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You may have heard about the plight of a small delta town called Jericho and its assistant fire chief Don Payne. It’s had a few mentions on the news networks and a couple appearances on the AP feed … and I dedicated a post to the story a couple weeks back (Holy Jericho).
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Humorous, tagged Albert Beebe, allegation, argument, Arkansas, article, Atoka, authority, bullet, charge, corrupt, county, court, Crittenden, cruiser, defraud, delta, department, dismiss, dispute, Don Payne, duty, enforcement, fight, fire chief, fire truck, fired, flatland, force, funds, I-55, illegal, income, interstate, investigation, Jericho, judge, jurisdiction, Larry Harris, law, malfeasance, Memphis, Mississippi, office, officer, opinion, personal use, pistol, police, police chief, policing, proceedings, record, Regional Medical Center, river, scuffle, session, sheriff, shooting, shot, speed trap, squad car, statement, ticket, Tonya Alexander, town, traffic, unarmed, void, volunteer, Willie Frazier on September 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In the flatland of Arkansas’s Mississippi delta rests a small town named Jericho. Just off the interstate and home to less than 200 people, motorists generally pass it by on I-55 without a moment’s notice. Unless you’re driving through town, that is.
“You can’t even buy a loaf of bread, but we’ve got seven [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arkansas, Batesville, Black River, Black Rock, Doniphan, flooding, Forche River, Imboden, Jonesboro, midwest, Missouri, Neelyville, Newport, news, Piggott, Powhatan, Spring River, White River, Yahoo on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Though a staggering majority of my local channels have bypassed all but the most vague details of this tragedy, I can’t ignore the flooding across Missouri and Arkansas that has taken several lives and caused billions of dollars in damage and lost productivity. I grew up in Arkansas, spent a great deal of time in the rivers that [...]
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