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MC Judge ARRAIGNED

On Wednesday, July 13, at 10 a.m., John Massey, Marion County Judge appeared in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court to enter a plea to the charge of Public Sexual Indecency. Honorable John Putnam presided over the court where Massey was ordered to appear.
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Mystery Party Transports Guests to the 1940s to Catch a Killer

Texarkana – Join us for dinner and a MURDER! The Texarkana Museums System (TMS) invites you to its latest Murder Mystery Party, “The Cudham Riding Club Murder,” beginning at 6:00 p.m. on July 30 at the P. J. Ahern Home, 403 Laurel Street. Admission is $45 each or $40 for TMS members. Couple’s tickets are $80. TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. For more information, call 903-793-4831 or visit TexarkanaMuseums.org/ Events
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COVID-19 and Medicaid

This week we want to remind Arkansans who receive Medicaid coverage to make sure their contact information is up to date. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government temporarily stopped some Medicaid requirements and conditions.
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Boozman, Fellow Senate Doctors Release Fentanyl Awareness PSA

Washington D.C. ––Today, GOP Doctors Caucus members in the U.S. Senate released a public service announcement (PSA) warning about the dangers of illicit fentanyl that is wreaking havoc in communities throughout the nation and killing Americans at record rates. U.S. Senators John Boozman, O.D. (R-AR), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), John Barrasso, M.D. (R-WY), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Rand Paul M.D. (R-KY) participated in the PSA saying in part, I come to you today, not only as a U.S. Senator, but as a medical provider concerned for the health and safety of our nation. Fentanyl is killing over 200 Americans every day. Unfortunately, many Americans who have died from an overdose didn’t even know they were taking the deadliest drug our nation has ever seen… They didn’t know that just one pill can kill… As medical providers in the Senate, we know Fentanyl is everywhere – no community is spared…Never take any drug except those personally prescribed by your physician and filled by your pharmacist. Parents, teachers: please talk to your children before it’s too late…By working together we can make a difference and stop the drug traffickers that are driving addic tion and poisoning our neighbors and children.
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Judge Massey Charged, Booked and Released

John Franklin Massey has been charged with Public Sexual Indecency from an incident on or about March 30, 2022. Massey is alleged to have placed his hand on the buttocks, rubbing and patting the buttocks of a female employed at the Marion County Road Department. Also, Massey is reported to have place his arm around victim and pulled her close to his person, then moved hand down to pat victim on the buttocks several more times.
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American Legion Auxiliary Department of Arkansas Announces 2022-23 Officers

“Veterans and our military are my passions.” Denise “Dee” Smith, of Prince-Rhodes Unit 112 in McCrory, AR, was elected as the 2022- 23 Department President during the Annual Convention in June. Smith is eligible for American Legion Auxiliary membership through her father, Daniel P. Marchese, a WWII Army Signal Corps veteran, and her husband, Tony K. Smith, an Army Infantry and Army National Guard, Iraqi Freedom veteran.
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Wycliffe Series

If you enjoy a good British mystery, try the Wycliffe series at Bull Shoals Library. These books by W.J. Burley feature Superintendent Charles Wycliff’s investigative skills to solve unusual murder mysteries that have lots of plot twists. Burley (1914-2002) was a British crime story writer best known for his Wycliffe series. BSL has 15 of these Wycliffe mysteries. The series was also the basis for a popular TV show. The complete list of BSL collections can be found at www.libib.com/u/bullshoalslibrary or stop by the library at 1208 Central next to the Bull Shoals VFW.
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