Month: October 2023

Press Release from Devon Holder, Prosecuting Attorney for the Third Judicial District, Sharp, Lawrence, Randolph and Jackson Counties. The Third Judicial District Drug Task Force has now been up and running for approximately three months. In the first quarter alone, officers within the Thrd Judicial District seized approximately $968,000.00 in street value worth of illicit drugs throughout the district with over 40 arrests and more cases are still pending. This could not…

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LOCAL FALL EVENTS Oct. 28 EVENTS Spooktacular- Mammoth Spring Activities include a chili cook-off that begins at 2 until 4 p.m. on Oct. 28. Games will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. The costumer contest gets underway at 5:30 p.m. with a pumpkin carving contest set for 7 p.m. Contestants are asked to bring their pre-carved pumpkins, all pumpkins must be carved, not painted. Tealights will be provided. The winner will…

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Tammy Curtis, Publisher We all love a good magic show, smoke and mirrors and slights of hands that make the impossible seem possible. We clap in amazement at the abracadabra - but what if we didn’t know we were the object of the illusion? Recently, a corporately owned newspaper in our area has been dealing out more than its fair share of hocus-pocus.   Most take for granted the news within our…

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32 year-old Fulton County cold case solved, brings closure to family By Tammy Curtis, Publisher Editors Note: This article is from newspaper articles about the crime from 1991, that included interviews with Sabrina's mother, as well as court documents related to the arrest and the former arrest of the alleged killer that put him behind bars for life without parole in 2019 in another murder. The family of Sabrina Underwood has waited…

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From Court Affadavit of Probable Cause A Hardy woman was arrested in Salem on Oct. 5, after Salem Police Chief Shad Overman recieved a call from the Department of Human Services Supervisor advising him of a confirmed child abuse case in the city. London Bynum, 32, was arrested after Overman met with the victim and determined probable cause existed to arrest the woman. The eight year old female victim met with Chief…

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