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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, June 4, 2008 edition of Nevada County Picayune

State files suit to keep 'drug' money
Arkansas State Police has filed local lawsuits asking that the state be allowed to retain more than $15,000 taken as part of a major drug bust in April. According to information on file at the Nevada County Circuit Clerks office, two men are named in sui...
Vandals hit city's park
Damage to the Prescott City Park at the hand of vandals is estimated at several hundred dollars. According to Prescott Parks Director Steve Crow, equally disturbing is the time city workers spent cleaning up the mess left behind. Crow said those responsib...
Festival show includes local talent and groups
The annual Chicken and Egg Festival, slated for June 6 and 7, will include a line up of eight local singers and groups. The festival will kick off Friday night with a variety show in the Prescott City Park. Slated for the event are: The Mark Keith Band at...
GP, Gurdon, reports 'steady' operations
Despite the struggling industry of logging and lumber production, the Georgia Pacific plant in Gurdon has remained steady in its operations and profits, according to GP spokesperson Julie Davis. The plant, which recently laid off more than two dozen worke...
The View from Wendy's World: Everything I needed to know.....
I spent a long weekend plus a couple of extra days with grandkids. It occurred to me that we educate them on many fronts and somewhere along the way they forget things they just know as kids. Ive included here some things kids know that we as adults have...
Gertie Cagle
Gertie L. Cagle, 88, of Little Rock, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 23, 2008. She was born on November 3, 1919 in Prescott, a daughter of the late Ruie N. and Hester Gammage Cathey. She was a member of Trinity Assembly of God for 49 years. She...
John Pennington Sr.
Mr. John William Pennington Sr., 90, of McCaskill, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Mine Creek Nursing Home in Nashville. He was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Alby, Texas, to John Thomas and Jessie Mae Titsworth Pennington. He was a Baptist and a Army Veteran of ...
David Taylor
Mr. David Howard Taylor, 34, of McCaskill, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2008, of Hempstead County, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born on Dec. 6, 1973 in Rogers, to James and Kathryn Thomas Taylor. He was in maintenance and other odd jobs...
Billy Coffee
Mr. Billy Jack Coffee, 79, of Hope, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at his home. He was born on Dec. 6, 1928, in DeAnn to Carl and Trula Duke Coffee. He was a retired second lieutenant with the Arkansas Highway Police Department having retired with 27 plus yea...
Chloe Hugg
Mrs. Chloe Brooks Hugg, 89, of Van Buren, formerly of Blevins, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Peachtree Hospice in Fort Smith. She was a loving and caring daughter, mother and mamaw. She will be remembered forever for her devotion to her family, her sew...

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