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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.

“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.

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.

WASHINGTON–– Arkansas U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton paid tribute on the Senate floor to the service and sacrifice of Perry County Detention Officer Jeremiah Story who was fatally injured while on duty on June 22, 2022.