🌱 Christmas music comes to Manley Chapel with two Arkansas premieres
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Walnut Ridge! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Christmas music comes to Manley Chapel with two Arkansas premieres
- Meet Williams Baptist’s new homecoming king and queen
- Jumpstart director faces charges over alleged undercover pill purchase
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy this afternoon, with a high of 77 and low of 45 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 62, low: 36.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 53 and low of 29 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• NEA Chorale to Perform Christmas Concert Nov. 16 in Walnut Ridge (neareport.com) — The Northeast Arkansas Chorale brings its Christmas concert to Walnut Ridge’s Manley Chapel at 7 p.m. Nov. 16, with two Arkansas premieres and an audience carol sing-along. Admission is $10 per person, capped at $20 per family, and Williams Baptist University students attend free. 
• Kelly, Caldwell Crowned at Williams Homecoming (imbodenlive.com) — Williams Baptist University crowned seniors Kylen Kelly and Emberlin Caldwell homecoming king and queen before a packed Southerland-Mabee Center on Nov. 7. Walnut Ridge’s Taylor Forrester also represented the senior class on the court, which was chosen, along with the king and queen, by student vote.
• Jumpstart Ministries director accused of buying counterfeit pills from undercover agent (katv.com) — Jumpstart Ministries director Danny Lee Whitmire faces two felony charges in Lawrence County after allegedly paying an undercover agent $100 for placebo pills represented as oxycodone. Court documents do not accuse him of selling or providing pills to ministry residents. Prosecutors say the investigation remains ongoing, and Whitmire is presumed innocent.
📸 Around Walnut Ridge
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Veteran's Day Appreciation →
300 West Court St, Historic Greene County Courthouse, Paragould
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Arkansas State University →
Jonesboro AR
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Storage Bin Woodworking Workshop →
208 N Pruett St, Paragould
2:00 pm -
Fall Festival
Kindergarten Center Jonesboro, AR 72401 -
Fall Picture Day
Alma Spikes Elementary School Pocahontas, AR 72455
8:00 am -
First Aid Refresher →
Methodist Children's Behavioral Hospital - Jonesboro, 3024 Red Wolf Blvd, Jonesboro
1:00 pm -
Horseshoe Pumpkin Welding Workshop →
208 N Pruett St, Paragould
2:00 pm -
GBB vs Riverside 5pm (7th, JG, SG)
Brookland School District Brookland, AR 72417
5:00 pm -
SH G & B BB vs Harrisburg @ Harrisburg
Valley View School District Jonesboro, AR 72404
5:00 pm -
Bat Program- Randolph County Extension Office, K-6
Maynard School District Maynard, AR 72444
8:15 am -
Girls Basketball
Nettleton School District Jonesboro, AR 72401
5:00 pm -
The Brickhouse brings National Band Them Dirty Roses to Jonesboro AR →
Brickhouse Bar & Grill, 218 South Main Street, Jonesboro
5:00 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Pocahontas
- Pocahontas police urge residents to lock vehicles after overnight thefts (kait8.com)
- BRTC offering emergency funds to students (kait8.com)
- Helton to deliver keynote address at BRTC's LETA graduation (tncontentexchange.com)
Jonesboro
- Jonesboro University Heights Lions Club to Display U.S. Flags for Veterans Day Across Community (jonesbororightnow.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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