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Derek Riggs and Jake Myers were shot while trying to help a man who they thought was a stranded motorist on I-40 in Sequoyah County Saturday night, July 17.Riggs was shot multiple times in the torso and Myers was shot in the face. Both men are in critical, but stable condition and are expected to survive, but they face a long road to recovery.Family members told 40/29 News Riggs underwent a second surgery at Baptist Health in Fort Smith on Tuesday afternoon.According to his sisters, Jillian Myers and Jacquelyn Morton, who spoke to 40/29 News from a Little Rock hospital, Myers will require numerous surgeries. Jake is actually doing a lot better than we anticipated. He is breathing on his own, Jillian said. He just absolutely lights up the room, any room that he walks into. Even when we walk in there to him he s ready. He s ready to communicate with us, ready to talk to us, ready to crack jokes, he was asking for ice cream, Jacquelyn said. Derek is the kind of guy that literally
West holding musical production on new outdoor stage
Part of the group that will be performing on Friday, May 21st at Portsmouth West High School.
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WEST PORTSMOUTH For the first time since its’ inception in 1988, the Portsmouth West High School Musical Theatre Department will present its spring production on a newly constructed outdoor stage.
The “Free to the Public” event will feature the iconic music from Les Misérables. The one-night event will begin at 8 p.m, Friday, May 21, at the PWHS stadium.
“We have not had a public performance since December 2019, so this is all brand-new territory,” explained Linda Tieman “but it became my mission, my goal to bring it back. We had to find a way.”