October 2024

From Scratch

Well, folks, it’s official. Mother Nature has decided to switch things up and flip the thermostat straight to “arctic blast.” The arrival of the cold front has been as sudden and unwelcome as a bad haircut, and I’m left staring at my frost covered flowers like they betrayed me.

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Here & There

Feb. 24, 1966 We received word this week that Pocahontas will receive an award as one of the top five cities in Arkansas for its city beautification program in 1965.

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Life is a Journey

For the love of old, rusty, and even strange, often I have studied it from afar. Though I have photographed it all before, it always draws me! It is so very over grown, no sign of any sort of a path or trail not even so much as a rabbit trail.

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Just Jana

Mike came in from the woods and said that the deer were eating 50 pounds of corn a night then last week they didn’t eat 50 pounds in a week. I asked what happened.

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Speaking French

If you’re anything like us down here at the Star Herald— and let’s be honest, you’re probably not—but if you are, you know there’s one part of the day that’s the most important: the time of day when the most productive moments happen, the most creative juices flow and the most brilliant ideas come to life. Yes, that moment is what we call lunchtime.

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Randolph County Jail Log

Moneka Lynn Brown, age 57; DWI-drugs Kenneth Davis, age 48, of Pocahontas; warrant Jody Alan Simkins, age 59, of Pocahontas; domestic battering in the third degree (M) Raymond Alphin, age 65, of Pocahontas; driving while intoxicated-first offense (M), open container, refusal to submit to intoxication test Crystal Lynn Heckman, age 55; order of attachment James Lajrik, age 25, of Pocahontas; warrant Hunter Chase Tidwell, age 26, of Corning; contempt of court (F) Sherry Zimmermen, age 47, of Pocahontas; DWI-drugs Mark J. Hanson, age 52, of Pocahontas; possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked Class U (M) Jeremy William Pyles, age 39, of Paragould; warrant William Taylor Jackson, age 38, of Houston, TX; out of state warrant Lana Kaye James, age 38, of Pocahontas; weekender Wingo Jeik, age 34, of Pocahontas; weekender Alfred Benet, age 33, of Pocahontas; no data Rudy Ram, age 43, of Pocahontas; public intoxication-drinking in public (M) Douglas Rufus, age 35, of Pocahontas; obstructing governmental operations (M), public intoxication-drinking in public (M) Edward Wolverton, age 36, of Pocahontas; domestic battering in the third degree-Class A (M) .

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