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Opinion: Likewise

By KELLEY WILLIAMS, JR.KELLEY WILLIAMS, JR.
Tue,11/29/22-11:16PM, 49 Reads 2,608 Statewide
A certain man living by the highway found himself prostrate on the concrete underpass near the intersection. Whether he had been accosted by a group of ruffians or fainted on his own accord he could not recall. He was simply lying semiconscious on the ground.
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Outdoors in the Sun: Turn to nature for decorating

By JEFF NORTH JEFF NORTH
Tue,11/29/22-10:58PM, 47 Reads 3,059 Statewide
I am mid-way through the western excursions with one more leg to go. What is so captivating all year, seems to slip away as quickly as a sunrise or a sunset. So, it is with our annual trips as well. The planning and preparation, which goes on for months, culminates in a week of intense participation, and then it’s over.
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Opinion: Nuclear power is necessary

By PATRICK TAYLOR PATRICK TAYLOR
Tue,11/29/22-11:04PM, 44 Reads 2,720 Statewide
Panacea. Google defines panacea as a noun that describes “a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases”. There is no such thing as a panacea; you are exactly as likely to find a panacea as you are to see a unicorn. That doesn’t stop us from supporting some plan claiming it is a panacea or opposing it because it isn’t.
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Opinion: Don’t be down about mid-terms

By DOUGLAS CARSWELL DOUGLAS CARSWELL
Tue,11/29/22-11:34PM, 39 Reads 2,389 Statewide
How frustrating…. This week’s mid-term election results saw the conservative movement make slow progress, but nothing like what some polls and pundits were predicting.
Far from seeing a ‘red wave’, it is touch-and-go as to whether the Republicans have flipped the House. Who controls the Senate may well hinge on a run-off in Georgia.
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Opinion: Two states with surprisingly high graduation rates

Wed,11/23/22-6:34PM, 306 Reads 24,076 Statewide
In the second half of the 2010s, education results in two states improved to the point that The Washington Post website presented this surprising headline a few days ago: “Why Alabama and West Virginia suddenly have amazing high school graduation rates.”
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Christmas Parade

A Silver Screen Christmas Parade in Dumas

By DUMAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DUMAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Fri,11/25/22-11:09AM, 221 Reads
The Dumas Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their A Silver Screen Christmas Parade Monday, December 5, 2022 starting at 6 pm.
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Hogs complete amazing comeback, down SDS in OT

By OTIS KIRK OTIS KIRK - Sports Columnist
Fri,11/25/22-11:29AM, 197 Reads
Senior Kamani Johnson was the unlikely hero for No. 9 Arkansas on Wednesday night as they defeated No. 17 San Diego State 78-74 to take third place in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational.
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Mary Chatkovsky places balloons and flowers on a memorial outside of the Chesapeake, Va., Walmart on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. Andre Bing, a Walmart manager, opened fire on fellow employees in the break room of the Virginia store, killing six people in the country’s second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and witnesses said Wednesday. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

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Witness: Walmart shooter seemed to target certain people

By BEN FINLEY BEN FINLEY - Associated Press
Wed,11/23/22-11:03PM, 109 Reads
CHESAPEAKE, Va.
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DEM Mitch Grant was elected Desha County Sheriff in the Tuesday, November 8, 2022, election. Grant received 2,023 votes while DEM Clint Bradberry received 1,008.

Price "Bubba" Boney was elected Mayor of Dumas in the Tuesday, November 8, 2022, election. Boney received 665 votes, while Mayor Flora J. Simon received 387 and Arthur L. Hunt, Jr. received 60 votes.

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Unofficial 2022 Election Results

By DESHA CO. COURTHOUSE DESHA CO. COURTHOUSE
Wed,11/09/22-1:22PM, 1,449 Reads
Desha County Unofficial 2022 Election Race Winners
US Senate: REP Senator John Boozman
US Congress, District 01: REP Congress Rick Crawford
Governor: REP Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Lieutenant Governor: REP Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
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Arkansas drug and firearm investigations lead to 80 indictments and 45 arrests

By SUBMITTED SUBMITTED
Fri,11/18/22-3:41PM, 1,090 Reads
ARKANSAS— Three federal investigations that were focused on the drug and firearm pipeline in Arkansas have resulted in 80 indictments and 45 arrests after coming to a head Wednesday morning, November 9, 2022. One of these arrests included rapper Bankroll Freddie, his real name being Freddie Gladney III.
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School Resource Office Rashad Nalls

Dumas Police Department introduces their new School Resource Officer Rashad Nalls

By PHOTO BY LINNA JONES PHOTO BY LINNA JONES
Fri,11/18/22-2:28PM, 1,095 Reads

The Dumas Police Department introduced their new School Resource Officer Rashad Nalls, of Dumas at the Dumas City Council Tuesday, Nove-mber 8. Nalls is full time DPD police officer and works patrol part-time for the Gould Police Department. Nalls is the son of Dedric Nalls, and Pam Edgerson.

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Trump’s enduring threat to democracy

Thu,11/03/22-2:46AM, 1,063 Reads 22,591 Statewide
One of the most troubling consequences of Donald Trump’s time as president — and the last two years of his steady diet of sour grapes over his 2020 defeat — is the distrust he has sown toward America’s elections.
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Desha County Sheriff's Office Crime News

By DESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Thu,05/19/22-3:41PM, 408,263 Reads
On 11 May 2022 Desha County Sheriffs Deputies and agents of the 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle off of Highway 65 driven by someone with a suspended driver’s license and who was on parole.
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Opinion: A plan to save local news

By DEAN RIDINGS DEAN RIDINGS
Sat,06/18/22-8:26AM, 70,399 Reads 447,650 Statewide
Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, LJSA for short, should be included as part of any upcoming reconciliation bill that Congress is considering.
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Dumas Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Gragg

Announcement from Dumas Public Schools

By DUMAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS DUMAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Fri,12/03/21-2:29PM, 40,793 Reads
Attention Parents and Patrons of the Dumas School District
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Desha County Deputy attacked in Mitchellville; Arrest made at the scene

By DESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Tue,12/28/21-9:47PM, 36,832 Reads
On 22 December 2021 Deputy James Fraser was dispatched to Mitchellville Villas in reference to there being a person at one of the apartments that was not supposed to be there according to a Desha County Sheriff's Office Report.
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Welcome to the Brave New World; The devastating effects of Section 230 on America

By WYATT EMMERICH WYATT EMMERICH
Thu,09/17/20-3:00PM, 530,182 Reads
Kudos to Mississippi U. S. Senator Roger Wicker for sponsoring a bill to amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1996.
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Desha County Sheriff's Office Crime News

By DESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DESHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Thu,05/19/22-3:41PM, 408,264 Reads
On 11 May 2022 Desha County Sheriffs Deputies and agents of the 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle off of Highway 65 driven by someone with a suspended driver’s license and who was on parole.
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Beware medical marijuana scams in Mississippi

By COLBY JORDAN COLBY JORDAN
Thu,12/03/20-1:14PM, 88,480 Reads
The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office and the Mississippi Department of Health urge consumers to use caution to avoid falling victim to medical marijuana scams.
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Opinion: A plan to save local news

By DEAN RIDINGS DEAN RIDINGS
Sat,06/18/22-8:26AM, 70,400 Reads 447,650 Statewide
Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, LJSA for short, should be included as part of any upcoming reconciliation bill that Congress is considering.
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