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1 week ago | 
stategazette.com | Ralph Hardin
A Juneteenth celebration is coming to Dyer County and you're all invited. For those not in the know, Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the de facto ending of slavery, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.
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1 week ago | 
jonesborosun.com | Ralph Hardin
For those in Crittenden County affected by the recent spring storms, relief is — finally — available. After weeks of back-and-forth, the White House has shifted its stance on approving federal disaster relief for victims in The Natural State.
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1 week ago | 
stategazette.com | Ralph Hardin
Oftentimes, the unsung heroes of the school day are the public safety control workers who oversee the arrivals and departures of hundreds of students.
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1 week ago | 
stategazette.com | Ralph Hardin
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1 week ago | 
stategazette.com | Ralph Hardin
Millions of children across the nation ride on a school bus every day - that's why school bus safety is important in every community. While National School Bus Safety Week is October 20-24, it's important to take every opportunity to increase awareness for the need to remain vigilant of school buses and the hazards they may present for students and motorists.
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1 week ago | 
jonesborosun.com | Ralph Hardin
May is National Foster Care Month, but the needs of children in the foster care system are a year-round concern. While National Foster Care Month is the time to recognize the challenges faced by youth in foster care and to honor the families, caregivers and advocates who support them, the foster systems operating in Arkansas and around the country need more than awareness. kAm|:492=2??
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1 week ago | 
jonesborosun.com | Ralph Hardin
I’ve always been a pretty avid reader. I’m especially into fantasy/sci-fi and horror. Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Isaac Asimov ... “All Summer in a Day” is a science fiction short story written by the legendary science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury. He first published it in March 1954 for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. I first came across it in a collection of short stories at the old county library about 40 years after that. kAm%96 DE@CJ :D 23@FE 2 4=2DD @7 ?:?6\J62C\@=5 DEF56?ED @?
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1 week ago | 
jonesborosun.com | Ralph Hardin
JONESBORO – A year ago, West Memphis native Omega Mitchell found herself a little overwhelmed as she prepared to become a mother for the first time. Thanks in large part to the resources and education she received through a program led by NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Delta Population Health Institute (DPHI), Mitchell and her seven-month old son are both thriving.
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1 week ago | 
jonesborosun.com | Ralph Hardin
May is National Foster Care Month, but the needs of children in the foster care system are a year-round concern. While National Foster Care Month is the time to recognize the challenges faced by youth in foster care and to honor the families, caregivers and advocates who support them, the foster systems operating in Arkansas and around the country need more than awareness. kAm|:492=2??
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2 weeks ago | 
stategazette.com | Ralph Hardin
DYERSBURG - West Tennessee has seen its share of wild weather this spring, so it was perhaps not unexpected that another bout of severe weather would impact this year's Dyersburg High School graduation. And indeed that is just what happened as the DHS high school graduates for 2025 had to wait an extra day to receive their diplomas.
