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Thursday | Des Moines Register

Harmonica phenom Ricci returns to Blues on Grand

Jason Ricci's success playing harmonica started in 1995 on the South Side of blues-hungry Chicago.

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Related Topix: Michael Burks, Blues, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane, Jazz

Fri Jul 18, 2008

FOX16.com

Ark. mayor seeks arrest of Humane Society director

A mayor who faces a misdemeanor charge of obstructing Humane Society work by releasing strays into a national forest now wants charges brought against a Humane Society director.

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Related Topix: University of Arkansas System, Monticello (University of Arkansas System), West Helena, AR, Phillips County, AR

Tue Jul 08, 2008

WPTY

Police Officer's Apartment Burglarized and Burned, Uniforms Stolen in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas

" Police say the apartment of a Helena-West Helena officer was burglarized and burned after the crooks got away with two of his uniforms and a bullet proof vest.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

WGBH-TV Allston

Pinetop Perkins

Saturdays, 9pm on WGBH 89.7 Hosted by Brendan Hogan , Blues on WGBH covers the rich legacy and living tradition of the blues.

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Related Topix: Pinetop Perkins, Blues, Muddy Waters

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Herald-Leader

Arkansas Supreme Court

The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions on Thursday. The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

KAKE

Teen Killed In East Wichita

Iesha Donaby visited her aunts, uncles and cousins in Wichita almost every summer.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

KTHV-TV Little Rock

Arrest Warrant Issued Over Mayor's Release Of Dogs

A special judge has issued an arrest warrant for the mayor of Helena-West Helena on animal cruelty charges after he ordered 10 stray dogs turned loose in a nearby national forest.

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Related Topix: West Helena, AR, Animal Rights, Phillips County, AR

Sat Jun 28, 2008

KSTP

Ark. mayor faces charges over release of dogs

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. - An Arkansas mayor who ordered 10 Humane Society dogs let loose in a national forest is wanted on animal cruelty charges after a special judge issued an arrest warrant.

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Related Topix: Animal Rights, West Helena, AR

Emporia Gazette

Hospital CEO resigns

Terry Lambert, chief executive officer of Newman Regional Health, resigned on Wednesday, effective immediately.

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Related Topix: Marianna, AR

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Arkansas Online

Court says 'no' to retirement benefits for former mayor

Johnny Weaver sued the new city of Helena-West Helena, which merged with the city he once headed, saying he was due retirement benefits under a 2005 West Helena ordinance that the new city had not invalidated.

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Related Topix: West Helena, AR, Phillips County, AR

Wed Jun 25, 2008

KTHV-TV

Helena-West Helena Mayor Apologizes For Animal Shelter Controversy

Helena-West Helena Mayor James Valley is apologizing to the town after a furor erupted when he ordered the release of dogs from the city shelter into a national forest.

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Related Topix: West Helena, AR

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Arkansas Times

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I've received a blast e-mail from Helena-West Helena Mayor James Valley defending his decision to loose stray dogs , but also pledging to work to establish a humane animal shelter in the city.

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Fri Jun 20, 2008

Baxter Bulletin

Humane Society files complaint against H-WH mayor

HELENA-WEST HELENA, -- Mayor James Valley, who said last week the city was taking stray dogs to the St.

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Related Topix: West Helena, AR, Phillips County, AR

Wed Jun 18, 2008

WPTY

Dogs Released from Shelter: Helena-West Helena to Suspend Dog Catching

The mayor of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas says the city will suspend dog catching operations - after he allowed 10 stray dogs to be released near the St.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

WREG-TV Memphis

Helena-West Helena Releases Stray Dogs Into Forest

Town releases stray dogs into forest to fend for themselves Mayor of Helen-West Helena ordered release Mayor says dogs are better off there than the town's "shelter" Helena-West Helena Mayor James Valley says ...

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Mon Jun 09, 2008

WREG-TV Memphis

Scientists Search Mississippi River for Risky Fault Lines

Scientisits take to the Mississippi River to find out just how likely we are to witness a big one.

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Sat Jun 07, 2008

KTHV-TV

Juror Cell-Phone Use Leads To New Trial For Former Alderman

Posted By: Lindsey Clark 51 mins ago A juror's use of a cell phone to talk with her family during deliberations in the trial of an alderman accused of theft has resulted in a mistrial after the jury convicted ...

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Sun May 25, 2008

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Saint Helena

Mount Actaeon, part of an extinct volcanic ridge, St. Helena Picturepoint, London island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean , lying 1,200 miles west of the southwestern coast of Africa.

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Related Topix: World News, Saint Helena, Africa, Blog News

Fri May 23, 2008

Herald-Leader

H.C. - Bo' Carvill : Longtime director of bankers group

H. C. "Bo" Carvill, executive director of the Arkansas Bankers Association for nearly 30 years, died Tuesday at Arkansas Hospice in Little Rock from complications of pneumonia.

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Related Topix: Blanche Lincoln, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Wed May 21, 2008

WPTY

Police Shoot Man in Helena, Arkansas

A Helena, Arkansas man is recovering at the Med in Memphis after being shot by police around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2008.

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