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Maybe They Ate Sheep

Two hunters who were members of a hunting lodge in a western state have died from Cruetzfeldt-Jacob’s disease, which they apparently got from eating venison from a CWD prion-infested deer. But you can’t prove it because the disease, known as TSE, (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy) is found in cattle, goats, sheep and elk. Maybe they ate a goat together? Can’t have a panic about this when it can cause hunters to stop buying deer tags. A few years ago, Carol Schroeder, from Camdenton, told me that her husband had died from the disease known as Cruetzfeldt-Jacob’s disease in a St. Louis hospital in a quarantined room. After his death the Center for Disease Control took control of his body it was taken to the crematory by a highway patrol escort to be sure that if any accident occurred on the way his body would not be handled by unknowing first responders.
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Extension Corner

Black bear population is slowly rising in the bottom land hardwood forest of southern and eastern Arkansas according to wildlife expert, Don White, Jr. Population modeling results from a recent study led by White indicate that the population density of black bears in the West Gulf Coastal Plain — WGCP — of southeastern Arkansas is approximately one black bear for every 5 square miles.
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McPherson Arrested in Yellville for Introducing a Controlled Substance into the body of another and Endangering the Welfare of a Minor

By Gregg L. Alexander, Sheriff Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander reports that Tamatha McPherson, 58 YOA, was arrested and charged with two (2) counts of Introducing a Controlled Substance into the Body of Another, a Class “C” felony, and two (2) counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Minor, a Class “D” felony.
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Rains found Dead in Protem

Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander reports Deputies responded to the Protem community on August 17, 2024, at 9:50 a.m., after receiving a call of an unresponsive person. Sheriff Alexander reports Deputies responded to a residence on Kalijah Road in Protem and located the body of David B.
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THE WEEKLY

By Rev. Timothy Bryant And the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever.
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