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TUESDAY, September 29, 2020 / Vol. 6 Issue 39 / 75 cents
Sept. 17 crash leaves one dead
Mustangs 47, Jackets 35 Quarterback Harley Tobin is on the run in Friday night's game against Central Arkansas Christian. All in all, it was a good week for Clinton sports teams as the volleyball team won at home against Harding Academy and Cross country overall 1st place was taken by Maddie Cabana with Allyson Wallace and Lexi Wallace also finishing in the Top 10. Story, more photos, Pages 6-7 (Photo by Denise Geer Burgess)
A two vehicle accident on Highway 65 South in Clinton left one person dead and two injured. The accident occurred at 11:15 a.m. Sept. 17 near the intersection of Highway 336. According to a report by Clinton police, a 2016 Chrysler driven by Daniel Alvin McMullin Jr., 19, of Heber Springs was heading south when it crossed the center line. The driver lost control and swerved into the southbound lane striking a 2018 Subaru driven by Melinda Tankersley, 61, of Drummonds Road, Tennessee, according to the report. The Chrysler appeared to have exited the highway on
the northbound side and traveled about 200 feet on the sidewalk before returning to the roadway and striking the Subaru, the report states. The Chrysler’s engine had been ejected and was sitting on the northbound sidewalk, according to the report. In the ambulance, the driver of the Chrysler was fighting the crew and had to be restrained until he was medicated, the report states. All three were taken by helicopters to Little Rock hospitals. Joy A. Longest, 61, of Drummonds Road, a passenger in the Tankersley vehicle, was pronounced dead at UAMS Medical Center.
Man charged in attack on wife A Bee Branch man was arrested Sept. 23 after deputies say he assaulted his wife at their home. Robert Dennis Thompson restricted the breathing of his wife by placing his arm across her throat and slapped her multiple times, according to an affidavit for arrest. The report stated that Thompson became angry because his wife didn’t answer his phone calls. She was sleeping when he came home about 11:30 p.m. and the attack began, the affidavit states. He then took
away her phone and would not let her call for help, the document states. The woman eventually convinced Thompson that he had broken her ear drum and he took her to the hospital, the affidavit states. Thompson, 30, has been charged with aggravated assault on a household/family member, a Class D felony; misdemeanor false imprisonment; interference with emergency communication-first degree, a misdemeanor, and domestic battery-third degree, a misdemeanor.
Coronavirus By the numbers - Sep. 27 Arkansas
Van Buren County
• Total Cumulative Cases: 174 • New cases: 487 • Total cases: 78,735 • Active cases: 6,965 • Hospitalized: 461 • Ventilators: 86 • Deaths: 1,160
• Total Active Cases: 10 • Active Confirmed Cases: 10 • Total Recovered Cases: 161 • Recovered Confirmed Cases: 159 • Total Deaths: 3
Scotland reopens community center The Scotland Community Center reopened Monday, September 28, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Some activities will resume such as daily billiard pool playing, gospel singing on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. and bingo on Thursdays at 10 a.m. Ac-
tivities are open to all ages. Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. at a cost of $4 per person. Masks will be required as well as a temperature check. The center has been closed for several weeks due to Covid-19 concerns.
It's only a drill Clinton Elementary students practiced the tornado and fire drill last week. The drills looked different due to social distancing, but the students did well, school officials reported. (Photo from Facebook)