🌱 When and where Pocahontas veterans can get free pneumonia shots
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In today's newsletter:
- When and where Pocahontas veterans can get free pneumonia shots
- How a Pocahontas resident just gained a say in state financing
Also on today's calendar: Grace Graber's Mental Health Nights Tour at WBU.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Some sun, windy and warm, with a high of 88 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 67, low: 44.
- Sunday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• John J. Pershing VA to host pneumonia vaccination clinics at its facil... (theprospectnews.com) — Pocahontas-area veterans can get a free pneumonia vaccine at the Pocahontas VA clinic on Camp Road on December 10, with no appointment needed. The John J. Pershing VA system is offering similar walk-in clinics throughout 2026 at its other Missouri and Arkansas locations for enrolled veterans age 50 and older or those under 50 with qualifying conditions. 
• Sanders appoints Northeast Arkansas residents to state boards (kait8.com) — A Pocahontas resident, Martin Eggensperger, has been appointed to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority board, giving the city a direct voice in statewide economic and development decisions. Several other Northeast Arkansas residents from Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Melbourne, Heber Springs, and Searcy were also named to key health, education, and professional licensing boards.
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Grace Graber's Mental Health Nights Tour
Southerland-Mabee Center, N Midkiff Ln, Walnut Ridge
7:00 pm
Friday April 17
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Other local events
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Grace Graber's Mental Health Nights Tour at WBU
Southerland-Mabee Center , N Midkiff Ln , Walnut Ridge
7:00 pm
Friday April 17
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Hoxie at Maynard
Maynard High School , 74 Campus Dr , Maynard
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Crisis Response Training (EFCA, Cent. Dist.) — Pilgrimage Christian Center
Pilgrimage Christian Center , 1002 Lower Guntharp Rd , Ravenden Springs
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Williams Baptist University - 2026 Commencement
Williams Baptist University , 56 Mc Clellan Dr , Walnut Ridge
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Friday Nights for Teens — Pilgrimage Christian Center
Pilgrimage Christian Center , 1002 Lower Guntharp Rd , Ravenden Springs
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Hardy Homesteaders Day
Loberg Park , Loberg Dr , Hardy
9:00 am
Friday April 17
Wednesday April 22
Saturday May 9
Friday May 29
Saturday September 26
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Gpac posted a job opening for Heavy Civil Construction Superintendent in Pocahontas. Apply here.
- ServiceMASTER Clean posted a job opening for Custodian Pocahontas Part Time in Pocahontas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pocahontas here.
🗞 Nearby News
Walnut Ridge
- Arkansan to be inducted into Country Radio Hall of Fame (fox16.com)
- Williams Baptist University receives $100,000 toward new wellness center construction (kait8.com)
Paragould
- Paragould cleanup event nearing 1,000-volunteer milestone (kait8.com)
- Paragould Suspect Arrested After Officers Find Suspected Meth, Pipe Behind Houses, Affidavit Says (neareport.com)
- 62-Year-Old Arrested on DWI, Child Endangerment Counts After Traffic Stop Near Paragould, Affidavit Says (neareport.com)
Jonesboro
- Raising Cane's in Jonesboro Announces Grand Opening Date (jonesbororightnow.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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