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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, January 30, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Box to serve life
A Rosston man was sentenced to two life terms in prison without the possibility of parole after stating in court that he shot an Arkadelphia couple. Kelvin Box, 39, appeared in Nevada County Circuit Court Wednesday, Jan. 23, on charges of the murders of ...
Families speak of loss
You married Tracy over 10 years ago. I know in your heard you know she was a good person. Those were the words of Louise Green, speaking on behalf of shooting victim Tracy Lambert. Confessed killer Kelvin Box sat impassively as Green read from a writte...
Company plans to open in Industrial Park
The Prescott City Council took the first steps toward approval of a new commercial business in Prescott. Tiger Cat Equipment plans to locate in the Nevada County Industrial Park. As incentive for locating locally, the council approved a resolution grantin...
City officials question PD car policies
The question of whether officers with the Prescott Police Department should have take-home vehicles became the topic of discussion during the January meeting of the Prescott City Council meeting. The issue was brought up by Councilman Jerry Wilson who ci...
Dawn McLelland
Dawn Altha McLelland, 70, of Prescott, died Jan. 22, 2008, at Baptist Health Center in Little Rock. She was born Nov. 28, 1937 in Hiawatha, Kans. to Leon Shannon and Jessie Brockhoff. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Prescott and was self-emp...
Billy Cottingham
Billy Ray Cottingham, 74, of Prescott, died Jan. 22, 2008, in Prescott. He was born Feb. 7, 1934 in Prescott, to Floyd and Odel Cromwell Cottingham. He was a retired mason and a member of the First Baptist Church of Prescott. He was a great hunter and ...
Hazel Jones
Hazel L. Baber Jones, 91, of Prescott, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, at Hillcrest Nursing and Rehab in Prescott. She was born on March 31, 1916, in Okolona, to Thomas and Dilla Wilson Baber. She was retired manager of the former Rephans Department Store...
Eli Hill Sr.
Eli Hill Sr., 86, of Prescott, died Jan. 22, 2008, at the Baptist hospital in Arkadelphia. He was born April 10, 1921 in Gurdon, to Braxton and Alberta Hill. He was a retired truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents. His survivors include...

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