Show us what you’ve got at the annual Turkey Trot lip sync contest! The event will be held on Friday, October 14, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on the Turkey Trot stage. It is open to ALL AGES from preschool to adults! There will be four divisions in the lip sync: elementary (PreK-4th grade), middle school (5th-8th grades), high school (9th-12th grades), and adults (ages 18+). All area residents are encouraged to participate.
The Friends of the Marion County Library (FOMCL) will have hundreds of books for sale at the Book, Bake, and Yard Sale on September 22, 23, and 24 at the Yellville VFW Legion Hut. Books of many genres will be priced at $.50 cents for paperbacks and $1 for hardbacks.
On Wednesday, September 21, Mountain Home is hosting the AAA 5-A West Boys & Girls Conference High School Golf Championship, and they need volunteers to keep score for groups and help maintain pace of play. Volunteers would need to report to Big Creek by 7:30 a.m. that day, and play will begin with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Please contact the Big Creek golf shop at 870-425-8815 or Andy Wescoat 870-321-4653 to sign up or for more information. Thank you and Go Bombers.
The Marion County Airport Board would like to announce there will be no meeting for the month of September. Thank you from the MC Airport Board.
WASHINGTON – Arkansas U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton and Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) commented on the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General’s report on community care coordination delays for a veteran at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center: “In this instance, the Fayetteville VA Medical Center failed to live up to its mission. Negligence in ensuring a veteran receives the quality and timely care they deserve is unacceptable. I will be working with my colleagues to ensure those responsible will be held accountable and this never happens again, in Arkansas or elsewhere,” said Boozman, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
LITTLE ROCK—Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge hosted today the 3rd annual statewide Elder Abuse Conference at The Church at Rock Creek in Little Rock. More than 150 attendees heard from the experts about issues faced by loved ones and the providers who assist seniors and adults with developmental disabilities. “Too many times our seniors have experienced despicable abuse,” said Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. “It is my office’s responsibility to protect the state’s elderly and disabled population from abuse, neglect and financial exploitation–a duty I do not take lightly.”
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On August 15, 2022, a dispatch was ordered to 616 Marilyn Avenue, Bull Shoals. The dispatch was regarding an active Breaking and Entering and removing items from the property in progress. While in route to the designated area, Officers received other calls about this incident, so officers proceeded in route to the address.
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LITTLE ROCK— Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge announced that a federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of Arkansas and forty-one other states, allowing the coalition to proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against Indivior, Inc. and Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for market manipulation of their product Suboxone, a prescription medication commonly used to treat opioid addiction.