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Sarah Edwards Succeeds Barney Larry

MOUNTAIN HOME – Baxter Health is pleased to announce that Sarah Edwards has accepted the position of Executive Director of the Baxter Health Foundation, effective January 2, 2023. “I am very excited that Sarah Edwards has been selected for this position,” noted retiring Foundation Executive Director, Barney Larry.
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Blessing the Judge’s Office

Sunday, January 1, following the swearing in ceremony, the new Marion County Judge, Jason Stumph and new Marion County Sheriff gathered to ask for blessing on the offices and administrations. Stumph and approximately 30 family and friends gathered outside the MC Judge’s office to pray and ask God to bless the office, the county, judge and peace for Marion County.
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Marion County; Police Beat

Current: December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023 Martin, Thomas Jacob Booking Date: 01-01-2023 - 8:17 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO PAY FINES MISDEMEANOR Edwards, James Robert Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 5:27 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO PAY FINES MISDEMEANOR Holt, Ryan Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:49 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Stevenson, Dustin Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:38 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Cullum, John Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:29 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Weaver, Allen Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:18 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Byers, John Booking Date: 12-30-2022 - 1:09 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Lambert, Cherish Lanell Booking Date: 12-29-2022 - 12:38 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO COMPLY FAILURE TO PAY Bartlett, Phillip R Booking Date: 12-27-2022 - 9:19 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR, FAILURE TO APPEAR FELONY, HOLD FOR MHPD Clark, Benjamin Martin Booking Date: 12-27-2022 - 5:32 p.m.; Charges: HOLD FOR DOC Sanchez, Noel Booking Date: 12-26-2022 - 11:58 a.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR Released: Concannon, Michael Patrick Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 5:30 p.m.; Booking Date: 01-01-2023 2:24 p.m.; Charges: CARELESS DRIVING, POSS SCHED III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, NO PROOF OF INSURANCE, DEFECTIVE VEHICLE, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, OPEN CONTAINER Taylor, Ramona Lynn Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 12:15 p.m.; Booking Date: 12-31-2022 11:31 p.m.; Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR Cox, John French Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 10:55 a.m.; Booking Date: 01-01-2023 - 1:27 a.m.; Charges: POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, NO PROOF OF INSURANCE, DRIVING ON SUSPDENDED DL, POSSOF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Bowman, Matthew Alan Release Date: 01-01-2023 - 10:05 a.m.; Booking Date: 01-01-2023 2:29 a.m.; Charges: DWI 1ST, OPEN CONTAINER, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Brown, Carl William Release Date: 12-31-2022 - 1:56 p.m.; Booking Date: 12-30-2022 11:17 p.m.; Charges: DOMESTIC BATTERY IN THE 3RD DEGREE .
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Gassville Officer Recognized

The City Council of Gassville met Tuesday, December 20, in the Gassville Community Center. At the December 20, Gassville City Council meeting, State Representative Jack Fortner was present to recognize Sergeant Ron Weaver for his actions during a March 2021 battery case.
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Christmas with Foster Children

Earlier this month, many of us gathered in the Old Supreme Court Chamber at our Capitol to celebrate Christmas with some of the children currently in our state’s foster care system. This is an annual event that distributes thousands of gifts and brings countless smiles.
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A look back at 2022

LITTLE ROCK – The legislature’s list of accomplishments in 2022 is lengthy and significant. During a special session in the summer, legislators reduced income taxes for about 1.6 million Arkansas taxpayers by moving up the effective date of the tax cuts adopted last year.
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Happy New Year!

Christmas has come and gone for another year. Up next is New Year’s, but I don’t have any memories about how we spent New Year’s when I was growing up in the Flippin of the 1960s. So, instead, I’m sharing a memory that encompassed Christmas and many days afterwards in one particular year. It was one of the biggest snowfalls of my childhood...the one that hit the Twin Lakes area in December 1966. I had just turned 10 years old.
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U.S. Air Force Veteran Stephanie Benzel

Stephanie was born in the Air Force, on Beale AFB, in California, as her father was a career Air Force. Some of her fondest memories growing up, as what we lovingly call a military brat, was when her father was stationed in Germany, at Hahn AFB, near Lautzenhausen, from the time she was age 10 till 17. Field trips to a castle sound cool to me.
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