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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, July 26, 2006 edition of Nevada County Picayune

Bomb threat evacuates courthouse
Prescott Police Chief Brian Russell said officers are serious about following leads and making an arrest in the case of a bomb threat that caused evacuation of the Nevada County Courthouse on July 19. According to information from Nevada County Chief D...
Council learns of electric bill issue
Residents of the City of Prescott may have seen a higher than normal electric bill this month. That situation was among the discussions held on July 17 when the Prescott City Council would ordinarily have met. Because there was not a quorum, members of...
State smoking ban is now in effect
Many businesses in Prescott will see little or no changes with regard to the Arkansas Clean Air Act which went into effect Friday, July 21. Edie Greenwood, Nevada County Health Unit Administrator, said several area businesses are already smoke free, me...
Board approves software purchase
Parents, students and teachers will likely see some changes in whats available online during the 2006-07 school year. One of the decisions made by the Prescott School Board during the July 18 meeting was to purchase new software that will give teachers ...
Prescott Kiwanis celebrates 60 years
The Prescott Kiwanis Club has been involved in the community for 60 years, and theyre celebrating that fact with a coffee planned for July 28 at 9:30 a.m. The coffee will be held at the Prescott-Nevada County Library, and members of the Kiwanis will be ...
Meet the Prescott Police Officer
Prescott Police Officer David Thomason has been with the Prescott Police Department for three years. He said becoming an officer was something hed wanted to do for some time. Im like to serve the community, Thomason said. That service, according to...
State calls for ombudsmen for local nursing facilities
There are two nursing homes in Nevada County and a state program is searching for volunteers who can help keep an eye on the performance of those facilities. Judy Hughes, South West Arkansas Volunteer Ombudsman Coordinator, addressed members of Rotary ...
Court records include drug charges
A Prescott man has been charged with drug-related charged after officers stopped the mans vehicle on West Main Street. According to information from the Prescott Police Department and the Nevada County Circuit Clerks Office, Michael Jason Kenworthy, 3...
Lucy Bittle
Lucy Mae Bittle, age 100 of Arkadelphia, died Wednesday July 19, 2006. She was a homemaker and member of Beech Street Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Bill Charles Bittle of Gurdon; two daughters: Shirley Ann Ursery and Carolyn Trout, both of...
Monroe Dailey
Mr. Monroe Dailey, 92, of Prescott, died Tuesday, July 18, 2006, in Prescott Manor Nursing Center in Prescott. He was born on August 28, 1913, in Clark County, to Jim and Dora Stevens Dailey. He was a boxer and former Golden Glove Champion know as Kid D...
Lillian Trevillion
Lillian B. Trevillion, 90, of Prescott, died July 21, 2006. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church while she was able to go. She is survived by two sons, Benny Trevillion and Jay Trevillion, both of Prescott; two ...
William McDougald
Mr. William R. Bill McDougald, 61, of Prescott, died Thursday, July 20, 2006, in Pike County. He was born on August 10, 1944, in Prescott, to William L. McDougald and Emma Gene Barnes McDougald Stewart. He was an employee of Exit 46 Truck Stop in Pres...

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