Region 8 Responds: Letters to the Editor

Submitted by Hatton Weeks on Sunday, May 5th, 10:16 am

The following letter was submitted by Superintendent Mitch Walton, Sloan-Hendrix School District:

Sloan-Hendrix has had individuals to speak at graduation in the past. Contrary to what has been said, no invitation was extended this year to anyone. As superintendent, I have the authority to decide about who the speaker will be or whether we have a speaker at all. The school board does not vote on speakers for graduation.

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Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer

Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 8:00am

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Region 8 Responds: Letters to the Editor

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 4:04pm

Region 8 Responds: Letters to the Editor

The following letter was submitted by Bryant Huddleston, Sloan-Hendrix Class of 1990:

I am writing to express my disappointment in the Sloan-Hendrix Superitendent’s recent decision to recant his invitation for me to be the keynote speaker at my little sister, Madicyn’s, graduation from Sloan-Hendrix High School this year, based solely on the fact that I am gay.

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Rainy weather forces postponements

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Friday, May 3rd, 3:33 pm

Friday's rainy weather has forced the postponement of several events around Region 8, including:

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Schedule announced for Piggott car show

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer

Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 3:04pm

The town of Piggott is gearing up for the 15th Annual Piggott Heritage Park Car Show which will be held Friday through Sunday, May 17-19.

The events begin Friday evening with a chicken wing dinner followed by karaoke in the Heritage Park amphitheater.

On Saturday morning the Piggott Lions Club will once again serve up a $5 pancake breakfast at the Piggott Community Center. That afternoon participants will be treated to a pork steak dinner before the cruise to downtown.

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Still no suspects in Wynne stabbing death investigation

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Thursday, May 2nd, 5:18 pm

WYNNE, AR (KAIT/AP) – Wynne police continue to investigate a stabbing that left one woman dead earlier this month.

Police still have no suspects in the case.

According to the Wynne Police Department, 33 year old Sarah Gean Collins called 911 around 9 p.m. May 1 saying she had been stabbed multiple times. She told the dispatcher she was in a field behind a home on West Poplar.

When officers arrived, they found Collins between West Poplar and H. Graham Lane.

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AR health officials warn about ticks, diseases

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Thursday, May 2nd, 5:59 am

LITTLE ROCK, AR (AP) - The Arkansas Health Department is reminding residents that tick season is starting and people should be mindful that the insects can carry diseases.

The agency said Wednesday that more than 900 cases of tick-borne diseases were reported in 2012 and that many more went unreported. Five people died as a result.

Officials say four diseases are most commonly spread by ticks - anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis (ur-lick-ee-oh-sis), Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia.

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