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Randolph County Right to Life to sponsor Annual Life Chain Oct. 5

The Randolph County Right to Life will sponsor the Annual Life chain, Sunday, October 5 from 2 to 3 p.m. at Black River Overlook Park. This is a peaceful, prayerful public witness of pro-life Americans standing in honor of the millions of unborn lives lost to abortion, praying for our nation and for an end to abortion. Bring your whole family. Signs will be available. Please come and stand in solidarity with thousands of prolife individuals throughout the USA and Canada. We are encouraging Pastors to come with your parishioners to lead us in prayer. For more information call 870-892-3598.

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BRTC’s 21st Annual Holocaust Survivor Series guest speaker named

Emanuel “Manny” Mandel, Holocaust survivor and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) volunteer, will be the Black River Technical College Foundation’s (BRTCF) 21st Annual Holocaust Survivor Series guest speaker. According to the USHMM website, Emanuel “Manny” Mandel was born in May 8, 1936, in Riga, Latvia. His family returned to Hungary after his father accepted a position as a Jewish chief cantor in Budapest.

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From the Randolph County Humane Society

Most people automatically associate St. Francis of Assisi as patron saint of animals. He is also patron of the ecology. St. Francis’s feast day is October 4. If you would like a free St. Francis prayer card, leave a message on the local humane society’s Facebook page and one will be sent to you free of charge. Be sure to include your mailing address.

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Randolph County Jail Log

Ferrell Ross Flinn, Jr., age 45 of Jonesboro; hold for court Casey Lynn Furgeison, age 42, of Black Rock; warrant Patrick Michael Ortiz, age 42, of Pocahontas; hold for court Harold Crook, III, age 42, of Pocahontas; no charge data Farrah Sue Dalton, age 34, of Highland; hold for another county Corey Lee Harris, age 32, of Pocahontas; failure to register as a sex offender- Class D (F) Edith Denise Clark, age 62, of Pocahontas; contempt of court (F) Justin Rhodes French, age 42, of Pocahontas; failure to appear (M) Jackie Furgeison, age 39, of Walnut Ridge; bond revocation Larry R. Gibby, Jr., age 44, of Ravenden; bond surrender Tarry Lokot, age 50, of Pocahontas; 10-day hold Anthony Joseph Pfeffer, age 52, of Pocahontas; contempt of court (F) Justin Lee Smith, age 42, of Reyno; possession of a controlled substance Sch I, II, possession of drug paraphernalia- methamphetamine/ cocaine possession of scheduled VI lt 4 oz Jennifer Lynn Starnes, age 46 of Reyno; no liability insurance, possession of drug paraphernalia Kyle Joseph Kettwig, age 29, of Doniphan, MO; FTA Mark Adam Mitchell, age 47, of Black Rock; possession of a controlled substance Sch I greater than 2 grams, possession of a controlled substance Sch VI greater than 4 oz, possession of drug paraphernalia, no seatbelt-Class U-V Kevin Kerley, age 43, of Pocahontas; driving while intoxicated-first offense (M), terroristic threatening in the first degree-Class D (F) Jason Lynn Richey, age 46, of Imboden; disorderly conduct (M) Hunter Kyle Martinez, age 20, of Pocahontas; disorderly conduct (M), public intoxication- drinking in public (M), criminal mischief in the second degree (M)

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