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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, February 13, 2002 edition of Gurdon Times

Questions go unanswered
Okolona's town council meeting was no different than any of the other meetings held recently. Several Okolona citizens gathered at the community building in hopes of getting answers to questions for the Mayor Joy McElhannon. However, this was not the ca...
Officer injured in freak shooting
Gurdon Police Officer, Andy Williams, was recently injured during a training exercise at the Police Training Academy in Camden. Williams was attending the academy to perfect the skills he already knows as an officer and to get his certification. Durin...
County escapee found in Georgia
A Clark County jail escapee is back in custody. However, he is in Georgia. On August 8, 2001, Cory Desmond Smith and Richard Steven McClemore climbed over an exercise wall at the Clark County Jail. The wall was covered with razor wire, yet the two still...
Area sale barn closes
After careful consideration, Mike Cox, owner of Clark County Livestock MMC, has decided to discontinue the cattle sale held each Monday at the barn. After a brief shut down of the barn in November of 1998, Cox along with his partner at the time reopened...
Horace Wingfield
Horace L. Wingfield, Sr., 90, of Kilgore, Texas, died Monday, February 4, 2002, at his home. Wingfield was born January 13, 1912, in Okolona, to Jimmy Lee and Rosa Lena Bray Wingfield. He was a graduate of Wingfield High School near Okolona. He moved t...

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