Opinion

State Capitol Week

Senate presents legislation LITTLE ROCK – The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation that lengthens prison sentences for violent offenders and requires prison inmates to work harder to qualify for parole.
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The Lowe Down

Lately I’ve been focusing on gratitude especially as the world seems to have gone mad. Our state and federal legislators seem to have lost common sense and in some cases do and say ridiculous things that have many Americans praying for an intervention.
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Lightin Ridge

At the University of Missouri, the science classes had the best of instructors. My college advisor was a mammalogy instructor by the name of Dr Campbell.
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Extension Corner

Have you heard some people say, eating healthy is too expensive? The good news is you can eat healthy on a budget. Healthy eating is important at every age.
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The Lowe Down

Imagine that you were handed a 144-page contract on an issue of importance to you and your family on a Monday at five minutes until 5 p.m. The stipulation being that you had Tuesday to read and think about it before you could discuss it with your lawyer on Wednesday prior to making a decision on Thursday.
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Letters tothe Editor

The crushing effect of sales on those citizens low income and fixed income. Arkansas legislature has a plan to eliminate the State income tax, but that does nothing to alleviate what now is a burden on those on low and fixed income.
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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Every Thursday we look forward to our mail and each issue of your paper which reports the local news in our wonderful Ozarks. Larry Dablemont of Lightning Ridge is a favorite as well as all the memories of Growing Up Flippin by Cindy Young.
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Lightin Ridge

I got a call this morning from a dairy farmer who says there is a bear hanging around his barn that sends his dairy cows into a panic, and they won’t even go into the barn to be milked. He says he believes it is a female with a cub because he has seen the cub in past years.
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