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MCSO Receives ALEAP Accreditation

Marion County Sheriff Gregg Alexander reports that he was notified on December 20, 2024, that the Marion County Sheriff’s Department has been recognized as an accredited law enforcement agency after recently completing a review conducted by a staff member from the Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police (AACP) Alexander stated the department recently earned Tier II (Basic Accreditation) status.
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Peggy Barentine

Peggy June Barentine, 88, Jacksonville, June 1.The mother of APA Director of Operations Terri Cobb, Barentine married her high school sweetheart, Buford Barentine on May 27, 1955. She retired from Dillard’s Department Store after working many years in mortgage banking and was a former member of the North Little Rock chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
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OMSD Board tables B-P proposal

The December board meeting of the Ozark Mountain School District was held at the Western Grove School where the board reviewed many different issues and proposals. Superintendent Jeff Lewis presented issues of personnel, petition for transfer of students, an AR DOT right-of-way at the Western Grove school location, E-Rate funding, and grants that were issued being the Professional Learning Grant, $18,000, McKinney-Vento Homeless Grant, $15,000, and the High Impact Tutoring Grant, $28,234 with the total grant money of $61,234.
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Police Beat:

Arrested: Patterson, Andrew James W / M / 31 years Harrison, AR Arrested: 12/22/2024 2:32:00 A.M. Charges: FAILURE TO APPEAR MISDEMEANOR HOLD FOR BOONE CO Bond: $295.00; $355.00 Court Date Court Name 01/27/2025 09:00 Burdine, Brittney Leann W / F / 30 years Harrison, AR Arrested: 12/22/2024 1:31:00 A.M.
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Extension Corner

Arkansas’ net farm income is projected to decline for the second straight year, a fall cushioned slightly by lower input costs, the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center said in its latest report. The center, working with agricultural economists from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said in its “Fall 2024 Arkansas Farm Income Outlook” that Arkansas’ 2024 net farm income is expected to drop by 10 percent from 2023 levels and reach $2.96 billion.
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MC JP Elect’s attend AAC Seminar

The Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) held their seminar for all new Justice of the Peace elects from across the State of Arkansas at the AAC Headquarters in Little Rock on Friday, December 13. 134 new Justices of the peace of the 150 newly elected justices were attending the seminar, with five of the seven Marion County new elected justices attending.
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