, died Dec. 2, 2019.
He was born Feb. 9, 1928 in Hamburg to the late Edwin Joseph Simms...
Obituary: Henry Barlow Ponder, Jr., 75, of Nashville
Henry Bartow Ponder Jr. passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2019, at the age of 75. Also known as Hank or Skipper, he was born...
The Cecil ‘Birddog’ Harris Memorial Early Files
125 years ago: 1894
Milt Harris has exchanged his farm on Sandy Branch for the hotel, formerly known as the Lotz Hotel and has moved...
Mine Creek Revelations by Louie Graves: Spiders & Snakes
IT NEVER FAILS. It’s always overcast or frigid when heavenly fireworks are predicted. Last Thursday and Friday was the annual time for the Geminid...
Obituary: Jenny L. Bean, 89, of Nashville
Jenny L. Bean, 89 of Nashville, died Dec. 10, 2019, in Nashville.
She was born Dec. 26, 1929, in Nashville, the daughter of the late...
