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    Dumas, AR — St. Patrick’s Day 2026 celebrations will take place across the country on and around Tuesday, March 17. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Dumas Police Department urge drivers to remember that drinking and driving is deadly and never an option.

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    Who should get tariff refunds?

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    When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were unconstitutional, one of the dissenting justices, Brett Kavanaugh, predicted that the process of issuing refunds would be a mess.

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Joseph “Jody” Avant Wilkin Jr. 1942-2025

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Joseph “Jody” Avant Wilkin, Jr. 83, of Dumas, AR passed away January 3, 2025, in White Hall, AR. He was born September 13, 1942, in Pine Bluff, AR to the late Joe A. and Kristine Puddephatt Wilkin, Sr. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Joseph A. Wilkin, III and one, half-sister Jo Ann Ringer.

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