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This edition of the Areawide News marks the first full-year we became one big happy newspaper when we combined the Villager Journal and The News.Full transparency, I never liked the name “The News.” I often complained on how it was redundant, especially with talking to individuals and entities and having to explain what “news” I was associated with.

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The House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Committee reviewed a vital report from the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) regarding family preservation services.

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Listen Here: Where I talk about ‘click to watch live’ scammers

Oh, those tricky little scammers and their fun little “watch here” links.Several news stories have risen in the past week once high school sports kicked off for the fall, regarding scammers enticing internet users to “click here to watch live” or some variation in order to do whatever it is scammers do.It is also not lost on me that I myself have been deemed a “spammer” due to having internet users input login information to our website to read our news stories and/or columns.

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There will be no David Bowie reference directly, but I am going to be announcing changes that are coming for Areawide News.As of this reading, the week of Aug.

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State Capitol Week in Review

LITTLE ROCK – The Senate and House Education Committees are close to finalizing next year’s school funding formula.They have worked all year on the formula, in order to comply with the mandate in the Arkansas Constitution that requires the state to provide all children with an adequate and equitable education.Committee members have gone over hundreds of pages of data to prepare an adequacy report.

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Vincent MarshallEditorvmarshall@cherryroad.com What do people do with their time nowadays? Most would say they spend it on social media arguing about viewpoints or the latest… Login to continue reading Login…

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Rep. Trey Steimel Recently, the Arkansas State Police (ASP) issued a reminder for parents to remain vigilant in recognizing and preventing online predators from targeting… Login to continue reading Login…

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