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The Hampton School Board discussed the school calendar changes at their meeting on Tuesday. Hampton School staff and students were surveyed whether they prefer the four-day school week or an alternate calendar.

Hampton Bulldogs win against Strong

The Grinch Came to the Grill!

In the 1870s, medicine was in a miserable state in Arkansas. Few doctors were available and the remote locations of many farmsteads and small towns made it difficult for doctors to reach patients. Worse still, there were no means to train new doctors in Arkansas. Two Little Rock medical partners, Dr. Philo Hooper and Dr. Augustus Breysacher, decided it was time for this to change. Together with a team of other respected physicians, they launched what is now one of the most respected medical schools in the South, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

* On Dec. 11, 2008, Bernie Madoff, the founder and chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and subsequently convicted of fraud for the multi-billiondollar Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors around the world for decades.

age 72 of Hampton died Saturday, December 2, 2023 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sherwood, Arkansas. He was born June 7, 1951 in New Bern, NC. Robert entered the U.S. Air Force in October of 1969, serving as an air traffic controller during the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in October of 1975. He graduated from U.A.M. with a forestry degree. He was a county forester for the State of Arkansas working in Calhoun, Union, Ouachita and Bradley County.

Betty Jo Reddin Morrison of Woodberry was born April 22, 1935, at the home of her maternal grandparents located in Tinsman, Arkansas and went to be with our Lord on November 28, 2023. She attended Hampton Elementary School, Fairview Camden, graduating from Farmerville High School. She attained a Bachelor of Education from Arkansas A & M and a Master of Education from Henderson State. Following her graduation from undergraduate school, Betty married the love of her life, James Bradford Morrison. After teaching school in Thornton and Hampton, Arkansas, Houston, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, she retired with her husband to their Woodberry Farmhouse.

85 of Hampton, died Sunday, December 3, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born September 21, 1938 in El Dorado to the late Grady and Ethel Witherington Ponder. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bobby” Goodwin, her brother, Billy Ponder, and her son, Shannon Goodwin.

The Calhoun County courthouse square is decorated for the Christmas season. This year a touch of snow has been added to enhance the atmosphere amongst the gingerbread men, candy canes and lollipops.

LITTLE ROCK – When the jackpot approaches a billion dollars a lot of people go out and buy lottery tickets, even though normally they hardly pay any attention to the lottery.

Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Last year, more than 54 million Americans traveled for the festivities. With Thanksgiving, in the midst of the rushing and the race to cook huge meals, people stop to give thanks for what they have. It is part of a long tradition that has spanned many generations.

went to her promised heavenly home on Saturday, October 21,2023, at 96 years of age where she was greeted by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. One of six siblings, Ruby was born on April 2, 1927, to George and Sylvia Stanford in Wayne City, Illinois. A dedicated wife to Charles Lindsey for Fifty Plus years and loving mother to three children, she dedicated her life to serving and caring for others as an accomplished homemaker, president of the mission’s program at First Baptist Church of Nazarene in McAllen, Texas, and faithful volunteer for the Mission Hospital in Mission, Texas. Ruby enjoyed making beautiful things with her hands through sewing, crocheting, and panting, but she also loved to spend time camping, fishing, and playing cards with her family and friends. Her quiet and gentle demeanor impacted each person she encountered.