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Kenneth Heard works at the Craighead County prosecuting attorney's office and is a freelance writer. He was the northeast Arkansas bureau correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for 20 years until 2017 and had worked at other newspapers for 15 years. Heard lives in Jonesboro with his wife, Holly. ....
A historic event occurred March 27, 2004, at the Equine Center north of Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. Nine helmeted racers sporting gloves and foam neck braces roared at speeds topping 40 mph around a dusty, lumpy dirt track, on riding lawn mowers. ....
We have spent much of our quarantine period helping my parents in their garden, having not seen them for a year. We put their green bin out on the night before the scheduled collection day but it was not collected. We phoned the council to find out why. They couldn t give us a reason and instead asked us to register the missing collection the following day, which we did. We were then informed that the bin would be collected within five working days. Eight days later it had still hadn t been collected so we phoned again, only to be told their system said the bin was not out when they came. But the bin had not moved from its spot. ....