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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 13, 2001 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Box gets 20 years for rape
Tony Box, 22, of Prescott, has been convicted of rape and residential burglary and sentenced to a total of 20 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The initial incident occurred June 3, 1999, around 12:30 a.m., when the victim was at home watc...
Littering leads to drug arrest by AG&FC
Littering led to the arrest of a Gurdon woman in Nevada County. According to court records, Jamie Whatley, 47, was charged with littering, possession of less than an ounce of a controlled substance, namely marijuana, and possession of an instrument of c...
Ward competes for Miss Arkansas title third time
Prescott's own Jessie Ward will be making her third attempt to win the Miss Arkansas crown in Hot Springs at the convention center. The Miss Arkansas Pageant is being held June 13-16, with 48 hopefuls vying for the title and chance to compete for the cr...
Erratic driving sends Texas man to county jail
A 32-year-old Texas man has found himself in a world of trouble in Nevada County. According to court records, Patrick Grayson, of Malakoff, Texas, has been charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance, refusing to submi...
Charges filed
Recordo Walker, 18, of Prescott, has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault. According to court records, Prescott Police Chief Sam Reeder was dispatched to a disturbance call at the West Terrace Apartments Monday, June 4, due to a disturbance...
Juneteenth a special time commemorating slavery's end
June is a special month for Black History across the nation. Dating back to 1865, after the fall of the confederacy, all black slaves were freed, even though President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. Southern state...
Dwayne Alan Daniel
Dwayne Alan Daniel, 45, of Prescott, died Tuesday, June 5, 2001 in Nevada County. He was born November 25, 1955, in Magnolia to E.H. and Kathryn Wood Daniel. He received a masters degree from Tulsa University, was a claims representative for Social Secu...
Joseph Tye
Joseph C. Tye, 46, of Bodcaw, died June 9, 2001, at a Little Rock Hospital. He was an account executive for AT&T. He was born July 25, 1954, in Bodcaw. He was a member of Bodcaw #1 Missionary Baptist Church. He was the son of Harlin and Marie Carlton T...
Two more industries showing interest in locating in Prescott
There have been two more inquiries by industrial prospects concerning the Prescott Industrial Park. John Chadwell, executive director of the Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development Office, told the Nevada County Quorum Court, at its regular monthly ...
Property owners getting notices about changes in assessments
Property owners throughout Nevada County will soon be receiving notice concerning changes in their assessments. Tom Scott, with Arkansas CAMA, updated the Nevada County Quorum Court as to what will soon be taking place with the reappraisals in the count...
Extradition sought in child theft case
Extradition is being sought for a California man and wife in connection with the taking of children from Emmet. According to court records, Tomi Gallardo, 30, and Ricardo Gallardo, 50, of Indio, Calif., have been charged with residential burglary and in...
Aggie Muldrow
Aggie Lee Robinson Muldrow, 82, of Prescott, died Saturday, June 9, 2001, at Medical Park Hospital in Hope. She was born April 14, 1919, in Prescott to Tom and Hattie Mayo Washington Robinson. She graduated from Madam C.J. Walker's School of Cosmetolog...
Thelma Brink
Thelma Brink, 87, of Chidester, died Friday, May 25, 2001, at her home. She was a member of Chidester Baptist Church. She was born on February 4, 1914, at Emmet to Marshal and Ada Dougan. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Barry Wayne Wheelington...
Effie Jane Rather
Effie Jane Rather, 86 of Delight, died Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Hot Springs. Rather was born October 9, 1914, in Antoine to Willie and Georgia Nidy Blakely. She was a homemaker, member of the First Baptist Church in D...

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