🌱 How a Helena-West Helena 4-year-old is fighting to walk again

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Helena-West Helena 4-year-old is fighting to walk again
• What led to the capital murder conviction in Officer Wallace’s death?

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 51 and low of 41 degrees.
• Wednesday: A t-storm around in the a.m., temps: high: 55, low: 50.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 66 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'I hope that he will be able to walk again': Helena-West Helena 4-year-old shot this summer still hospitalized. (actionnews5.com) — A Helena-West Helena 4-year-old who was shot in a car this summer remains hospitalized and unable to walk, though his mother says he is improving with intensive rehab in Chicago. She hopes to return home by Christmas, is seeking a costly therapeutic bike to aid his recovery, and is still calling for justice from local police.
   

• Suspect guilty of capital murder in AR officer's death (wreg.com) — A jury has found Latarius Howard guilty of capital murder in the 2020 killing of Helena-West Helena Police Officer Travis Wallace, who was shot after confronting a suspect at the Delta Inn on Highway 49. The case, which began with an earlier shooting in West Helena, ended with Howard’s capture in Mississippi and now a conviction important to local law enforcement and residents.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Farm Equipment Estate Auction
  809 Gander Street Rd , DeWitt
  3:00 pm
• "We are the Lights" Holiday Choir Concert
  Marion Performing Arts Center , 1 Patriot Drive (Carter Drive) , Marion
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• ASD Girls Varsity Basketball @ Brinkley
  Brinkley Public Schools , 200 Tiger Drive , Brinkley
  5:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Maumelle Charter Boys Varsity Basketball @ Wynne
  1300 Falls Blvd , Wynne
  8:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Santa Claus at the Library
  Crittenden County Library , 100 North Currie Street , Marion
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• Alton, IL Chapter meeting
  Dana's House Inc , 108 S Jefferson St , DeWitt
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Forrest City

• Lead Hill wins Anstaff Bank Holiday Tournament; Yellville-Summit girls take 5th place (ktlo.com)
• Born on This Day in 1932, the 'Silver Fox' Country-Rockabilly Legend Behind One of the Most Controversial Moments in Country Music History (americansongwriter.com)

Wynne

• Full slate of festive fun this week at Cross County Library (thewynneprogress.com)
• Jackets beat Guy-Perkins 71-37 to close out Holiday Hoops Tournament; local teams have busy pre-holiday schedule (thewynneprogress.com)
• Demolition of First United Methodist Church signals new phase of tornado recovery (thewynneprogress.com)

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