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News

Virus hospitalizations reach new high; state's new cases at 239 Arkansas saw a near-record single-day increase in covid-19 cases among its nonincarcerated population Friday, as hospitalizations reached the highest level yet seen in the state, 113. by Nyssa Kruse

Arkansas sees daily record for community virus cases, 5 new deaths A daily record number of new covid-19 cases among the state’s nonincarcerated population, 261, was recorded Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said, and five more Arkansans have died of the virus. by Nyssa Kruse

Volunteers place crosses, flags at cemetery DECATUR -- Cemeteries around the nation prepared to observe the annual Memorial Day holiday, a time to remember soldiers from the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard who made the sacrifices necessary to defend the freedoms we have enjoyed. The second of Decatur's big cemeteries joined on May 20 by planting white crosses and raising American flags at each veteran's gravesite. by Mike Eckels

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Community News

Gravette Lions Club elects officers during virtual meeting GRAVETTE -- Members of the Gravette Lions Club held a virtual meeting Tuesday, May 12, and elected officers for the club. by Susan Holland

Gentry Freedom Festival canceled for this summer GENTRY -- This summer's freedom festival in Gentry, along with its fireworks display, has become another casualty of the covid-19 pandemic, with the announcement being made Thursday by Gentry Chamber of Commerce director Janie Parks.

Decatur schools announce food program DECATUR -- The Decatur School District announced it will participate in the Seamless Summer feeding program again this year. The dates for the program are June 1-30 on every Monday through Thursday. by Mike Eckels

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School and Sports

Son comes back to finish where father left off as new Decatur football coach DECATUR -- With the possibility of high school football games looming on the horizon, Decatur Bulldog athletic director Toby Conrad announced May 20 that the 8-man football program had a new head coach and it is a person who knows Decatur very well. by Mike Eckels

Boys and Girls Club accepting fall sports registrations The Boys and Girls Club of Western Benton County is currently offering preregistration for all of its fall sports programs, including tackle football, flag football, cheerleading and volleyball. by STAFF REPORT

Nix signs to play for JBU Westside Eagle Observer/RANDY MOLL Gentry senior Ariel Nix, on Monday (May 18, 2020), signed to attend John Brown University and play basketball for JBU this fall. The signing ceremony was held outside the Pioneer Activities Complex with onlookers watching from their cars, parked in the adjacent parking lot. by Randy Moll

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Opinion

OPINION: Keep your shirt on; we'll cut hay one of these days The life of a beef producer is always the embodiment of pleasure, dread and poverty. The in-between days are apt to be days of nervous twitching, wishing and long hours doing labor the boys at the employment office will not even consider doing! The dry days and nights find the feller watching the sky even though the weatherman said nothing was coming. The cold ones find that same feller digging up frozen water lines in the wind and snow. Ask that man to leave his profession, and he will tell you straight out what a wonderful life it is! by BILL

Virus will impact local cattle, poultry farmers in Arkansas Who has been thinking about that cow and her yearling calf in the rural pasture or those many thousands of broilers in that farmer's chicken house during this pandemic? by Maylon T. Rice Columnist

OPINION: Life is full of pandemics of one sort or another I will admit that I have mixed feelings about the current pandemic and the related shutdown of our businesses, schools and churches. It concerns me to see our people give up all that is good and beneficial in our country in order to shelter (or hide) in place at home. by Randy Moll

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Religion

RELIGION: 'Your Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven' "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Matthew 6:10b by Randy Moll

RELIGION: 'Your kingdom come' "Your kingdom come." Matthew 6:10a by Randy Moll

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