March 2022

Six Arkansas Venomous Snakes

As it nears the warmer weather, I want to let you know about the venomous snakes we have here in Arkansas. Some you may see often and know exactly what they look like, and some may be on the rare site of seeing, but non the less here are the venomous snakes to be aware of.
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ATU adjusts scholarships to create more opportunities

RUSSELLVILLE- High school seniors who are planning to attend Arkansas Tech University in fall 2022 have enhanced opportunities to receive scholarships as part of newly announced scholarship tiers. ATU has changed its freshman academic scholarships to solely focus on high school grade point average (GPA), providing more earning opportunity for prospective students who enroll at ATU this fall.
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FOMCL Book and Bake sale

The Friends of the Marion County Library will have their largest Book, Bake, and Yard Sale ever on Thursday, March 17, Friday, March 18, and Saturday March 19 at the Legion Hut in Yellville. The fiction tables will be covered with mysteries, suspense, best-sellers, classics, Westerns, fantasy, dystopia, beach reads, romance, paranormal, historical fiction, poetry, and Christian fiction.
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ABLE Assets See Exponential Growth Under Milligan Administration

Little Rock– Assets for the Arkansas ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) Plan grew by 76% during the past year, according to figures released Tuesday during a committee meeting for the Plan. Assets grew to more than $3 million from February 2021 through February 2022, said Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan, whose office administers the program.
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Rutledge Urges the Supreme Court to Side with Coach’s Religious Freedom to Pray

LITTLE ROCK– Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joined a 27-state coalition urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that wrongly limited a high school football coach’s First Amendment rights. Coach Joseph Kennedy was disciplined for praying quietly and alone on the high school’s football field upon the conclusion of games. The school district previously implemented a policy prohibiting all religious activity by staff members in front of students or the public.
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