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Gwatney Jrs. split on road

Jacksonville American Legion team wins Monday but loses by one Tuesday.

The Gwatney Chevrolet junior American Legion team went 1-1 Monday and Tuesday in a pair of road games. On Monday, the Jacksonville squad traveled to Benton and picked up its second win of the season, 11-0 over Benton Sports Shop. Seven runs were scored in the first inning, including all four of the home team’s. Jacksonville posted three in the […]

Bankers pull away late

Cabot senior team gets eight hits in last three innings en route to a 10-4 win over Russellville Pirates.

The Cabot senior American Legion team took a long time to get the bats going on Tuesday, but once it did, it turned a 4-3 deficit in the seventh inning into a 10-4 victory over Russellville at the Cabot Sports Complex. The Centennial Bank squad managed only one base hit through the first five innings, and that was a bunt […]

3 JPD cops, antidote are saving lives

Jacksonville police use Narcan nasal spray to keep addicts from overdosing.

Three Jacksonville Police officers were recognized Thursday with the Naloxone Life Saving Award for saving the lives of three drug-overdose victims with Narcan nasal spray to counteract the effects of opioids. Officers Christina Goss, Raymond Jones and Kristian Latina received life-saving pins for their uniform and a plaque signed by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, state drug director Kirk Lane, state […]

Police Reports – June 9, 2018

Jacksonville • Charles Turbyfield, 44, of Ward was arrested June 5 for allegedly swinging a boat paddle at Walmart Supercenter customers and a police officer. Police responded to the store at 6:50 a.m. When an officer went to speak with Turbyfield, he ran away. The officer chased him, and Turbyfield swung the paddle, which hit the officer on his left […]

Another fine for hospital

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North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville is on the brink again after Allegiance Health Management, the company that has long operated the beleaguered hospital, was fined by the U.S. Justice Department more than $1.7 million for defrauding Medicare. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock announced the settlement this week with Allegiance Health Management […]

Obituaries – June 9, 2018

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Carol Herndon Carol Susan Rowland Herndon, 68, of Cabot passed away peacefully on June 6 in Searcy. She was born in Little Rock on Aug. 27, 1949, to the late Charles Thomas and Faye Lucille Bizzell Rowland. Susan was a member of Cabot United Methodist Church. She was very involved in her church and worked for the Ward Public Library. […]

JNPSD serves free breakfast, lunch

Youngsters who live in Jacksonville school district won’t go hungry over break.

Yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch, and free breakfast too, if you are a school-aged child living in the Jacksonville-North Pulaski School District. In fact, JNPSD nutrition director Clinton Walker and a staff of nine are serving about 850 meals a day during the week, and he expects more as the word gets out. He can […]

Vipers escape tough Jacksonville seniors

Two late errors tell tale in Gwatney Chevrolet’s loss to Little Rock on Tuesday night.

The Jacksonville AA American Legion team held the Little Rock Vipers scoreless for four innings, but couldn’t hang on in a 3-2 loss Tuesday at UALR’s Curran Conway Field. Jacksonville pitcher Ryan Rosel went the distance and only gave up four base hits, but three of them came in the fifth inning as the home team scored two runs to […]

Jacksonville bids farewell to 61-year-old elementary to prepare for new school

The Jacksonville-North Pulaski School District held a farewell tour of Tolleson Elementary on Tuesday. Tolleson will be torn down in the fall after the new $16.5 million Bobby G. Lester Elementary School opens Aug. 13. The new school is adjacent to Tolleson on Harris Road and will also replace Arnold Drive Elementary on the air base. Tolleson Elementary was built […]