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Black River Technical College will host an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. The blood drive will be held the Randolph County Development Center from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Jose Torres of Shelbyville, Delaware, conspired and agreed with others to unlawfully purchase short-supply drugs and resell those drugs to wholesale distributors. Torres and another company entered business arrangements with retail pharmacies that were not licensed to engage in the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs.

Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Mary Francis Biggs of Lexington Park, Maryland, participated in a conspiracy organized by her daughter, Angela Farr, in which false and fraudulent documents were submitted to VA in support of disability claims in the name of Biggs’ husband. The fraudulent documents stated that the husband was homebound and required full-time assistance for basic tasks such as eating, bathing, and dressing.

The North Central Arkansas Military Service Sisters will be holding their August luncheon on Friday August 26 at 12 Noon. Location will be Chen’s Restaurant in Mountain Home on Highway 62.

by Cleo Martin The most troublesome kinds of wasps around the house are yellow jackets, hornets and the Polistes wasps. The Polistes wasps are the ones that make the saucer or umbrella shaped nests under eaves of houses and in the shrubbery or other protected places.

Saturday, August 27, is the date for the 26th Annual Hospice Charity Golf Tournament at Big Creek Golf and Country Club. This tournament will start with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m.

Little Rock – The legislature concluded a quick, three-day special session after approving income tax cuts that will save 1.6 million Arkansas taxpayers about $500 million. The tax savings will come mainly from moving up the effective date of previously adopted tax reductions.