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Saturday morning close to 50 University of Arkansas – Fort Smith students worked together to brighten their community during the annual Lions Community Outreach Day sponsored by Nabholz and Entegrity Energy Partners.

FORREST CITY, AR – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $420 million in 132 infrastructure projects in 31 states. This includes a $95.9 million investment for 19 projects in Arkansas. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Terry Cosby made the announcement at the Forrest City Civic Center before visiting one of the project sites in Marianna.

Mountain Home, AR– Bob Lowery, former district court judge and Baxter County Justice of the Peace, announced he is suspending his candidacy for the open seat of District Judge for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers all of Baxter and Marion counties. He released the following statement:

The monthly meeting for DAVA Twin Lakes Unit 30 will be held on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. The location is at Good Samaritan… Login to continue reading Login…

Bobby Rydell was born on April 26, 1942, and died on April 5, 2022, at age 70. He was born as Robert Louis Ridarelli, to Jennie (Sapienza) and Adrio “Al” Ridarelli, and grew up in the Lower Moyamensing neighborhood of South Philadelphia.

Nehemiah Persoff was born on August 2, 1919 and died on April 5, 2022. He died due to heart failure at 102 years of age. He was born to Shmuel Persov and Puah Persov. He was born in Jerusalem. His Siblings are Brother of Boaz Persoff; Avraham Persov; Tamar Trakhtman-Tamir and Geula (Julia) Persov. He married Thia Persov, in 1951, she died in 2021 due to cancer. They had four children; Dahlia Persof, Dan Deckel Persoff, Jeffrey Jhonatan Persoff, Perry Erez Persoff.

ALMA – Due to the lack of available pilots, this week’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Service aerial operations at Frog Bayou and Ozark Lake wildlife management areas (WMA’s)have been suspended. The operations are part of a program aimed at reducing feral hog populations in the areas.