DAWSON SPRINGS — Michael Kirby Duncan, 73, of Dawson Springs, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023, at Baptist Health Deaconess in Madisonville. He was born June 8, 1950, to the
Arkansas voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana on the same night a neighboring state approved its legal cannabis measure, leading some officials to question whether Tuesday night s defeat jeopardizes the future of legal marijuana efforts within Arkansas.
Returns on Tuesday evening showed Arkansas voters poised to reject an amendment to the state constitution increasing the threshold needed for voters to pass future laws or constitutional amendments from a simple majority to 60%.
State officials have reversed their initial statement concerning Jonesboro Police officer Vincent Parks who died after training at an Arkansas police academy in mid-July.