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Mike Dollins "Cruizing" to Bluesday Tuesday

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 6:00am

 

For tonight's Bluesday Tuesday concert in Newport, KASU Radio brings back Mike Dollins and the Cruize Brothers.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Newport Country Club, 703 Walker Dr., and is free to the public. KASU will pass the hat for the band.

According to an email from Regina Bowman of Arkansas State University:

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Sobriety check point lands man in jail on drug charges

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Monday, May 13th, 11:03 pm
Eduardo Sotelo (Source: Izard Co. Sheriff's Department)

IZARD COUNTY, AR (KAIT) – An Izard County man
was arrested after police found a quarter pound of marijuana on him.

An afternoon sobriety checkpoint conducted by
the sheriff's department and the Drug Task Force on May
8th revealed the illegal material.  

Eduardo Sotelo of Melbourne was charged with
possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He also faces a
DUI charge and five counts of obstructing governmental operations.

Sotelo is being held in the Izard County
Detention Facility. 

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Southside refutes student’s abuse claim about coach

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Monday, May 13th, 6:55 pm
Source: Howard Family

SOUTHSIDE, AR (KAIT) – An Independence County family is
calling on the Southside School District to fire one of its coaches.

The Howard family claims the coach recently made their
daughter run barefooted on a hot track, causing her to get blisters on her
feet. The superintendent, however, is refuting those claims.

"My feet are really sore, and every time I put pressure on
them, they really burn and they get irritated," said Lexie Howard, a seventh
grade student at Southside.

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Fishing season is on!

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 3:25pm
Fishing season is on!

 

No doubt Josh Horn and his family had a heck of a fish fry.

Check out these stringers full of channel catfish he caught in Ravenden.

Have a photo or two you’d like to share?

Send them along with a brief description to YourRegion8@kait8.com.  Be sure to include your hometown!


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Mega bucks for Region 8 lottery winner

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 2:14pm
Mega bucks for Region 8 lottery winner

 

We’re pretty sure Rita Rollins did not wake up with a case of the Mondays.

How could she when she knew she and her son Ryan would be picking up a check for $40,000?

Rollins won the mega bucks playing Mega Millions.

She bought her lucky lottery ticket, along with the $1 option, at Tri Oaks in Higden, according to an email from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

Because no one matched all 6 numbers, Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot is now worth an estimated $170 million.

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Traffic stop leads to big meth bust

Submitted by Patricia D. Davis, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 13th, 2013, 2:02pm
Traffic stop leads to big meth bust

 

A Searcy man was arrested Friday after police say they found more than $13,000 worth of meth in his car.

Adam Manor, 27, was charged with possession of Schedule II controlled substance with purpose to deliver (methamphetamine), driving on a suspended license,  and simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms.

According to a news release from Officer Steve Hernandez of the Searcy Police Department, Patrolman Todd Dewitt stopped Manor for running a stop sign on Pleasure Street at Lucy Street.

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Letter carriers collecting donations to “Stamp Out Hunger”

Submitted by KAIT8 Web Staff on Friday, May 10th, 6:34 pm

BATESVILLE, AR (KAIT) – Local mail carriers will pick up
more than just letters this weekend.

They will also collect food donations as part of the nation's
largest annual food drive called "Stamp Out Hunger."

Donating to the cause is simple. All someone has to do is
leave a bag of non-perishable food items by the mailbox on Saturday, May 11.
The letter carriers will then deliver it to an area food pantry, like
Batesville Help & Hope.

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