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'Marianna'

At least 6 dead, 9 injured across state in holiday weekend violence

Police departments reported shootings in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Rockport, Stamps and Marianna.
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Arkansas gets its first U.S Bicycle Route, complete with BBQ pitstop

The 177.5-mile path takes cyclists from the Mississippi River in West Memphis to the Big Dam Bridge in Little Rock "through rural areas and historical downtowns of the Arkansas Delta," the Adventure Cycling Association states, "including Marianna, home of the James Beard Award-winning Jones Bar-B-Q Diner, and Stuttgart, known for its waterfowl tourism on the Mississippi Flyway."
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Jones Bar-B-Q should be smoking again

The outlook is bright, based on financial support, for the rebuilding of Jones Bar-B-Q in Marianna.

Pit fire damages famed Jones Bar-B-Q Diner in Marianna UPDATE

Damage extensive, about a 70 percent loss, fire chief says.
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Another negative review of Arkansas's Medicaid work rule

The Washington Post visits Marianna to again highlight how the work rule is throwing people off Medicaid with scant evidence it's putting more people to work.

Jones Bar-B-Q of Marianna has a related outpost in Jacksonville

The legendary Jones Bar-B-Q Diner of Marianna is about to have a kissing cousin — supposedly with the same key recipes — in Jacksonville.
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House approves bill to give regular school districts same waivers charters get

The House toay voted 58-18 to approve HB 1377 by Rep. Reginald Murdock to allow a school district to get the same waivers of law that open-enrollment charter schools receive when they draw students from a school district.

KIPP: Delta receives $500,000 from Walton Foundation for public-charter partnership

The "KIPP Through College” program places college counselors in Helena-West Helena's Central High School (which is just down the road from KIPP's campus in Phillips County) as well as Marianna High School in nearby Lee County.
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Marianna made — growing kids for college in the Delta

Hope this email finds you well. We wanted to take a moment and give you an account of what we were able to do last school year as well as what we hope to do this school year.

Working to send Delta students to college

You may not remember Gabriel Fotsing. He's the Harvard grad and Teach for America member who led a group of Marianna students who'd taken his French class to Paris last summer.
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Death in Marianna

Witnesses say a Marianna animal control officer beat a dog to death. The police say the dog was already dead when picked up.
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