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Over 50 veteran service men, women, and guests attended the annual Chambers Bank Veterans Program and Lunch last Thursday, November 8th at the Chamberlyne Country Club. It’s their 19th year in a row hosting this program. Among the veterans were three men who fought in WWII, all above the age of 90. For more information…

On December 4, 2018, there will be a Yell County Runoff Election for the county assessors office between Jody Burrows and Sherry Hicks, as none of the three candidates received a majority vote in the November 6 ballow. Hicks received 2128 votes and Burrows received 1806 votes. The third candidate, Bonita Ramey, received 1376 votes.…

The EMS situation in Yell County is, at the very best, a touchy issue. First of all, the Yell County Quorum Court turned down a lease by Chambers Memorial Hospital that would have solved the problem for the future of EMS. The hospital has the resources and the departments to handle billing and operations of…