Conway Apartments to be Considered for National Register

03/25/11 Lasley's College Apartments in Conway is on the list of properties to be considered by the State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Ross Speaks With Chamber Officials

03/10/11 Congressman Mike Ross, AR-04 sat down with about 20 Booneville Development Corporation/South Logan County Chamber of Commerce for a roundtable discussion centering upon small businesses.

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Budget Woes Doomed Jail

03/07/11 When Logan County Justices of the Peace were trying to finalize a spending plan in December, it became painfully aware to Sheriff Steve Smith, 2011 would not be the year for a new jail, or expansion of the Logan County Detention Center in Paris.

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Day of Caring slated April 21

03/05/11 United Way of Fort Smith Area is in need of Crawford County volunteers for its annual Day of Caring scheduled for Thursday, April 21. Volunteers will gather at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast at Golden Corral in Fort Smith and will leave for work sites in both Alma and Van Buren at 8:15 a.m.

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(COMMENTARY) UP & In -- Lamenting Loss Of Rinke

03/02/11 Going through the morning ritual of T-shirt selection Thursday I found myself wishing I had a Clarksville shirt. Or at least a Fort Smith Southside shirt.

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Jail expansion falls prey to fiscal realities

03/02/11 When Logan County Justices of the Peace were trying to finalize a spending plan in December, it became painfully aware to Sheriff Steve Smith that 2011 would not be the year for a new jail, or and expansion of the Logan County Detention Center in Paris.

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[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

03/02/11 Doctor S sez: Get ready for an entertaining weekend of hoops at the Big House. Thursday, March 3 High school basketball, MHSAA Boys and Girls State Tournament championship games (Ch. 29, Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson): 3A girls, Ripley vs. Choctaw Central (1 p.m.); 3A boys, Booneville vs. Corinth (2:30 p.m.); 1A girls, Byers vs. Coldwater (7 p.m.), 1A boys, Dexter vs. Durant (8:30 p.m.) ... Men ...

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Monday To-Do: 'Gasland'

02/28/11 GASLAND 7 p.m., Hendrix College, Worsham Hall Director Josh Fox returns to Central Arkansas, where filming for his Academy Award-nominated documentary "Gasland" began, for a screening and panel discussion at Hendrix. By the time the lights go down and the opening credits roll, Fox could be an Oscar winner, as the awards will be held the night before. Oscar or no, the film has already garnered ...

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Smith's Opinions Known Nationally

02/25/11 When Randy Sollars checked his mail last Thursday, in it was a newspaper clipping from his old stomping grounds in Michigan.

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U.S. House votes $60 billion cut; Ross a 'nay'

02/19/11 Early this morning, the U.S. House passed a budget resolution that cuts spending in many vital programs by $60 billion. The vote was 235-189. U.S. Rep. Mike Ross for once broke with Arkansas's Republican congressmen and voted against the budget bill. The Senate isn't expected to go along. A government shutdown could eventually be in the offing. Ross' staff was ready this morning with a lengthy ...

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Polar Bear Plunge Is Saturday

02/18/11 The annual Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge will be held at Cove Lake, located on Highway 309 between Paris and Mount Magazine State Park, on Saturday, Feb. 19.

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Don Tyson, Former Chief Of Meat Giant, Dies At 80

01/07/11 LITTLE ROCK - Don Tyson, who led Springdale-based Tyson Foods' ascension to world leader in meat production, died Thursday of liver cancer. He was 80.

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Two bodies found

01/05/11 The bodies of two Logan County men have been sent to the Arkansas Crime Lab after they were discovered on Friday, Dec. 31. The body of Danny Underwood of Booneville was discovered around 9:27 p.m. in a home on Stapleton Lane in Subiaco.

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Wellness Center Sets Open House

01/03/11 The new Lavaca Wellness Center, housed in two renovated Lavaca Middle School classrooms, will hold an open house from 4-7 p.m. today.

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Sports Calendar, this week

01/03/11 Courier sports McCrotty Winter Baseball Camp Will and Wes McCrotty will host the second annual McCrotty Winter Baseball Camp on Saturday and Sunday. Tom Pagnozzi will be the special guest instructor.

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Evelyn J. Jones Sudak

12/30/10 Evelyn J. Jones Sudak, 88, of Linden Street, Aliquippa and formerly of Ellwood City, died on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, in the Sewickley Valley Hospital following a short illness.

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Briefly: News items from the area

12/29/10 Saturday is New Year's Day. Because of the holiday, state, county and city offices will be closed on Friday. The offices of the Paris Express will also be closed Friday. The deadline for the Wednesday, Jan. 5 issue of the newspaper will be 5 p.m. Thursday.

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(COMMENTARY) UP & In -- A South Logan County Sports Year In Review

12/29/10 With Christmas 2010 in the books and only a few more days to tear off the old calendar for the year, it must be time to look back in the year that was in sports.

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Sports briefs, this week

12/27/10 Tech hosts baseball camps Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys head baseball coach Dave Dawson said his program will conduct four camps on campus this week. The first two winter camps on Tuesday at the Stroupe Building on campus are open to students in grades 8-12.

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Three Bearcats All State

12/11/10 By Glenn M. Parrish. Democrat Editor Tuesday, December 7, 2010 1:42 PM CST Eight seniors and a junior from the Conference 4A-4 champion Booneville Bearcats, including all state seniors Talor Tatterson, Brock May and Weston Hughes, were named to the all conference team.

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